[rpd] ToR Appeal Committee Review

[Noah]

In addition I would like to suggest that the members of the appeals
committee serve a term limit to allow fresh blood and avoid side effects of
incumbency.

Noah

On Mon, 17 Aug 2020, 07:31 Noah, <noah at neo.co.tz> wrote:


> Hi There,

>

> Current appeal text contains below section.

>

> /

> An appeal can only be filed if it is supported by three (3) persons from

> the Working Group who have participated in the discussions.

> /

>

> Can the above section of the current appeal process be removed and

> replaced with.

>

> "An appeal can only be filed if it part of the working group had already

> indicated support or lack of support for the said proposal under

> discussion".

>

> OR

>

> "An appeal can only be filed if the appellant

> as part of the appeal submission provides example text from the mailing

> list discussions, the working group support or lack of support for the said

> proposal under discussion".

>

> The rationale is after all each policy proposal tends to have some

> significant support or lack of support from the working group up until an

> appeal is submitted against the proposal by dissatisfied members of the

> working group.

>

> This is also such that a potentially biased appeals committee does not use

> the excuse of 3 persons supporters condition as a loophole to throw a

> potential appeal under the bus like we have witnessedin the recent past.

>

> Cheers,

> Noah

>

> On Thu, 13 Aug 2020, 20:07 AFRINIC Communication, <comms at afrinic.net>

> wrote:

>

>> Dear colleagues,

>>

>> The AFRINIC  Board of Directors would like to request for the community’s

>> inputs regarding possible improvements to the Terms of  Reference (ToR) of

>> the Appeal Committee (please see the terms here (

>> https://www.afrinic.net/policy/appeal-committee#tor). In the period

>> 2017-2020, the Appeal Committee adjudicated on the Conflict Resolution

>> section of the AFRINIC Policy Development Process (PDP)  on two occasions.

>>

>> We invite you to fill in the online questionnaire available <English

>> https://vox.afrinic.net/416936?lang=en> and <French

>> https://vox.afrinic.net/416936?lang=fr> by latest 13 September 2020. The

>> consultation period will close on 13 September 2020.

>>

>> At the end of the consultation period, feedback from the respondents will

>> be assessed  and considered where applicable, before it is  used to make

>> the necessary improvements.

>>

>> AFRINIC  Board of Directors

>>

>> …………………..

>>

>> Chers collègues,

>>

>> Le Conseil d'administration d'AFRINIC souhaite solliciter les

>> contributions de la communauté concernant d'éventuelles améliorations des

>> termes de référence (ToR) du Comité d'appel (veuillez consulter les termes

>> ici (https://www.afrinic.net/policy/appeal-committee#tor). Au cours de

>> la période 2017-2020, le Comité d'appel s'est prononcé à deux reprises sur

>> la section de résolution des conflits du processus d'élaboration des

>> politiques (PDP) de l'AFRINIC.

>>

>> Nous vous invitons à remplir le questionnaire en ligne disponible

>> <Anglais https://vox.afrinic.net/416936?lang=en> > et <Français

>> https://vox.afrinic.net/416936?lang=fr> au plus tard le 13 septembre

>> 2020. La période de consultation prendra fin le 13 septembre 2020.

>>

>> À la fin de la période de consultation, les commentaires des répondants

>> seront évalués et pris en compte, le cas échéant, avant d'être utilisés

>> pour apporter les améliorations nécessaires.

>>

>> Le Conseil d'administration d'AFRINIC

>>

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