This discussion needs to be decoupled from the candidates, as I’d
happily give either my vote.
This is simply a matter of good (corporate) governance: there should be
a limit of one on people serving as directors from the same
organisation.
As it stands, bylaw 2.3.2
<https://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/legaldocs/2026-01-14_PeeringDB_Bylaws.pdf>
prevents members who are affiliated with each other having more than one
vote. It surely then makes no sense to have two directors from the same
org 🤷♂️
- Barry
On 14/04/2026 11:45:14, "John van Oppen via Pdb-gov"
<[email protected]> wrote:
Why would we force this or make a rule vs just letting the voting community
decide? 2/5 is not an organizational risk, perception only risks should be
handled through the voting process in my mind.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pdb-gov <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Theo Voss via
Pdb-gov
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 9:43 AM
To: Stephen McManus <[email protected]>
Cc: Chris Caputo <[email protected]>;
[email protected]; Chris Caputo <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [PDB Gov] Risk of excessive DE-CIX influence on PeeringDB
+1, 5 seats should represent the entire PeeringDB community. Having them
+occupied by 2 people from
the same company creates an unhealthy imbalance from my POV.
Best regards,
Theo Voss, Inter.link
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On Tuesday, 04/14/26 at 18:40 Stephen McManus via Pdb-gov
<[email protected]> wrote:
+1 to the perception problem. I would not consider running while Alex Corso as we
both work at Meta. I like working with both Yolandi and Arnold but imo we should
have a rule to prevent >1 sitting board member from the same organization.
I think a looser rule for committee membership could be considered as well if we
do consider that: > 2?
-Steve
On Apr 14, 2026, at 11:50 AM, Chris Caputo via Pdb-gov
<[email protected]> wrote:
At https://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/misc/2026-04-14_election.html I see
that two DE-CIX personnel are running for the 5-person PeeringDB
Board, based on their names also being present on
https://www.de-cix.net/en/about-de-cix/the-team:
- Arnold Nipper, Chief Technology Evangelist and Co-Founder
- Yolandi Cloete, Interconnection Community and Academy Manager
While board members are expected to serve independently of their
affiliations, I am concerned about the potential risks of 2/5th's of
the PeeringDB Board having the same conflict of interest.
Thus I ask that either Arnold or Yolandi rapidly consider withdrawing
from this election prior to the end of the April 14th 23:59:59 UTC
2026 call for candidates, just over 8 hours from now.
I am sure both individuals are upstanding, but the perception of
capture by DE-CIX is, in my opinion, not a good look and not a good
risk for the PeeringDB community to be faced with.
Since I don't see Yolandi as even subscribed to pdb-gov@, I will
forward this to her after sending to the list. (Arnold is subscribed.)
Thank you for your consideration.
Chris
