[HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: Board Elections

Subhro Kar subhro at 80386.org
Thu Feb 23 12:39:23 PST 2017 

> On Feb 23, 2017, at 12:29 PM, Nigel Vander Houwen <nigel at nigelvh.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.

Oh, I was just giving him a hard time. Bart is someone I know outside of HamWan as well. But I think it was a bit inappropriate to do that on the list. I am sorry about that.
> 
> 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!

Sure. How do I get into this list?

Thanks
Subhro

> 
> 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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