Members, Due to observing occasional complaints about alleged impropriety in regards to the Admin Committee approval process for new objects, I drafted the below amendment to the Admin Committee Charter.
Prior to the start of the April election process, during which I will be focused on the administration of the Board election and Annual Meeting as your Secretary/Treasurer, I share the below in case any other members would like to improve this draft or otherwise see it discussed or enacted in some form at the Annual Member Meeting on April 13th or in case members decide to share their opinion with perspective or existing board members. Governance details along with contact info for Board members is up at: https://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/ Chris --- Existing AC Charter: https://docs.peeringdb.com/committee/admin/ Draft Conflict of Interest Policy for AC Charter: - Due to the sensitive and potentially conflicted nature of support tickets handled by the Admin Committee, along with the desire to avoid the perception of any conflict of interest, this Charter includes the following provisions: - The Admin Committee requires annual conflict of interest disclosures be made to other Admin Committee members and the PeeringDB Board and Officers. At a minimum, these disclosures shall reveal sources of allegiance and/or income in the sphere of PeeringDB's activities, and shall be updated when there are changes. - An Admin Committee member may not touch or otherwise handle a potentially conflicting support ticket, regardless of whether the committee member believes there is no conflict of interest. For example, a committee member that works for, volunteers for, or otherwise has an interest in an IXP, except as a member or customer, may not deliberate/advise on any IXP related AC support ticket or decision relating to any IXP. This example continues for a hypothetical network employee adjudicating over another network, or a facility owner adjudicating over another facility, or a carrier advisor handling the support ticket of another carrier, etc. The purpose of these examples is not the be exhaustive, but rather to indicate the intention of this Conflict of Interest Policy. - If no Admin Committee member is able to handle a support ticket or decision needing resolution, the matter shall be delegated to the PeeringDB Board. ---
