[rpd] Chair's Decision on Policy Proposal on Last call: Resource

[Frank Habicht]

Hi,

I have two remarks about this. not the proposal, but the procedure.

On 16/11/2020 05:34, ABDULKARIM OLOYEDE wrote:
> Dear Community,
...
> 7. Our justification for arriving at Consensus without exhausting this
> issue was based on the fact that we Co-chairs could not agree on which
> of the two options (Legacy remaining legacy and otherwise) is more
> acceptable to the Community. Some do favour the option of Legacy holders
> remaining legacy while others would like things to be the other way
> round. It is difficult for us to make a call on this issue because it
> depends on one's perspective and we have seen how heated any debate on
> legacy resources can be from some recent exchange on one of the other
> AFRINIC mailing lists.  Therefore we believe that the best option is to
> have this discussion separate while avoiding throwing away the baby with
> the bathwater on this proposal.

It is not clear to me which version you submit to the AfriNIC board to
ratify. I believe the board should get one clear proposal from the PDWG.

> The authors also informed the Co-chairs
> that they do not mind whichever way the Community chooses. Therefore we
> believe this should not determine the faith of this proposal. We
> strongly believe that the reason why we have so many unresolved
> proposals is due to that fact that we often throw away the baby with the
> bathwater.

It should remain an option that nothing gets thrown away. This seems to
be the safest option, if you're not sure the baby will disappear with
the bathwater.
I believe that translated into policy development this means that no
change is safer than a change with uncertain outcomes.

PS: to be clear: i'm not arguing for or against the proposal as such.
The /methods/ appear a bit "unstable" to me.

Regards,
Frank