[rpd] AFRINIC Policy Development Process Bis Proposal: the way forward

Tue Jun 20 08:25:38 UTC 2017

Hi everyone,

I cannot agree more with Caleb on alll his points. I too oppose this policy
because i believe we don't need it as of now. We are doing well so far with
the current style (co-chairs) for so many reasons. This type of
collaborative work has proved to work not only here but in so many other
avenues where i am involved.

Until we have solid reasons to change it, let's stop this discussion for
now and work on some more important stuffs on this PDP list.

Regards,
Arsene

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2017-06-19 12:23 GMT+02:00 caleb olumuyiwa <muyiwacaleb at gmail.com>:

> Dear Ornella,
> I have read through your proposal and i have some reservations
> specifically on the need to have one chair and a vice-chair. While your
> justification could also be that it exist in other climes, i do not see or
> foresee any current and future problem that should make the community
> change the existing arrangement. The question is:  Has the current
> arrangement given the community any issues in the past or recently?
> Why the call for the change now that things are stable and there is unity
> in the community?
> We need to consider the fact that power of rough consensus will be vested
> / concentrated in one person who will only ask his vice-chair for his/her
> opinion which might probably never count.The choice of co-chair by the
> community is strictly to foster team work and create a balance in opinion
> and measure the rough consensus fairly. What if the only chair has a
> conflict of interest? How do we curb the excesses of over concentration of
> powers in one chair?
> Secondly, this is a voluntary job and there is lots of work to be done,
> why overload one chair with so much work and make a vice-chair dormant and
> can only be activated for sundry assignments?
> While my opinion could be wrong from the comments i have made above, i
> wish to get some clear understanding / corrections on the need to make the
> change of the current structure or perhaps, learn from experienced senior
> members of the community in this regard.
>
> Caleb
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Ornella GANKPA <honest1989 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Initiators  of the new pdp-bis proposal AFPUB-2017-GEN-002-DRAFT-01
>> [1],  in an effort to improve the policy, are willing to hear from the
>> working group, about settling the matter around one chair and a
>> vice-chair  compared to the current model of 2 cochairs .
>>
>> In the current situation, chairs with the same level of responsabilities
>> can get stuck when making decision towards a policy proposal thus
>> hindering its progress. Working group discussion moderation by two
>> independent individuals can be  inefficient. This lack of "consensus"
>> between co-chairs freezes the working group operations as well as the
>> policy development process
>>
>> Our proposal aims to settle those issues with one chair who makes the
>> final decision and  a vice chair.
>>
>> Community might be concerned about giving one single Chair, too much
>> power. The balance with that is found in stricking deeply the appeal
>> process to make it as larger as possible and open to anybody at any step
>> of a policy proposal's life.
>>
>> During AIS17 in Nairobi, initiators have gathered positive comments from
>> the floor, some supporting linguistic diversity between Chairs. We're
>> willing to pursue the debate and bring some new air to the proposal.
>>
>> Thanks all beforehand for your comments.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> [1]
>> https://afrinic.net/fr/community/policy-development/policy-
>> proposals/2083-afrinic-policy-development-process-bis
>>
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>>
>>
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