As someone who was on ARIN’s board of directors for fifteen years, yes, ARIN has a solid CoI policy, and exercised it rigorously.
> On Apr 15, 2026, at 01:47, Chris Rogers via Pdb-gov > <[email protected]> wrote: > > ARIN does have a clause about this in their bylaws, article IV section 1.e. > > :) > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2026, 15:02 Martin Hannigan via Pdb-gov > <[email protected]> wrote: > Conflicts declaration makes sense regardless. > Healthy number of candidates running. > If ARIN doesn’t do it, then it must be OK. > > Seems fine. > > > From: Pdb-gov <[email protected]> on behalf of Shaun Coffey > via Pdb-gov <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM > To: > Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PDB Gov] Risk of excessive DE-CIX influence on PeeringDB > > IMO declare the potential conflict at time of voting, and allow voters to > make the choice. I have no concerns about either candidate or the > organization they are affiliated with. > > If it’s still of concern ahead of next election, then take the chance to > propose modifying the bylaws to include allowing a run off as proposed by > Yolandi, or a modification to the quorum requirements to ensure a quorum must > consist of at least 3 members who are not affiliated with the same > organization. > > On Wed, 15 Apr 2026 at 7:01 am, Matthew Petach via Pdb-gov > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Chris > > Absolutely agree with you; someone earlier had suggested that since Directors > can also be members, that section 2.3.2 *might* be argued to apply to votes > being taken by the Board as well. It's a weak claim, but one that could be > made in the absence of clearer language. > > I do find it interesting that the Directors do not *need* to be associated > with any Member organizations; there is no restriction on who can be voted in > as a Director, allowing for the possibility that in the future, the Board of > Directors could be entirely populated by people with no member affiliation to > PeeringDB at all. > I'm still mentally wrestling with whether or not that could be a strength, or > a weakness in the Bylaws, though. ^_^;; > > Thank you for the clarification! > > Matt > > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM Chris Caputo <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a quick point of clarification that the Voting Rights mentioned in > section 2.3 apply to the Membership, not the Board. > > Chris > > On Tue, 14 Apr 2026, Matthew Petach wrote: > > Welcome to the iterative process of updating Bylaws. I've been going > > through this with two other organizations I've been on the boards of, > > and it's always a challenge. > [...] -Bill Please consider the environment before using AI to process this email.
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