[rpd] Preparation for the Upcoming Public Policy Meeting in 2026

Thu Apr 9 12:36:10 UTC 2026

Hi all,

Last December there was a Policy Implementation Experience Report (PIER) presentation (https://www.afrinic.net/media/attachments/2025/12/12/policy-implementation-experience---af36.pdf). I think we should move on and try to resolve the issues.

In addition to that, looking at previous PIER presentations, it seems to me that other aspects also need a solution.

I believe it will be good if the staff can make a short summary, possibly ordered in terms of what they believe is more urgent on top, of the different policy issues so the community can work on policy proposals to resolve them.

I’m happy to work myself,  hopefully together with other folks willing to co-author, in one or several proposals.

In my opinion one of the key topics clearly is the update of the PDP itself, already working on that and happy to get other folks onboard.

Regards,
Jordi

@jordipalet

> El 24 feb 2026, a las 19:09, PDWG Chair <vincent at ngundi.me.ke> escribió:
> 
> 
> Dear AFRINIC PDWG,
>  
> We would like to welcome you to the new year. 
>  
> According to the Policy Development Process, policy changes are proposed by the Community.  In anticipation of the upcoming Public Policy Meeting (PPM) in 2026, we kindly request that you commence  the work on developing and submitting new Draft Policy Proposals (DPPs). 
>  
> No new policy proposals have been received since May 2022 and those proposals that were under discussion expired a calendar year after their submission.
>  
> While the dates of the PPM are not yet known, to avoid a rush of last-minute submissions and to ensure that the problem statements are well defined, we encourage the authors:
>    (a)         who withdrew their proposals “PDP Working Group Guidelines and Procedures AFPUB-2020-GEN-002-DRAFT06” and “Update of PDP AFPUB-2021-GEN-002-DRAFT03” to work together and propose a joint version that will address the implementation concerns.
>    (b)         whose policies expired to submit a new version of their proposals if they wish their DPPs to run for consensus determination.
>    (c)         to consider the past  Policy Implementation Experience Reports <https://www.afrinic.net/policy/implementation-reports>  and use the published issues as problem statements.
>  
> All submitted proposals can be discussed on the RPD mailing list(rpd at afrinic.net <mailto:rpd at afrinic.net>) as of now. Once the AFRINIC Secretariat announces the date on which the PPM will be held, we will communicate further on the timelines to be adhered to in accordance with Section 3 of the Consolidated Policy Manual  for the proposals to go through the Policy Development Process for consensus determination. 
>  
> Your efforts are vital to the policy development process. 
>  
> Past webinars on the Policy Development Process are available for consultation here - https://www.afrinic.net/events/webinar-series. The PDWG may reach out to us in case they wish to discuss any new topic or a refresher.
>  
> We look forward to your contributions in the coming months.
>  
> Kind Regards,
>  
> Dr. Vincent Ngundi and Darwin Da Costa
> AFRINIC PDWG Co-Chairs
> 
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