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

[Chris Caputo]

Obviously, I disagree. When I posted my original email there were only 3 
candidates, and the probability of two from DE-CIX being elected was high 
enough to take the personal risk of voicing my concern.

There is no present policy being violated here, that is why I am calling 
on people's better angels. Ultimately this is an organization of people 
who care about its future.

In your previous email you wrote:
> Until there is formal policy we really should not be advocating like 
> this in my mind, especially from members of the board.

I have seen no members of the PeeringDB board or officers participate in 
this pdb-gov discussion. I am a lay person who was formerly the 
secretary/treasurer from 2015-2024.

Chris

On Tue, 14 Apr 2026, John van Oppen wrote:
> Chris -
> 
> It is inappropriate to ask this when it is not currently in the bylaws, 
> why are you pushing this so hard?  Is there a policy being violated 
> here?  If the answer to the policy violation is that there is none we 
> should just move along.
>
> John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pdb-gov <pdb-gov-bounces at lists.peeringdb.com> On Behalf Of Chris Caputo via Pdb-gov
> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 11:35 AM
> To: Yolandi Cloete <yolandi at peeringdb.com>; Arnold Nipper <arnold at peeringdb.com>
> Cc: Chris Caputo <ccaputo at alt.net>; pdb-gov at lists.peeringdb.com
> Subject: Re: [PDB Gov] Risk of excessive DE-CIX influence on PeeringDB
> 
> On Tue, 14 Apr 2026, Yolandi Cloete wrote:
> > Alternatively for this round of voting,* if it so happens *that the 
> > two of us are the top two voted candidates, we could hold a second 
> > round of voting in which members vote for only one of us. The second 
> > seat should be awarded to the third‑highest‑voted candidate.
> 
> Without restarting it completely, the election process conducted by PeeringDB can't really be altered while it is underway.
> 
> That said, if neither you nor Arnold will withdraw from this election, one or both of you could make a public commitment that if both elected, one of you will not accept the election and thus defer to the next ranked choice candidate.
> 
> Are you Yolandi willing to make that commitment?
> 
> Is Arnold?
> 
> Chris