Obviously, I disagree. When I posted my original email there were only 3 candidates, and the probability of two from DE-CIX being elected was high enough to take the personal risk of voicing my concern.
There is no present policy being violated here, that is why I am calling on people's better angels. Ultimately this is an organization of people who care about its future. In your previous email you wrote: > Until there is formal policy we really should not be advocating like > this in my mind, especially from members of the board. I have seen no members of the PeeringDB board or officers participate in this pdb-gov discussion. I am a lay person who was formerly the secretary/treasurer from 2015-2024. Chris On Tue, 14 Apr 2026, John van Oppen 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 <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chris Caputo > via Pdb-gov > Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 11:35 AM > To: Yolandi Cloete <[email protected]>; Arnold Nipper > <[email protected]> > Cc: Chris Caputo <[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
