[PDB Gov] Risk of excessive DE-CIX influence on PeeringDB

[Chris Caputo]

Barry, good point about 2.3.2.

Bylaws:

  https://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/legaldocs/2026-01-14_PeeringDB_Bylaws.pdf

section "3.3 Qualifications" could be revised as follows.

Current:

  - Directors may be any person who is elected by a majority vote of all 
    members entitled to vote. Directors may have such other qualifications 
    as the Board may prescribe by amendment to these Bylaws.

Proposed:

  - Using the definition of "affiliate" from section 2.3.2 of these 
    Bylaws, Directors may not be an affiliate of another Director. Other 
    than that, Directors may be any person who is elected by a majority 
    vote of all members entitled to vote. Directors may have such other 
    qualifications as the Board may prescribe by amendment to these 
    Bylaws.

For reference:

  - 2.3.2 Members who are affiliated with each other are entitled to a 
    total of one vote upon each issue. "Affiliate" means, with respect to 
    a particular person, any entity that directly or indirectly controls, 
    is controlled by, or is under common control with such person.

Chris

On Tue, 14 Apr 2026, Barry O'Donovan via Pdb-gov wrote:
> This discussion needs to be decoupled from the candidates, as I’d 
> happily give either my vote.
> 
> This is simply a matter of good (corporate) governance: there should be 
> a limit of one on people serving as directors from the same 
> organisation.
> 
> As it stands, bylaw 2.3.2 prevents members who are affiliated with each 
> other having more than one vote. It surely then makes no sense to have 
> two directors from the same org 🤷‍♂️
> 
>  - Barry