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

[Chris Rogers]

ARIN does have a clause about this in their bylaws, article IV section 1.e.

:)

On Tue, Apr 14, 2026, 15:02 Martin Hannigan via Pdb-gov <
pdb-gov at lists.peeringdb.com> wrote:

> Conflicts declaration makes sense regardless.
> Healthy number of candidates running.
> If ARIN doesn’t do it, then it must be OK.
>
> Seems fine.
>
>
> *From: *Pdb-gov <pdb-gov-bounces at lists.peeringdb.com> on behalf of Shaun
> Coffey via Pdb-gov <pdb-gov at lists.peeringdb.com>
> *Date: *Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
> *To:*
> *Cc: *pdb-gov at lists.peeringdb.com <pdb-gov at lists.peeringdb.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [PDB Gov] Risk of excessive DE-CIX influence on PeeringDB
>
> IMO declare the potential conflict at time of voting, and allow voters to
> make the choice.  I have no concerns about either candidate or the
> organization they are affiliated with.
>
> If it’s still of concern ahead of next election, then take the chance
> to propose modifying the bylaws to include allowing a run off as proposed
> by Yolandi, or a modification to the quorum requirements to ensure a quorum
> must consist of at least 3 members who are not affiliated with the same
> organization.
>
> On Wed, 15 Apr 2026 at 7:01 am, Matthew Petach via Pdb-gov <
> pdb-gov at lists.peeringdb.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Chris
>
> Absolutely agree with you; someone earlier had suggested that since
> Directors can also be members, that section 2.3.2 *might* be argued to
> apply to votes being taken by the Board as well.  It's a weak claim, but
> one that could be made in the absence of clearer language.
>
> I do find it interesting that the Directors do not *need* to be associated
> with any Member organizations; there is no restriction on who can be voted
> in as a Director, allowing for the possibility that in the future, the
> Board of Directors could be entirely populated by people with no member
> affiliation to PeeringDB at all.
> I'm still mentally wrestling with whether or not that could be a strength,
> or a weakness in the Bylaws, though.   ^_^;;
>
> Thank you for the clarification!
>
> Matt
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM Chris Caputo <ccaputo at alt.net> wrote:
>
> Just a quick point of clarification that the Voting Rights mentioned in
> section 2.3 apply to the Membership, not the Board.
>
> Chris
>
> On Tue, 14 Apr 2026, Matthew Petach wrote:
> > Welcome to the iterative process of updating Bylaws.  I've been going
> > through this with two other organizations I've been on the boards of,
> > and it's always a challenge.
> [...]
>
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