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Dr P Nyirenda
paulos at sdnp.org.mw
Thu Aug 20 08:24:40 UTC 2020
Mmmm ... so in this case, Jordi, you seem to be attempting to raise your own THREE hands
to support your own appeal. That would not be acceptable under any good jurisdiction.
Note that the PDP in Section 3.5 requires, in filing an appeal, that there must be at least 3
supporters of the appeal . This is different from discussion of a policy under the RPD.
Madam / Chair, I rest my case, Madam / Chair.
Regards,
Paulos
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On 19 Aug 2020 at 16:44, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via RPD wrote:
> No, absolutely not giving up. No reason for that.
>
> In this concrete example of appeal, it was authors. Normally will be
> authors who appeal what they believe is a wrong decision of the chairs
> if consensus is not declared.
>
> Of course, it may happen in the other way around. Consensus is
> declared and other folks in the community believe is not.
>
> I think you are not looking into this *in the scope of what consensus
> means*:
>
> 1) Even a single person on the community may believe that the chairs
> erred and he/she can probe that. Maybe nobody else in the community
> supports him, even if he can bring an *objective rational* to
> demonstrate that he is right. In this case *bad luck*, because he
> can't appeal because according to the PDP there must be 3 supporters.
> The PDP don't say "other" than him.
>
> 2) Let's suppose that he can convince 2 people to support him. The
> actual PDP is clear about that: 1+2 = 3 supporters.
>
> Otherwise, following your approach, when authors support its own
> proposal, his voice should not be taken in consideration, only "other"
> voices?
>
> If you have participated in policy meetings (I mean not just in
> AFRINIC ones), you will see that when a show hands is asked, all the
> people supporting the proposal, *including authors* are taken in
> consideration.
>
> Because consensus can be achieved even if a single person is in one
> side and *all the rest of the community* in other side, but because
> they don't like it or they have business interests against, or
> whatever, not because the community can prove that the "single" person
> is wrong. So, asking for supporters is *against* the consensus
> approach. The ideal situation to be 100% consensus-based approach for
> appeals should be that a single individual can make an appeal.
>
> If you read my policy proposal on this matter, you have very clear
> justification of why is even silly that we are asking for 3 supporters
> at all.
>
>
> (APNIC doesn't have an appeal process defined)
>
> Regards,
> Jordi
> @jordipalet
>
>
>
> El 19/8/20 16:03, "Dr P Nyirenda" <paulos at sdnp.org.mw> escribió:
>
>
> Mmmmm ... more verbose ... but that's ok on the RPD, I guess, just 2 points ....
>
> 1. Since you are not mentioning "authors" any more, I conclude that you have given up on
> that issue, so then we can close that section.
>
> 2. On supporters, you seem to be saying in what you, Jordi, have written here below that if
> you, Jordi, were in a forum (like this one) and you made a complaint or you made a
> proposal, then in the course of the discussion, if the chair of the forum called for supporters
> of your proposal then you, Jordi, would stand up and say I, Jordi, support myself !
>
> Does that make sense to you, Jordi ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Paulos
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>
> On 19 Aug 2020 at 11:35, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via RPD wrote:
>
> > ToR are misinterpreting the CPM:
> >
> > "c) The complainant must discuss the matter with the Chair(s) of the PDWG and at
> > least 3 other members of the PDWG. The complainant may hold these discussions
> > in public on the RPD mailing list to engage the entire PDWG."
> >
> > Then:
> >
> > "d) The complaint must be supported by three (3) persons who have participated in the
> > discussions relating to the matter under appeal. ******(That is, three (3) persons other****** 8
> > than the complainant.)9"
> >
> > Also, the ToR footnotes:
> > 8 "An appeal can only be filed if it is supported by three (3) persons from the Working Group who
> > have participated in the discussions."
> > 9 The term "supported by" implies that the supporters and the complainant are distinct persons.
> >
> > So, if the complaint is one of the authors, the ToR is discriminating them *against* what is said by the PDP. If the complaint is not one of the authors, it is discriminating the complaint.
> >
> > And now: When the "existing rules" (ToR I guess?) have been passed the PDP? Facts, please.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jordi
> > @jordipalet
> >
> >
> >
> > El 19/8/20 10:24, "Dr P Nyirenda" <paulos at sdnp.org.mw> escribió:
> >
> > On 18 Aug 2020 at 18:56, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via RPD wrote:
> >
> > > The ToR are making a discriminatory interpretation of the PDP rules,
> > > setting the authors aside of the appeal.
> > >
> > > The PDP explicitly says "An appeal can only be filed if it is
> > > supported by three (3) persons from the Working Group who have
> > > participated in the discussions".
> > >
> > > *** this is an objective fact:***
> > >
> > > The PDP don't say "An appeal can only be filed if it is supported by
> > > three (3) persons from the Working Group who have participated in the
> > > discussions AND are different than co-authors".
> >
> > As far as I can see, Section 5 on filing in the ToRs of the Appeal Committee does not
> > memtion authors, not even "co-authors", so, where are you getting this?
> >
> > In addition, as far as I can see, Section 3.5 of the AFRINIC PDP does not mention authors
> > either, so, where are you getting all this?
> >
> > So, is this a request to change the rules just because one or so person(s) are aggrieved in a
> > case where they did not follow the existing rules and just because their submissions reach a
> > verbose level of 9 or above?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Paulos
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> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > That will be a discrimination. When you understand correctly the
> > > bottom-up approach and the definition of consensus, you understand
> > > than even a single author may be right in front of 150 voices against
> > > that believe that "they don't like a proposal". In that case, if the
> > > chairs don't declare consensus, that single author has the right to
> > > fill an appeal. The ToR deny that, which is against the definition of
> > > consensus and bottom-up approach.
> > >
> > > We can find thousands of examples of why the authors can't be excluded
> > > as "supporters" of the appeal. If the PDP wanted to say "different" we
> > > should have written it very very very explicitly and the *only* way to
> > > change that is not a ToR, but the PDP process itself.
> > >
> > > Even in a court, the one filling the appeal has the *same* rights than
> > > any other, it is very obvious.
> > >
> > > Even in the other 3 RIRs (APNIC doesn't have an appeal process), the
> > > authors are *part* of the appeal with the *same* rights!
> > >
> > > Please read the policy proposal for further details, it doesn't make
> > > any sense to repeat it here again and again.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Jordi
> > > @jordipalet
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > El 18/8/20 17:57, "Dr P Nyirenda" <paulos at sdnp.org.mw> escribió:
> > >
> > > On 18 Aug 2020 at 15:13, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via RPD wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Paulos, Noah, all,
> > > >
> > > > The PDP is very clear, there is no need for any reference terms which
> > > > are discriminating authors vs participants. Further to that, the only
> > > > way you can change that is by means of the PDP itself, not by anyone
> > > > else different that the community defined rules.
> > >
> > > The rules are already well defined in Section 3.5 of the AFRINIC PDP and, yes, they set
> > > minimum requirements for filing an appeal and anyone who does not follow the rules will fail
> > > to successfully file an appeal. That is not discrimination.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Paulos
> > > ======================
> > > Dr Paulos B Nyirenda
> > > NIC.MW & .mw ccTLD
> > > http://www.nic.mw
> > > Tel: +265-(0)-882 089 166
> > > Cell: +265-(0)-888-824787
> > > WhatsApp: +265-(0)-887386433
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I suggest reading the new policy proposal:
> > > >
> > > > https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2020-gen-004-d1#proposal
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Jordi
> > > > @jordipalet
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > El 17/8/20 12:20, "Dr P Nyirenda" <paulos at sdnp.org.mw> escribió:
> > > >
> > > > Noah,
> > > >
> > > > These seem to be good suggestions, however, they will only be useful to the Appeal
> > > > Committee if they are precisely measurable.
> > > >
> > > > I would hence like you to consider measurability of the suggestions and then frame them in a
> > > > way that they get to be precisely measurable for accurate decision making clearly visible to
> > > > everyone.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Paulos
> > > > ======================
> > > > Dr Paulos B Nyirenda
> > > > NIC.MW & .mw ccTLD
> > > > http://www.nic.mw
> > > > Tel: +265-(0)-882 089 166
> > > > Cell: +265-(0)-888-824787
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 17 Aug 2020 at 7:31, Noah 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:
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> > > > >
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