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

[Andrew Owens]

Article 3 contains very few limitations. @Chris Caputo<mailto:ccaputo-dated-1786555296.35791c at alt.net> - Agree with the proposal, though "affiliate" needs to be clearly defined.

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From: Pdb-gov <pdb-gov-bounces at lists.peeringdb.com> on behalf of Chris Caputo via Pdb-gov <pdb-gov at lists.peeringdb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 14 April 2026 19:21
To: pdb-gov at lists.peeringdb.com <pdb-gov at lists.peeringdb.com>
Cc: Chris Caputo <ccaputo at alt.net>
Subject: Re: [PDB Gov] Risk of excessive DE-CIX influence on PeeringDB

Barry, good point about 2.3.2.

Bylaws:

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