It’s not about the individuals. It’s about the organization and safeguarding it.
There’s not much we can do this election. Other than choose to only vote for one, not both or vote for neither. Tks, -M< Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: Pdb-gov <[email protected]> on behalf of Ankesh Anand via Pdb-gov <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2026 5:44:22 AM To: Sylvain BAYA <[email protected]> Cc: Chris Caputo <[email protected]>; Chris Caputo <[email protected]>; Arnold Nipper <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PDB Gov] Risk of excessive DE-CIX influence on PeeringDB I don't see a conflict here. Both candidates have been invested in PeeringDB & the internet community in general for a very long time. Declaring conflict & letting the voters choose would be a logical choice here. Although if something pertaining to DE-CIX comes for PDB board review, there is an exemption of both directors to prevent influence. This is already laid out in Conflict<https://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/legaldocs/2015-12-08_PeeringDB_Conflict_of_Interest_Policy.pdf> of Interest policy<https://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/legaldocs/2015-12-08_PeeringDB_Conflict_of_Interest_Policy.pdf> which seems good enough for this case. - Ankesh On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 12:27 PM Sylvain BAYA via Pdb-gov <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Le 14/04/2026 à 19:35, Chris Caputo via Pdb-gov a écrit : 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. Hi Chris, Thanks for this precision, brother. That said, if neither you nor Arnold will withdraw from this election, one or both of you could make a public commitment Please can you explain what's the rule you are invoking while *likely* imposing this? that if both elected, one of you will not accept the election and thus defer to the next ranked choice candidate. One should be free to do this. Are you Yolandi willing to make that commitment? Is Arnold? ...no unneeded pressure, please! Shalom, --sb. Chris -- Best Regards ! baya.sylvain [AT cmNOG DOT cm] | cmNOG's Structure<https://www.cmnog.cm/dokuwiki/Structure> | CAMIX's Website<https://www.camix.cm/> | Douala-IX's Looking Glass<https://tools.std.douala-ix.net/lg> | cmNOG's Surveys<https://survey2.cmnog.cm/> | Subscribe to cmNOG's Mailing List<https://lists.cmnog.cm/mailman/listinfo/cmnog> | __ #LASAINTEBIBLE|#Ephésiens5:18,15-21«[...] 18 Et ne vous enivrez pas de vin, en quoi il y a de la dissolution; mais soyez remplis de l'Esprit, [...]» #LASAINTEBIBLE|#Hébreux13:9,5-15«[...] 9 Ne soyez pas seduits par des doctrines diverses et etrangeres, car il est bon que le coeur soit affermi par la grace, non par les viandes, lesquels n'ont pas profite à ceux qui y ont marche. [...]» #AMEN,#Maranatha,#MerciJÉSUS! #MaPrière est que tu naisses de nouveau.#Chrétiennement
