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

[Matt Griswold]

Thanks for all the work! There's still a lot of email addresses that
need to be gone through manually to tie to the correct PDB account, I'm
sure Chris and Steve could use some help with it. Does anyone else not
running want to assist?

* Chris Caputo <secretary at peeringdb.com> [151112 19:52 +0000]:
> This is likely the last call for candidates for the initial Board of 
> Directors...
> 
> There are 12 candidates as of now:
> 
>   https://www.caputo.com/pdb/election.html
> 
> The cut-off for candidacies, statements (max-300 words), revisions,
>   and withdraws is November 14th 23:59:59 UTC 2015.
> 
> Amending the below:
> 
>  - The balloting and tabulation will be handled by BigPulse.com,
>   employing Single Transferable Vote preference voting.
> 
>  - The secretary at peeringdb.com alias consists of Steven Feldman and 
>    myself.
> 
> Appreciation to the 8 folks who have tested the BigPulse ballot and 
> provided feedback!
> 
> 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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