But would that not be at odds with the "majority vote" ? If both are elected, there is no bylaw that forces either to concede. It comes down to that commitment.
Andrew Owens, Interconnection and Peering | Teraco Data Environments (Pty) Ltd. Mobile: +27 (0) 71 683 5913 | Phone: +27 (011) 573-2800 www.teraco.co.za<https://www.teraco.co.za/> [Teraco | Africa‘s Data Centre]<https://www.teraco.co.za/> [Leaf] Please consider the environment before you print. Protect • Connect • Grow DISCLAIMER – https://www.teraco.co.za/legal/ [cid:70f9167a-8be4-43cf-96e1-56b58681f2fa]<https://twitter.com/TeracoDC> [cid:99f87e2f-56bd-4f72-a585-5a17665da532]<https://www.facebook.com/TeracoDC/> [cid:050dc3c0-e9ab-4e63-bdea-0e0a9b147ddd]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/teraco-data-environments/> ________________________________ From: Pdb-gov <[email protected]> on behalf of Chris Caputo via Pdb-gov <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 14 April 2026 20:35 To: Yolandi Cloete <[email protected]>; Arnold Nipper <[email protected]> Cc: Chris Caputo <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> 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
