From arnold at nipper.de  Fri May  1 10:13:04 2026
From: arnold at nipper.de (Arnold Nipper)
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 12:13:04 +0200
Subject: [PDB Gov] Results of 2026 Election
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Congratulations, Brian and Marco!

I wish you and the entire Board the best of luck in tackling the 
significant challenges ahead! The interconnection ecosystem needs 
PeeringDB more than ever!

Big thanks to Aaron and Job for their dedication to PeeringDB for more 
than 10 years. You have shaped and lead PeeringDB. I would much 
appreciate it if you could stay around as advisors. We still need you.


Arnold

On 2026-04-30 22:50, Shawna Bong via Pdb-gov wrote:

> The winners in order of vote count and thus seat occupied:
> 
>  ? Seat 2 (term expires 2028): Brian Burke
>  ? Seat 4 (term expires 2028): Marco Marzetti
> 
> Appreciation to the other candidates who ran:
> 
>  ? Konstantin Ternianov
>  ? Arnold Nipper
>  ??Jack Carrozzo
>  ??Martin J. Hannigan
>  ??Alex Latzko
>  ? Yolandi Cloete
>  ??Jean-Francis Ahanda
>  ??David Macmahon
> 
> The new PeeringDB Board of Directors is:
> 
> Seat 1 (term expires 2027): Livio Morina, 2023-
> Seat 2 (term expires 2028): Brian Burke, 2026-
> Seat 3 (term expires 2027): Isabel Odida, 2025-
> Seat 4 (term expires 2028): Marco Marzetti, 2026-
> Seat 5 (term expires 2027): Alexandre Corso, 2025-
> 
> Thank you to our outgoing Board Members:
> 
>  ? Aaron Hughes
>  ? Job Snijders
> 
> Detailed results including Single Transferable Vote (STV) stages:
> 
> https://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/ 
> misc/2026-04-30_Comprehensive_Poll_Results.pdf <https:// 
> docs.peeringdb.com/gov/misc/2026-04-30_Comprehensive_Poll_Results.pdf>
> 
> Receipt codes are on the final pages of the PDF.
> 
> For STV first timers:
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote <https:// 
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8XOZJkozfI <https://www.youtube.com/ 
> watch?v=l8XOZJkozfI>
> 
> Thanks to all of the candidates and the community for participating.
> 
> My personal thanks to Steve Feldman for observing the election and Chris 
> Caputo.
> 
> Questions welcome!
> 
> Respectfully,
> Shawna Bong
> PeeringDB Secretary/Treasurer
> 

-- 
Keep calm, keep distance, keep connected!

Arnold Nipper
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