YYCIX Internet Exchange Community Ltd. Annual General Meeting Date: November 27th, 2018 6:00 pm MST Location: Kahanoff Centre meeting room. Minutes by: Mark Cordingley Document status: Approved, AGM Oct 22, 2019 Via conference/phone: Ron Arsenault (Xplornet), Vincent (WiBand) 6:00 pm 1) Call To Order ================= Call to order by Theo de Raadt. Seconded by Bob Kitella. 2) Introductions ================= Board of Directors: Bob Kitella, Mark Cordingley, Reid Fishler, Theo de Raadt Treasurer: Bob Kitella Network Operators: Theo de Raadt, Jason George, Job Snijders, Bob Kitella, Brock Richards, Evan Ricci 3) Roll Call of Member organizations in attendance and designated voters ========================================================================= 6:03pm Actrack:54987(Mark Cordingley), Arrow:395559(InderJodh Soora) Boltn:200358(Proxy Inder), Catch:62993(Jason George) City of Calgary:16569(David Basto, Tyler Andruschak) Cybera:15296(JF), DataHive:18638(Tim Riddell) ERA:30648(Bojan Paduh), Hurricane Electric:6939(Reid Fishler) Hybrid Wireless:32738(Proxy Bob), NETAGO:54359(Terry) Nutrien:383891(Brock Richards), O-NET:54841(Robin Harder) OpenBSD:22512(Theo de Raadt), Pachez Data:1645(Bob Kitella) RF Now:46920(Sean McKenzie), SEBO Data:395097(Jamie Humenchuk) SnijdersIT:15562(Proxy Brock Richards), Xplornet XCI:22995(Proxy de Raadt) Xplornet XCS:40473(Evan Ricci), YYC NetLab:396302(Mark Leonard) 21 / 35 members in attendance or via proxy. 60% exceeds quorum requirements. 4) Board's Update ================== 4th largest IXP in Canada Still donation-funded (operating without port-fees) Modern equipment 9 new peers, 1 returned New locations Discussion: Suggestion tabled for donation-funding options. Looking for more ideas and suggestions that will not conflict with existing qualification requirements. 5) Special Thanks to our Supporters ==================================== Datahive, Q9, Shaw, Cybera, CIRA, City of Calgary, Arrow Packet Clearing House, Sebo Systems, Rogers 6) New Members =============== Actrack, Boltn, Cloudflare, GTT, Imperium, Nutrien, SnijdersIT, Teksavvy, Xplornet XCI, YYC NetLab 7) Action: 2017 AGM Minutes ============================ Bob motions to approve previous AGM minutes. Seconded and carried. 8) Equipment Maintenance ========================= Some discussion about maintenance options for the next year. ie. SMARTNET and spare equipment. 9) Treasurer's Update ====================== Bob Kitella delivers an update: - All income was donations - Donations in lieu of port-fees would be appreciated Opening Balance $3,667.66 Paypal $ 0.00 No financial donations recorded Nov 30, 2017 to current Expenses $1,466.05 (ARIN, cabling, import duties) Current balance $2,201.61 10) Network Operator's Update ============================= Theo de Raadt delivers an update: - Further route-security improvements (RPKI) - Teaching route-security to MBIX, YXEIX, VANIX, others - Switch upgrades - Inter-switch-link upgrades (staying ahead of demand) - Handful of peers upgraded to 10G - Network Map Dark Fiber by City added to existing and new locations Looking for additional fibre connections for reliability into the future. - We have optics - Rich collection of DNS services - Secure Route Filtering Without authorization, we do not re-announce learned routes Automation! Filters update often on route-servers - Support well-known BGP communities for traffic engineering https://yycix.ca/communities.html 11) Election of 2018/19 Board of Directors ========================================== Member asks: How are the relationships with each of our hosting facilities? Are we having any issues with any of them? YYCIX responds: As far as YYCIX is aware, there haven't been any of them that have announced there are any large issues. One of the things is the internet exchange is neutral and will put a switch anywhere it makes sense. This is an effort for the community by the community. Election for the new Board begins! Mark Cordingley and Bob Kitella continue for 2nd year of term. The board will be 4 Directors, so 2 positions are open (2 year terms) Nominations received by the close of Nov 23: - Theo de Raadt, Ron Arsenault 22995, 2nd Sean McKenzie 46920 - Reid Fishler, Bob Kitella 1645, 2nd Inderjodh Soora 395559 Bob motions to skip the voting process as there are only 2 nominations. Seconded by Mark. Carried. Discussion: Mark Leonard from YYC NetLab advertises they are available to help train those who lack the BGP experience to join YYCIX. YYC NetLab is a not for profit organization. 6:55 pm 12) Adjournment =============== Theo de Raadt motions to adjourn. Seconded by Mark Cordingley and Carried.