[HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: Board Elections

Thu Feb 23 12:29:25 PST 2017

Hello Subhro,

Just as the people running for president are allowed to vote for themselves, Bart is a supporting member, and is able to cast his vote in all elections including his own.

Additionally, I appreciate your vote of confidence Subhro, but your name isn’t in the list of Supporting Members that Cory provided me, so I won’t be able to include your vote in the final tally. I do want to thank you for your participation though!

Thanks,
Nigel

> On Feb 23, 2017, at 12:16, Subhro Kar <subhro at 80386.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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