Attendees:
Randy Epstein – Treasurer and Secretary
Michael Costello – Chair
Michael Still – Vice Chair
Not in attendance:
Graham Paul Wooden
Savvas Bout
Meeting commenced at 3:02pm Eastern.
Michael Costello moved to accept the minutes from the December meeting, Michael Still seconded, and the motion passed.
Randy provided a financial update. Bank balance is similar to last month, with a large number of invoices that went out in the past couple of weeks. We met the program services projection for the year.
Randy reported that iM Critical is online and 3 members are already connected, and more on the way. There’s some issues with the Arista 40G-PLR4 transceivers that were originally provided by Netflix years ago, so Randy ordered replacements from our vendor. We also ran into some issues with the 400G-ZR transceivers for the 365 transport upgrade, and Randy had to order from another vendor at a higher cost. Still testing two different transceiver solutions, depending on path, and will update the board when it’s determined exactly what will work. The original transceivers ordered for this project will be sent to Atlanta as part of an already budgeted item for 2026.
The board also recorded the eVote that was made to purchase two Arista switches for Atlanta. The total spend on this order will be $127,230.00 not including tax and shipping. For these two particular switches, we have $141,219.28 already allocated in our 2026
budget. 4 members of the board voted yes on December 16th, 2025, with 1 member that didn’t vote. The equipment was ordered and will arrive in February 2026.
The board went into Executive Session to record the eVote for the 2026 Executive Compensation and 2025 bonus.
Michael Costello moved to adjourn, Michael Still and Randy seconded. Meeting adjourned at 3:29pm Eastern.