Article 3 contains very few limitations. @Chris Caputo<mailto:[email protected]> - Agree with the proposal, though "affiliate" needs to be clearly defined.
@Owen - Yolandi (Not Yolanda). Andrew Owens, Interconnection and Peering | Teraco Data Environments (Pty) Ltd. Mobile: +27 (0) 71 683 5913 | Phone: +27 (011) 573-2800 www.teraco.co.za<https://www.teraco.co.za/> [Teraco | Africa‘s Data Centre]<https://www.teraco.co.za/> [Leaf] Please consider the environment before you print. Protect • Connect • Grow DISCLAIMER – https://www.teraco.co.za/legal/ [cid:fcf9297a-cf74-4535-8477-dca404040bd5]<https://twitter.com/TeracoDC> [cid:d5a9bf9c-a149-4de6-9960-6f4253d1d0f5]<https://www.facebook.com/TeracoDC/> [cid:0c82701a-eade-45ef-8f73-f264ca307eda]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/teraco-data-environments/> ________________________________ From: Pdb-gov <[email protected]> on behalf of Chris Caputo via Pdb-gov <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 14 April 2026 19:21 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: Chris Caputo <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PDB Gov] Risk of excessive DE-CIX influence on PeeringDB Barry, good point about 2.3.2. Bylaws: https://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/legaldocs/2026-01-14_PeeringDB_Bylaws.pdf<https://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/legaldocs/2026-01-14_PeeringDB_Bylaws.pdf> section "3.3 Qualifications" could be revised as follows. Current: - Directors may be any person who is elected by a majority vote of all members entitled to vote. Directors may have such other qualifications as the Board may prescribe by amendment to these Bylaws. Proposed: - Using the definition of "affiliate" from section 2.3.2 of these Bylaws, Directors may not be an affiliate of another Director. Other than that, Directors may be any person who is elected by a majority vote of all members entitled to vote. Directors may have such other qualifications as the Board may prescribe by amendment to these Bylaws. For reference: - 2.3.2 Members who are affiliated with each other are entitled to a total of one vote upon each issue. "Affiliate" means, with respect to a particular person, any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such person. Chris On Tue, 14 Apr 2026, Barry O'Donovan via Pdb-gov wrote: > This discussion needs to be decoupled from the candidates, as I’d > happily give either my vote. > > This is simply a matter of good (corporate) governance: there should be > a limit of one on people serving as directors from the same > organisation. > > As it stands, bylaw 2.3.2 prevents members who are affiliated with each > other having more than one vote. It surely then makes no sense to have > two directors from the same org 🤷♂️ > > - Barry
