YYCIX Internet Exchange Community Ltd. Annual General Meeting Date: March 14th, 2023 5:00 pm MST Location: In person via Sandman Hotel (Calgary Downtown) and Online Video Conference Minutes by: Mark Cordingley Approved: DRAFT ATTENDEES In Person: Theo de Raadt, Bob Kitella, Colin Bodor, Reid Fishler, Mark Cordingley ... plus many guests in the room! Remote: Mackenzie Hauck, Adam, Stephen Fulton, Fearghas (Flexoptix) 5:11 pm 1) Call To Order ================= Call to order by Colin. Seconded by Mark. 2) Introductions ================= Board of Directors: Mark Cordingley, Theo de Raadt, Reid Fishler, Bob Kitella, Colin Bodor Treasurer: Bob Kitella Network Operators: Theo de Raadt, Jason George, Job Snijders, Bob Kitella, Brock Richards, Evan Ricci, Inderjodh Soora, Mark Cordingley 3) Attendance ============== In person: Actrack, Arrow, City of Calgary, Connect Mobility, DataHive, Hurricane Electric, Hybrid Wireless, Imperium, OpenBSD, Pachez, Resource Chain, Unify Media Online: Shadow Internet, Teksavvy Quorum is met. 4) Action: Approve 2022/23 AGM Minutes ====================================== https://yycix.ca/minutes/20231206_AGM_Minutes.txt Mark motions to approve the previous minutes. Seconded by Reid and carried. 5) Bylaw Updates ================= - AGM Timing will become more flexible. - Add email as a method to notify about meetings. - Decrease quorum requirement from 20% to 10%. - Increase dissolution requirement to 50%. Motion to approve bylaw updates by Tyler. Seconded by Bob and passed. 6) Board Elections =================== - Two 2-year board positions open - Two (re)nominations received by cut-off: Mark Cordingley - 1st Colin Bodor (Imperium), 2nd Brock Richards (Nutrien) Bob Kitella - 1st Colin Bodor (Imperium), 2nd Stephen Fulton (Teksavvy) - Elected by Acclamation 5:18 pm 7) Board's Update ================== - 3rd or 4th largest IXP in Canada - ~120Gb/sec peak daily - 7 data centers - Redundant fiber mesh with diverse physical paths (400G/4x100G/2x100/100G) using VXLAN - Funded through NRC install/upgrade fees, no MRC - 92 peers: 18 new peers, 1 departed, 6 upgraded - 95,000 IPv4 prefixes 8) Special Thanks to our Supporters ==================================== DataHive, City of Calgary, eStruxture Data Centers, Equinix, Rogers, Arrow, Flexoptix, torix 5:21 pm 9) Treasurer's Update ====================== Bob Kitella delivers update: Opening after AGM 2023 $29,913.18 Paypal funds transferred $ 0.00 Donations Received $ 1,900.49 Port Install Payments $14,510.71 Expenses $15,402.77 - Balance at Nov 30, 2024 (FYE) $30,921.61 Port Installs since Dec 1, 2024 $22,359.27 Expenses $ 3,764.49 - Balance at Mar 14, 2025 (AGM) $49,516.39 Expenses: - Peer & ISL optics - NANOG flights - Some used switches - Insurance - ARIN fees Asked all peers to make a donation since last AGM but nothing major happened. Invoices can be issued, talk to us Lots of port install/upgrades at $500, $2500, etc. Not-for-profits like YYCIX are experiencing difficulty “onboarding” with big-company accounting departments This accounting does not show the substantial hardware contribution this year (switches and optics) YYCIX operating model is similar to SeattleIX: - Similar NRC install fees - No MRC - Donations of cash, rackspace, fiber 10) How to help YYCIX help you =============================== - Please donate 100G optics - Please donate money - Please explain YYCIX value to your Accounting departments, and ease the Accounting onboarding process - Consider upgrading your port at 50% capacity – especially if you are an ISP – be kind to YYCIX switch buffers - For initial 10G port, pay the $500 rather than providing an optic 11) Network Operator's Update ============================== New peers and upgrades 2024 - Telus upgraded from 10G to 2x10G - Rogers Data Centers joined at 10G - Connect Mobility joined at 10G - Matanuska Telecom Association joined at 100G (from Alaska!) - Rally joined at 10G - Shadow Internet joined at 10G - Ziply joined at 100G - Netskope joined at 100G - Amazon upgraded from 100G, to 100G + 100G (at diverse YYCIX locations) - Quixly joined at 10G - Unify Media joined at 10G - Google departed YYCIX (and many other IX globally) - SPYR joined at 10G - Free Range Cloud Hosting joined at 10G - Tianhai Infotech joined at 10G - Hurricane Electric expanded from 100G to 2x100G - ResourceChain joined at 10G - Starlink joined at 2x100G + 2x100G 2025 - Teksavvy expanded from 10G to 100G - Galaxy Broadband converted from 10G+10G to 2x10G - Quad9 (inside PCH AS42) significantly expanded their server capacity - Eastlink upgraded from 10G to 100G - Integrated Data Solutions joined at 10G In progress - HurricaneCS is joining at 10G + 10G - Equinix is joining at 100G + 100G Eight years of changes - All locations have 2 switches capable of 100G peering ports, 2 switches capable of 10G peering also - Most leaf-switches are on the fabric via a redundant path - Spare switches: three 93180, two 9236, one 93240 - About ten 100LR4 optics on hand Secure Route Filtering - Filters are built based upon route authorization databases 1. ARIN/RADB IRR route/route6 objects 2. RPKI ROA 3. *NEW* RPKI ASPA 4. AS-SET object + http://perringdb.com/ "IRR Record" field - Without authorization, we do not re-announce learned routes - DEBUG TOOL: http://irrexplorer.nlnog.net/ {ASN or IP] Rich collection of DNS services - AS112 - PCH D-root, E-root, Quad9 and everything else PCH provides - CIRA and D-ZONE - RIPE K-root - Verisign RIRS J-root and b.gtld-servers.net (.COM and .NET) - Cloudflare carries ISC F-root and 1.1.1.1 - Afilias for .ORG, .INFO, etc - Netnod 12) Group Discussion ===================== Question: If you had more funds, what would you spend the funds on in the future? Answer: Upgrade the links and switches to 400G where it makes sense. 5:50 pm 14) Adjournment ================ Colin motions to adjourn. Seconded by Theo and Carried.