2011 NANOG Elections Summary + Results
Board of Directors Candidates
Proposed Bylaw Changes
Program Committee Candidates
Key Dates
Election Results
Board of Directors + Bylaw Amendments
General Elections took place October 9-11, 2011.
2011 Board of Directors: Terms Expiring
Steve Feldman *
Sylvie LaPerriere
Duane Wessels
Michael K. Smith (Completing a vacant seat on the Board)
*-Term limited
The following individuals were the 2011 Board of Directors candidates:
- Steve Gibbard, Nominum
- Sylvie LaPerriere, Google
- Michael K. Smith, AdHost
- Duane Wessels, VeriSign
Proposed Bylaw Changes
Summary:
Modified Section 5 (added 5.5), Section 9 (corrected typos), Section 9.4 (removed Event Logistics and Budget & Finance Committees; replaced with “Ad Hoc” Committees)
Bylaws (amended January 4, 2011 - BOD amendment)
Candidates: Program Committee
The following individuals were the 2011 Program Committee candidates:
Jim Cowie, Renesys Corporation
Brian Deardorff, Level 3 Communications
Paul Ebersman, Infoblox
Scott Ehnert, Spectrum Networks
Igor Gashinsky, Yahoo!
Greg Hankins, Brocade
Manish Karir
Mohit Lad,ThousandEyes
Andrew Liu, Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University
Timothy J. Loecher, TEC
Chris Malayter, Coresite
John van Oppen, Spectrum Networks
Brian Prater, Tata Communications
Dani Roisman, SoftLayer Technologies
Jan Schaumann, Yahoo!
Michael Sinatra,Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Tony Tauber, Comcast
Key Dates
August 20, 2011 - Nominations for Board of Director Candidates opened.
September 17, 2011 - Nominations for Committee Candidates opened.
October 1, 2011 - Board of Director Nominations closed.
October 2, 2011 - Bylaws Amendments posted.
October 21-23, 2011 - Voting for Board of Director Candidates + Bylaw Amendments.
October 23, 2011 - Committee Candidates Nominations closed.
Election Results
Board Candidates Elected October 2011
Candidate Votes
Steve Gibbard 84
Sylvie LaPerriere 89
Michael Smith 74
Duane Wessels 86
Bylaw Amendments for 2011
APPROVED
Bylaws Votes
Member structure ratification 79 yes 0 no
Committee Structure Simplification Rationale 78 yes 8 no