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

[Patrick Gilmore]

John:

I disagree this is inappropriate. Many questions asked of the candidates have nothing to do with the bylaws, and Chris is not (cannot) force them to do anything.

Perhaps a better question is: Why are you trying to tell a member what they can and cannot ask of candidates? The candidates can say “no” and move on if they disagree, but this seems well within the bounds of “appropriate” for a member to ask of prospective board members IMHO.

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TTFN,
patrick

> On Apr 14, 2026, at 14:41, John van Oppen via Pdb-gov <pdb-gov at lists.peeringdb.com> 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