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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Mark your calendars. The April Member Meeting is scheduled for Thursday<br>> April 21st at 1600 UTC, for one hour. The meeting will be held online.<br>> Meeting details to follow.<br>><br>> This is a call for candidates for the Board of Directors for PeeringDB.<br>><br>> - The second half of April, there will be an election for the Board of<br>> Directors. Like the last election, BigPulse.com will be used, along<br>> with Single-Transferable-Vote (STV). The STV results table will be part<br>> of the election results.<br>><br>> - Candidacies along with max 300 word statements should be submitted to<br>> <a href="mailto:secretary@peeringdb.com">secretary@peeringdb.com</a> prior to April 15th UTC. Anyone can run for<br>> election to the Board.<br>><br>> The organization documents (Articles, Bylaws, etc), Board meeting minutes,<br>> and finances, are up at:<br>><br>> <a href="http://gov.peeringdb.com/" target="_blank">http://gov.peeringdb.com/</a><br>><br>> There are 5 members of the Board of Directors, all of which are up for<br>> election this year.<br>><br>> The Bylaws proscribe staggered Board elections. Based on the BigPulse.com<br>> STV results, the top two candidates will get Board terms of 2 years, while<br>> the next three candidates will get Board terms of 1 year. Next year, there<br>> will be three seats up for election, all with 2 year terms.<br>><br>> Candidates must submit their name and maximum 300 word statement, as<br>> determined by the POSIX "LANG=en_US.UTF-8 wc -w" command, by April 14th<br>> 23:59:59 UTC 2016.<br>><br>> A voters' guide containing the current list of candidates and statements,<br>> sorted alphabetically by last name, will be kept updated at:<br>><br>> <a href="http://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/misc/2016-04-14_election.html" target="_blank">http://docs.peeringdb.com/gov/misc/2016-04-14_election.html</a><br>><br>> Candidates may revise their statements until the April 15th UTC cut-off.<br>><br>> Please submit your candidacy or questions/concerns to<br>> <a href="mailto:secretary@peeringdb.com">secretary@peeringdb.com</a>. Note that email to <a href="mailto:secretary@peeringdb.com">secretary@peeringdb.com</a> goes<br>> to Chris Caputo and observer Steven Feldman.<br>><br>> Discussion/questions/concerns also welcome on <a href="mailto:pdb-gov@lists.peeringdb.com">pdb-gov@lists.peeringdb.com</a>.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Kind Regards </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span 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