[HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: Board Elections

[Cliff Gurlen]

I vote as follows:

Cory: Yay
Ryan: Yay
Bart: Yay
Nigel: Yay

On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 1:08 AM, Nigel Vander Houwen <nigel at nigelvh.com> wrote:
> Apologies, minor correction: Supporting members are those who have
> contributed at the Basic level for *6* months, not 12. The list remains the
> same, as Cory gathered it using the proper criteria. Thanks Cory!
>
> Thanks!
> Nigel
>
> On Feb 22, 2017, at 20:59, Nigel Vander Houwen <nigel at nigelvh.com> wrote:
>
> As a supporting member, I will vote as follows:
>
> Cory: Yay
> Ryan: Yay
> Bart: Yay
> Nigel: Yay
>
> Thanks,
> Nigel
>
> On Feb 22, 2017, at 20:58, Nigel Vander Houwen <nigel at nigelvh.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> It’s been a year since our current board members were approved, so it’s time
> to revisit!
>
> As a quick recap for folks that haven’t been around, or need a reminder:
>
> Board member positions last for one year.
> Any supporting member is eligible to vote for board members.
> Any supporting member is eligible to run for a position on the board.
> There is no limit on the number of board members, so if you want to run and
> participate, you’re not taking a spot away from anyone else.
>
> There is a minimum number of 3 board members.
>
> Supporting members are those who have contributed at the Basic level
> ($20/mo) (or more) for the last 12 months.
> Voting is open for 7 days.
> Each board member is a separate “election”, IE you don’t have to choose one
> person to vote for, you choose Yay or Nay for all individuals.
> Please respond to the list with your votes, the list serves as our public
> records.
>
>
> Our current list of supporting members is as follows (the folks who are
> eligible to vote):
>
> Robert Salsgiver
> Benjamin Krueger
> Nigel Vander Houwen
> Ryan Turner
> Bartlomiej Kus
> Daniel Ransom
> Allen Johnson
> Clifton Gurlen
> Ian Finder
> Ryan Spott
> Mike Shirley
> Terence Chan
> Tim Osburn
> Cory Johnson
>
> In addition, we have a few folks that have made one time donations, or
> haven’t been on a recurring donation long enough to be a supporting member.
>
> Jim Hudspeth
> Francis Haugen
> David Yost
> Nick Austin
>
> I’d like to thank all of the above folks for supporting HamWAN and our
> ability to purchase gear to expand the network and provide services to
> users. We’ve been very fortunate in our ability to keep overhead low, so we
> can put as much as possible into things that directly improve the network.
>
> We’ve seen the last year bring a pile of great progress:
>
> A number of new Open Peering Policy users have joined us, using our network
> infrastructure to announce their 44-net networks to the internet.
> Capitol Peak was approved and brought online.
> Additional hardware for Gold was approved and brought online.
> We added a high resolution PTZ camera at our Baldi site with generous
> donations specifically for the camera.
> Rob has done some fantastic work bringing some hospitals online.
> We worked with our friends in Victoria BC to bring the Triangle site online
> We underwent a routine IRS audit that found no problems, and I’d really love
> to thank Cory for his efforts on this, and hope for his continued
> involvement on the board.
> We rebuilt the HamWAN.org website from scratch, Bart and Tom put a huge
> amount of effort into this. Thanks guys!
> Our sister networks in Memphis and Tampa have both grown.
> We purchased our own ASN to improve our ability to help our sister networks
> get online via BGP, and released the borrowed one we had been using back to
> Threshold Communications, which had been generously letting us use it. They
> continue to support our Westin edge router, which we appreciate greatly.
> We purchased a number of locking equipment racks to help us install our gear
> securely at sites.
> We’ve purchased extra batteries to extend the runtime in case of a power
> outage at Baldi (yet to be installed).
> We’ve purchased and replaced a few failing modems over the year as well.
> We’ve had some repeaters get connected this year, and we’ve recently added
> an on-network DMR C-Bridge to support their efforts.
>
>
> As you can see, there’s a lot of forward progress over the last year, and
> there’s no end in sight.
>
> Which brings me to the bit about actually electing board members. For the
> last year, Bart Kus, Cory Johnson, Ryan Turner, and myself have acted as the
> board for HamWAN. I’ve confirmed with each of them that they’re willing to
> serve again this year if elected, so we’ll combine the votes for all four in
> one email thread.
>
> Cory Johnson - Cory has graciously handled HamWAN’s financial and legal
> filings and reports. I’m incredibly grateful for his efforts in general, and
> especially this year after completing our IRS audit. Thank you Cory!
>
> Ryan Turner - Ryan heads our sister network in Memphis, and has put a lot of
> effort into our automation, and outreach. Thank you Ryan!
>
> Bart Kus - Bart continues to put enormous effort into the physical aspects
> of the network, acquiring new sites, installing and maintaining them, as
> well as some software projects, as well as acting as an administrator for
> the Puget Sound network day to day. Thank you Bart!
>
> Nigel Vander Houwen - (me) I handle much of our contract work, and record
> keeping around technical aspects like LoAs, I serve as a day to day network
> administrator, and have helped deploy and maintain some of the on-network
> services, occasionally I manage to make a site visit with Bart to get things
> done, and I handle things like the email you’re reading now.
>
> Voting is open for Cory, Ryan, Bart, and myself for 7 days, after which the
> final results will be decided by the majority of votes cast.
>
> If any of the supporting members from above would like to participate on the
> board, please announce your intention on this list, and your 7 day voting
> period will end 7 days after your announcement. Duties are not time
> intensive, and mostly consist of being available for occasional calls to
> approve expenses, and assisting HamWAN in whichever other ways your time
> and/or skills/knowledge allow.
>
> Thank you all for reading this rather long email, and hope to serve for
> another great year with HamWAN.
>
> Nigel Vander Houwen
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