[rpd] Eligibility Criteria for PDWG chairs

[Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele]

Hello Jordi,
Comments inline.

On Thu, Apr 1, 2021, 3:24 PM JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via RPD <rpd at afrinic.net>
wrote:


> Exactly.

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> A policy author in bad faith, in order to try to get the proposal moving

> on, can:

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>    1. Withdraw from the proposal if there are other co-authors.

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> Sounds rationale but there could still be conflict of interest.




>    1.

>    2. Drop the proposal and ask a friend to be the “author”.

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> Shows possible cause for conflict of interest.



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>    1.

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> In both cases, he/she can still behind the scenes, work towards the

> declaration of consensus on this proposal.

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Still shows possible cause for conflict of interest.


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> It is very easy to manipulate.

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Exactly.. So if on chair recuse himself/herself does the CPM allows for one
chair to reach concensus without bias. My opinion is that if you have a
policy drop it. Literally, you can't eat your cake and try to still game
the system by having it back. That is why we have roles and privileges in a
system.


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> And again, where, in the PDP, it says that the co-chair can be enforced to

> 1 or 2 above? Even if he/she agree on that, there is no way to enforce it.

> He can be dropped as a co-author in v1 and re-appear in v3. As said, it can

> be behind the scenes.

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Again, It creates bias and conflict of interest.



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> Regards,

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> Jordi

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> @jordipalet

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> El 1/4/21 15:57, "Noah" <noah at neo.co.tz> escribió:

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> On Thu, 1 Apr 2021, 16:26 Brice ABBA, <brice at afrinic.net> wrote:

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> [Français en bas]

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> *“The intended volunteer should not be the author of any of the policy

> proposals currently under  discussion and if need be, agree to recuse

> oneself as author/co-author of any policy proposals under discussion, or

> simply recuse oneself from the position as Co-Chairs pending  his or her

> proposal being discussed.”*

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> And who will take up the role of ownership of the said proposal?

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> Will the said Author as co-chair also spend time gathering inputs for

> their own proposal?

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> And how will the said Author turned co-chair argue for their proposal?

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> Imho, members of the PDWG can choose to participate in the PDP, as WG

> members, managers (co-chairs) , AC members etc but can't be both, so as to

> avoid finding one self in a conflicting positions because its not ideal to

> be both a judge and executioner.

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> If authors want to manage the WG, then they should withdraw their

> proposals completely. If someone in the WG likes the idea behind that

> withdrawn proposal, they can independently submit a new one for discussion.

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> Noah

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