I oppose term limits. They deprive voters of choices. People who need to be replaced are replaced by candidates who get more votes.
Owen > On Oct 20, 2023, at 08:44, Chris Caputo via Pdb-gov > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Members, > > As indicated in recent PeeringDB Board Meeting minutes up at: > > https://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/#board-meetings > > there has been discussion of term limits for PeeringDB Board members. > Consensus seems to be that a term limit of 10 consecutive years (five > 2-year terms) would be good for the organization. > > With that background in mind, the Board has asked that I share the > following Bylaws amendment proposal with you, for the purposes of > gathering member feedback prior to a vote on the amendment by the Board at > a future Board Meeting. > > The current PeeringDB Bylaws are at: > > https://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/legaldocs/2015-12-08_PeeringDB_Bylaws.pdf > > Per Article 7 "Amendments", the relevant Article 3 "Board of Directors", > may be adopted by a vote of a majority of the number of Directors in > office. > > In the Section "3.4 Election of Directors" the proposal is to add a > Section 3.4.3 as follows: > > +++ "3.4.3 Eligibility.": "No person shall be elected by the members to > +++ the Board of Directors more than five times over the course of eleven > +++ consecutive Director elections, not including the initial 2015 > +++ election." > > The effect of not including the initial 2015 election, which happened > prior to incorporation as a non-profit, is that the two Board members who > would otherwise be affected by this new language (Aaron Hughes and Job > Snijders), would still have the option to run in the 2024 election. > > Here is how this would play out for a Director named Foo over the course > of several annual elections: > > - 01 2016 Election: Foo elected to a 2 year term > - 02 2017 Election > - 03 2018 Election: Foo elected to a 2 year term > - 04 2019 Election > - 05 2020 Election: Foo elected to a 2 year term > - 06 2021 Election > - 07 2022 Election: Foo elected to a 2 year term > - 08 2023 Election > - 09 2024 Election: Foo elected to a 2 year term > - 10 2025 Election > - 11 2026 Election: Foo blocked from running > - 01 2027 Election: Foo elected to a 2 year term > - 02 2028 Election > - 03 2029 Election: Foo elected to a 2 year term > - 04 2030 Election > - 05 2031 Election: Foo elected to a 2 year term > - 06 2032 Election > - 07 2033 Election: Foo elected to a 2 year term > - 08 2034 Election > - 09 2035 Election: Foo elected to a 2 year term > - 10 2036 Election > - 11 2037 Election: Foo blocked from running > - 01 2038 Election: Foo elected to a 2 year term > - [...] > > So the end result is that a person can serve for 10 years, but then gets a > forced 1 year gap as far as elections go. > > NOTE: The use of the word "members" in the proposal means this does not > prevent a Board of Directors from filling a vacancy with whoever they like > per the existing Bylaws. > > Inspiration for how to word the amendment was drawn from how the United > States limits its Presidents to two terms: "No person shall be elected to > the office of the President more than twice, [...]". > > The Board welcomes feedback for and against this proposal. Feedback can be > shared on this list, or to myself to pass onto the Board, or directly to > the exclusive Board list [email protected], or via email to > individual Board members detailed at: > > https://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/#board-of-directors > > As of today, no date has been set for a Board Meeting to decide this > matter. > > Thank you, > Chris Caputo > PeeringDB Secretary/Treasurer
