[PDB-gov] Call for candidates for initial Board of Directors

[Patrick Gilmore]

In my personal opinion, people are just busy and leave things to the last minute.

Since I just wrote my statement after I got Chris’ second email, I have first-hand knowledge there is at least one board candidate where that is true.

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TTFN,
patrick


> On Nov 2, 2015, at 12:12 PM, Dave Temkin <dave at temk.in> wrote:
> 
> In my personal opinion this is a clear sign that the current direction is too heavy handed and onerous - creating a massive amount of unnecessary overhead.
> 
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> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 10:03 AM -0800, "Chris Caputo" <secretary at peeringdb.com <mailto:secretary at peeringdb.com>> wrote:
> 
> Repeating the call for candidates for the initial Board of Directors...
> 
> There are zero candidates as of now.  (Sun Nov 1 18:03:30 UTC 2015)
> 
> The sooner you get on the ballot, the better, so that folks with questions 
> about your goals or background, can reach out to you.
> 
> Chris
> 
> On Mon, 26 Oct 2015, Chris Caputo wrote:
> > While discussion of the organizational documents continues, here is a call 
> > for candidates for the initial Board of Directors for PeeringDB.
> > 
> > Per the October 20th announcement:
> > 
> >  - There will be elections for the initial Board of Directors. Candidacies 
> >    along with max 300 word statements should be submitted to 
> >    secretary at peeringdb.com prior to November 15th. Anyone can run for 
> >    election to the initial Board.
> > 
> >  - The interim Secretary (tentatively Chris Caputo) will send out ballots 
> >    to pdb-gov on November 15th, with voting to happen through November 
> >    30th. The org docs currently proscribe one ballot per member 
> >    organization. The interim Secretary will break ties through public 
> >    random means. The Secretary will not be eligible for election to the 
> >    initial Board.
> > 
> >  - The initial Board will decide on officers, per the tentative Bylaws. 
> >    The draft documents will then be signed and filed.
> > 
> > The most recent draft documents are up at:
> > 
> >    https://www.caputo.com/pdb/
> > 
> > The draft documents indicate 5 initial members of the Board of Directors. 
> > These Directors will serve until the first annual meeting in April 2016.
> > 
> > Board meetings and Member meetings will be held online/telephonically.
> > 
> > The above dates are UTC. For example, candidates must submit their name 
> > and maximum 300 word statement, as determined by POSIX "wc -w" command, by 
> > November 14th 23:59:59 UTC 2015.
> > 
> > A voter's guide containing the current list of candidates and statements, 
> > sorted alphabetically by last name, will be kept updated at:
> > 
> >    https://www.caputo.com/pdb/election.html
> > 
> > Candidates may revise their statements until the November 15th UTC 
> > cut-off. On November 15th UTC, ballots with candidate names and statements 
> > will be emailed to pdb-gov at lists.peeringdb.com.
> > 
> > Please submit your candidacy or questions/concerns to 
> > secretary at peeringdb.com.  Note that email to secretary at peeringdb.com goes 
> > to Chris Caputo, Patrick Gilmore and Richard Turkbergen.
> > 
> > Discussion/questions/concerns also welcome on pdb-gov at lists.peeringdb.com.
> > 
> > Chris
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