Why would we force this or make a rule vs just letting the voting community decide? 2/5 is not an organizational risk, perception only risks should be handled through the voting process in my mind.
-----Original Message----- From: Pdb-gov <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Theo Voss via Pdb-gov Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 9:43 AM To: Stephen McManus <[email protected]> Cc: Chris Caputo <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Chris Caputo <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PDB Gov] Risk of excessive DE-CIX influence on PeeringDB +1, 5 seats should represent the entire PeeringDB community. Having them +occupied by 2 people from the same company creates an unhealthy imbalance from my POV. Best regards, Theo Voss, Inter.link -------- Original Message -------- On Tuesday, 04/14/26 at 18:40 Stephen McManus via Pdb-gov <[email protected]> wrote: +1 to the perception problem. I would not consider running while Alex Corso as we both work at Meta. I like working with both Yolandi and Arnold but imo we should have a rule to prevent >1 sitting board member from the same organization. I think a looser rule for committee membership could be considered as well if we do consider that: > 2? -Steve > On Apr 14, 2026, at 11:50 AM, Chris Caputo via Pdb-gov > <[email protected]> wrote: > > At https://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/misc/2026-04-14_election.html I see > that two DE-CIX personnel are running for the 5-person PeeringDB > Board, based on their names also being present on > https://www.de-cix.net/en/about-de-cix/the-team: > > - Arnold Nipper, Chief Technology Evangelist and Co-Founder > > - Yolandi Cloete, Interconnection Community and Academy Manager > > While board members are expected to serve independently of their > affiliations, I am concerned about the potential risks of 2/5th's of > the PeeringDB Board having the same conflict of interest. > > Thus I ask that either Arnold or Yolandi rapidly consider withdrawing > from this election prior to the end of the April 14th 23:59:59 UTC > 2026 call for candidates, just over 8 hours from now. > > I am sure both individuals are upstanding, but the perception of > capture by DE-CIX is, in my opinion, not a good look and not a good > risk for the PeeringDB community to be faced with. > > Since I don't see Yolandi as even subscribed to pdb-gov@, I will > forward this to her after sending to the list. (Arnold is subscribed.) > > Thank you for your consideration. > > Chris
