September 2021 - mice-discuss

Details for this weeks Meeting
by Travis Fincham Oct. 1, 2021

Oct. 1, 2021

Are there any details for this week’s meeting? Thanks Travis Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ NOTICE: This message (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2510-2521, is CONFIDENTIAL, and is intended only for the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the named addressee or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the named addressee, you are hereby notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, retention, dissemination, distribution, copying or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you received this message in error and then delete it.

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Microsoft peering at 511 - packet loss
by Fridlington, Anthony Oct. 1, 2021

Oct. 1, 2021

We seem to be having issues with both of our Microsoft peers at 511, but no others. Is anybody experiencing similar issues? 206.108.255.156 and 206.108.255.157. Thank you, Anthony Fridlington Network Manager Essentia Health Information Services | P240 532 E 1st St, Duluth, MN 55805 218-786-5360 | Anthony.Fridlington(a)EssentiaHealth.org

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Midco Upgrade 1x1x100G
by Jay Hanke Sept. 28, 2021

Sept. 28, 2021

Please allocate the following port to Midco. MICE MAIN :: Ethernet3/25/1 Port should be provisioned as a single member LAG group. This port was previously allocated to Midco and then converted to a 10G port. IP info will remain the same. Welcome aboard! -- Jay Hanke, President South Front Networks jayhanke(a)southfront.io Phone 612-204-0000

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MICE UG39 Election Results
by AnthonyAnderberg＠nuvera.net Sept. 23, 2021

Sept. 23, 2021

Congratulations to Reid Fishler, who was re-elected to the MICE Board of Directors yesterday for another 3 year term - we thank him for his ongoing service to the community. Since most members were joining remotely we did the election as a voice vote but I continued the tradition of recording everyone’s votes with tokens none-the-less. [A picture containing indoor, stuffed Description automatically generated] Cheers, anthony [signature_2070010193]

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Re: Quorum
by Kittel, Brady Sept. 21, 2021

Sept. 21, 2021

We (HCMC/HHS) support this as well with one suggestion/comment: Can we maintain a higher quorum requirement for specific actions that pertain to changing the makeup of the actual board or how it votes outside of an election if that isn't already in place? I'd hate to see the low member quorum be used against the MICE by a handful of orgs for the purposes of changing the nature of MICE. I don't have any concerns about that right now, but I've seen it happen in other non-profit orgs where a handful of members essentially took over the non-profit for their own commercial/personal benefit. ---- Brady Kittel Systems Architect - Server Team Hennepin County Medical Center 612-873-2150 Brady.Kittel(a)hcmed.org On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 12:00 AM Frank Bulk <fbulk(a)mypremieronline.com> wrote: I support as well, for all the reasons others have mentioned. Frank From: MICE Discuss <MICE-DISCUSS(a)LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET<mailto:MICE-DISCUSS@LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET>> On Behalf Of Reid Fishler Sent: Monday, September 20, 2021 9:55 AM To: MICE-DISCUSS(a)LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET<mailto:MICE-DISCUSS@LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET> Subject: Re: [MICE-DISCUSS] Quorum I support this proposal as well. If we get to the point where we are in another lockdown, or where people don't want to travel, we will need this in force as well. All meetings will continue to be announced, but the board should not have to try to call people as the meeting starts to try to make sure the meeting will count (this has happened before). Reid On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 10:48 AM Jonathan Stewart <jonathan(a)les.net<mailto:jonathan@les.net>> wrote: On Mon., 2021-09-20 12:13 a.m., Richard Laager wrote: I propose that section 1.11 of the bylaws be amended to read as follows: Members representing ten percent (10%) of the voting power of the membership interests entitled to vote at a meeting of the members, or at least ten (10) members, whichever is less, are a quorum for the transaction of business. I support Richard's proposal. Not having quorum is a real governance problem, and if faced, it's a problem that the board and assembled members at the AGM would not be able to resolve. The only option would be to call a new meeting and hope for more attendees. 10 members seems sufficient to ensure there's reasonable oversight of business. And as Dean Bahls pointed out, nothing about this change would limit the ability of any member to participate. Thanks to Richard for the proposal. Jonathan Jonathan Stewart Network Engineer LES.NET<http://les.net/> - AS18451 Desk: 1-204-666-6191 Mobile: 1-204-990-2120 130 Portage Avenue E Winnipeg, MB R3C 0A1 CANADA ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 -- Reid Fishler Senior Director Hurricane Electric +1-510-580-4178 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1

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Quorum
by Richard Laager Sept. 21, 2021

Sept. 21, 2021

We've had the topic of quorum on the agenda a few times. At the last meeting, I said I thought our annual meeting would be a good time to take that up officially. I said I'd send a proposal to the list. To recap the concern: Our bylaws currently set the quorum at 10%. As we add members (which is great!), the required quorum increases proportionally. However, it seems we have approximately the same core group interested in governance. If we grow much more, we may be unable to meet the quorum requirement. We have already had a couple meetings where we had to wait for people to show up, or contact people to encourage them to join the call. The attendance numbers going back to the end of 2017 are: 11, 11, 10, 9*, 12, 12, 11, 16*, 11, 16, 15*, 15, 15 * Regular annual meeting with election. The current Bylaws and the Attendance information can be found at: http://micemn.net/resources.html <http://micemn.net/resources.html> As of the last meeting, our voting membership was 118, which puts quorum at 12 members. (Also, I understand that a merger has happened which would reduce most, if not all, of the previous attendance numbers by 1.) Counterargument: We haven't actually completely failed quorum yet. Counter-counter-argument: It's been close, and if it happens, then without a quorum, we can't fix the issue. We previously discussed the idea of setting a cap on the quorum. That is, it would be 10% or X, whichever is lower. This is consistent with other provisions in the bylaws (e.g. 3% or 50 members, whichever is less, can call a meeting if no meeting has occurred in 15 months). This seems like a great solution to me. I think 10 would be a good number. I propose that section 1.11 of the bylaws be amended to read as follows: Members representing ten percent (10%) of the voting power of the membership interests entitled to vote at a meeting of the members_, or at least ten (10) members, whichever is less,_ are a quorum for the transaction of business. Thoughts? -- Richard

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Corrected GPC Port Assignments
by Jay Hanke Sept. 21, 2021

Sept. 21, 2021

Great Plains is moving off the MAIN MICE switch and onto the MN VoIP 10G switch. The new ports will be: MN VoIP 10g :: Ethernet31 MN VoIP 10g :: Ethernet32 MN VoIP 10g :: Ethernet33 -- Jay Hanke, President South Front Networks jayhanke(a)southfront.io Phone 612-204-0000

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Great Plains Additional Port
by Jay Hanke Sept. 21, 2021

Sept. 21, 2021

Please add port: MICE MAIN :: Ethernet4/23 To the existing Great Plains LAG group (Port Channel 13) -- Jay Hanke, President South Front Networks jayhanke(a)southfront.io Phone 612-204-0000

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MN VoIP extension switch uplink upgrade
by Jeremy Lumby Sept. 19, 2021

Sept. 19, 2021

Minnesota VoIP has completed upgrading the link between their extension switches and the MICE core to 3x100G. The new link runs from 6/13/1 on the main switch to 27/1 on the MN VoIP extension. Jeremy Lumby Minnesota VoIP 9217 17th Ave S #216 Bloomington, MN 55425 M: 612-355-7740 D: 612-392-6814 F: 952-873-7425 jlumby(a)mnvoip.com

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ImOn Upgrade
by Jeremy Lumby Sept. 15, 2021

Sept. 15, 2021

ImOn has upgraded to 20G on the MN VoIP extension switch. Ports 29 & 30 in Portchannel 5 Jeremy Lumby Minnesota VoIP 9217 17th Ave S #216 Bloomington, MN 55425 M: 612-355-7740 D: 612-392-6814 F: 952-873-7425 jlumby(a)mnvoip.com

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