2013 NANOG Elections Summary + Results
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Board of Directors Candidates
Proposed Bylaw Changes
Committee Candidates
Key Dates
Election Results
Board of Directors + Bylaw Amendments
General Elections took place October 7-9, 2013.
2013 Board of Directors: Terms Ending
Sylvie LaPerriere*, Google
Term ends: 2013 (10/31)
Duane Wessels*, Verisign
Term ends: 2013 (10/31)
Steve Gibbard, DNS
Term ends: 2013 (10/31)
*-Term limited
The following individuals were the 2013 Board of Directors candidates:
- Joe Abley, Hopcount
- William Charnock, SoftLayer Technologies, an IBM Company
- Ryan M. Donnelly, Verisign
- Steve Gibbard, Tata Communications
- Huanhuan Jezzibell Gilmore, GTT
- David Meyer, Brocade/University of Oregon
- David Temkin, Netflix
- David Siegel, Level 3 Communications
- John van Oppen, Spectrum Networks
Proposed Bylaw Changes
Proposed Bylaw Changes
Summary:
This is an attempt to simplify the bylaws, making them more readable, organized, and internally consistent. In most cases the intent is to leave the meaning of the existing bylaws unchanged, with exceptions noted below.
It is divided into three broad sections.
The first section (articles 1-3) is introductory, with articles on the preamble, name, and mission. The current bylaws were used as the basis for these except as noted.
The second section (articles 4-11) describes the organizational structure, with articles on the board, officers, membership, elections, etc.
The third and final section (articles 12-16) includes the necessary legal boilerplate, to ensure continuing 501(c)(3) nonprofit status and indemnification of directors and volunteers.
Substantive changes from the existing Bylaws are:
- Articles 4 and 11: Changed “eligible voters” to “members”, since the term wasn’t defined elsewhere.
- Article 5: [Officers must now be chosen from among the elected Board members. The ability to appoint outside officers was a holdover from the boilerplate used to form the initial bylaws, and has never been used.] After further discussion, the flexibility to point an outside Treasurer or Secretary seems like a good idea. That is restored to this section. Also, changed to gender-neutral “Chair” and “Vice Chair”.
- Article 6: Defined “member in good standing.”
- Article 7: The board may appoint non-members to ad-hoc committees (e.g. an outside subject-matter expert), and ad-hoc committee chairs are no longer ex-officio board members. Renamed “Membership and Development” as “Development”, to highlight the committee’s primary purpose.
- Article 8: Many of the details of conference and mailing list operation have been removed, as they more properly belong in “Policies and Procedures” documents rather than corporate Bylaws. Community meetings are no longer mandated. Member meetings are mandated at conferences during elections.
The following changes have been made based on advice from our attorney:
- 4.3: Specify staggered terms for directors.
- 4.5: Change “conference call” to “teleconference” to allow for new-fangled Internet technology. Allow for written consent of board actions taken without a formal meeting.
- 5.6, 5.7: (new): Specifies procedures for selecting officers and dealing with vacancies.
Candidates: Program Committee + Communications Committee + Development Committee
The following individuals were the 2013 Program Committee candidates:
Mehmet Akcin, DNS Operations
Darrell Budic, BigWells Technologies
Leslie Carr, Wikimedia Foundation
Adam Eaglestone, Integra
Paul Ebersman, Infoblox
Peter Hoose, facebook
L Sean Kennedy, XO Communications
Randolph (Randy) W. Neals, Rackspace US, Inc.
Matthew Nicholas Petach
Steven Schecter, Akamai Technologies Inc.
William Lawton
The following individuals were the 2013 Communications Committee candidates:
Brad Raymo, Limelight Networks
Randy Epstein, BroadbandONE
The following individuals were the 2013 Development Committee candidates:
Judy DeDios, Telstra Global
Andrew Fisher, Myriad Supply
Timothy Parker, Go Daddy
Valerie Wittkop, Bigwells Technology
Key Dates
August 9 2013 - Nominations for Board of Director Candidates opened.
September 13, 2013 - Nominations for Committee Candidates opened.
September 20, 2013 - Bylaws Amendments posted.
September 20, 2013 - Board of Director Nominations closed.
October 7-9, 2013 - Voting for Board of Director Candidates + Bylaw Amendments.
October 9, 2013 - Committee Candidates Nominations closed.
Election Results
Board Candidates Elected October 2013
David Temkin
Ryan M. Donnelly
Jezzibell Gilmore
Bylaw Amendments for 2013
APPROVED
Program Committee Candidates Appointed October 2013
Greg Hankins
Manish Karir
Michael Sinatra
Tony Tauber
Randolph (Randy) W. Neals
Steven Schecter
Peter Hoose
Matthew Petach
Paul Ebersman
Sean Kennedy
Communications Committee Candidates Appointed October 2013
Randy Epstein
Matt Griswold
Brad Raymo
Development Committee Candidates Appointed October 2013
Judy DeDois
Fearghas McKay
Tim Parker
Michael Rascoe
Valerie Wittkop