[PDB Gov] Call for candidates for Board of Directors of PeeringDB & Member mtg reminder

[Chris Caputo]

This is a call for candidates for the Board of Directors of PeeringDB.

 - The second half of April, there will be an election for the Board of 
   Directors. Like the last election, BigPulse.com will be used, along 
   with Single-Transferable-Vote (STV). The STV results table will be part 
   of the election results.

 - Candidacies along with max 300 word statements should be submitted to 
   secretary at peeringdb.com prior to April 15th. Anyone can run for 
   election to the Board.

The organization documents (Articles, Bylaws, etc), Board meeting minutes, 
and finances, are up at:

  http://gov.peeringdb.com/

There are 5 positions on the Board of Directors, 3 of which are up for 
election this year. A Director term is 2 years.

The above dates are UTC. For example, candidates must submit their name 
and maximum 300 word statement, as determined by the POSIX 
"LANG=en_US.UTF-8 wc -w" command, by April 14th 23:59:59 UTC 2017.

A voter's guide containing the current list of candidates and statements, 
sorted alphabetically by last name, will be kept updated at:

  http://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/misc/2017-04-14_election.html

Candidates may revise their statements until the April 15th UTC cut-off. 

Please submit your candidacy or questions/concerns to 
secretary at peeringdb.com. Note that email to secretary at peeringdb.com goes 
to Chris Caputo and election observer Steve Feldman.

Discussion/questions/concerns also welcome on pdb-gov at lists.peeringdb.com.

Chris Caputo
Secretary, PeeringDB

PS: The April Member Meeting is scheduled for Thursday April 20th at 1600 
UTC, for one hour. The meeting will be held online. Details below. 

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** Notice of the Annual Meeting of PeeringDB - Thursday April 20th, 2017 at 1600 UTC

** The meeting will be held online as follows:

   https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/771220861

   - Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) or call in using your 
     telephone:

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        Access Code: 771-220-861

        Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting

** The meeting will be recorded.

** Bylaws and important docs are posted at http://gov.peeringdb.com/

** Please contact stewards at peeringdb.com if you have additional agenda suggestions.

Agenda:

 - Call To Order - Aaron Hughes

 - Welcome & Thanks - Aaron Hughes

 - PeeringDB Software Update - Matt Griswold

 - Financial Update & Call For Sponsors - Chris Caputo

 - Admin Committee Update - Job Snijders

 - Product Development Committee Update - Aaron Hughes

 - Items brought up by the members / Technical and Policy Q&A

 - Encourage Voting in Board Election - Aaron Hughes

 - Adjourn