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From: PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces at hamwan.org] On Behalf Of Nigel Vander Houwen
Sent: February-23-17 3:29 PM
To: Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr at hamwan.org>
Subject: Re: [HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: Board Elections

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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