[HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: Board Elections

Thu Feb 23 12:16:35 PST 2017

Are you allowed to self vote Bart? :-P I would not have voted otherwise though.

Corey, Ryan, Bart and Nigel: All YAY. Dont fix something that is not broken.

Subhro

> On Feb 23, 2017, at 12:11 PM, Bart Kus <me at bartk.us> wrote:
> 
> My votes are:
> 
> Cory: Yay
> Ryan: Yay
> Bart: Yay
> Nigel: Yay
> 
> --Bart
> 
> 
> On 2/23/2017 8:43 AM, Cliff Gurlen wrote:
>> 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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