[PDB Gov] Results of 2023 Election of PeeringDB Board of Directors

[Chris Caputo]

The 2023 election for the PeeringDB Board of Directors has concluded.

There were 5 candidates this year for 3 available Director seats.

Of 136 organizations registered to vote, there were 122 ballots cast 
including one blank ballot.

The winners in order of vote count and thus seat occupied:

  Seat 1 (term expires 2025): Christopher Malayter
  Seat 3 (term expires 2025): Rahul Makhija
  Seat 5 (term expires 2025): Livio Morina

Appreciation to the other candidates who ran:

  Graham Beneke
  Kevin Karp

Appreciation also to the outgoing Board members:

  Patrick W. Gilmore
  Bijal Sanghani

The new PeeringDB Board of Directors is:

  Seat 1 (term expires 2025): Christopher Malayter
  Seat 2 (term expires 2024): Job Snijders
  Seat 3 (term expires 2025): Rahul Makhija
  Seat 4 (term expires 2024): Aaron Hughes
  Seat 5 (term expires 2025): Livio Morina

Detailed results including Single Transferable Vote (STV) stages:

  https://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/misc/2023-04-30_Comprehensive_Poll_Results.pdf

Verify your votes with your receipt codes:

  https://www.bigpulse.com/disclosevotes?code=1682828433KEBmsjXCZ3ekkRyfqkes

For STV first timers:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8XOZJkozfI

Thanks to all of the candidates and the community for participating.

My personal thanks to Steve Feldman for observing the election.

Questions welcome!

Respectfully,
Chris Caputo
PeeringDB Secretary/Treasurer