[rpd] New Draft Policy Proposal - Amendment of the PDP Working Group (WG) Guidelines and Procedures AFPUB-2026-GEN-001-DRAFT01.

[Seun Ojedeji]

Hello,

Thanks for sharing this proposal. My initial comments after a brief review
are the following:

- A typical community member could also be an AFRINIC member. There is no
reason to mandate that nomination supporters for the NRO NC must be both
community members and AFRINIC members. Requiring one or 2 supporters from
the service region should be sufficient.

- The rpd is open to anyone that wishes to participate irrespective of
origin, region or residence. It sure makes sense to restrict election
participation to those with a historical record of involvement, either
online or in-person  to avoid historical experience of DDOS on election
day. However, there is no reason to restrict the selectorate/electorate to
those in the region alone.

- I do not see the necessity of a Number Committee; it seems to create yet
another layer. The Appeal committee which also serves as the recall
committee can perform any intended role of the RNC. Its composition could
be the 3 NRO NC members from the region, a past co-chair, and a past appeal
committee chair in a non-voting capacity. In situations where both
Co-Chairs are no more, the Chair of the Appeal committee can temporarily
take over until rpd appoints a new co-chair

- As a former co-chair of PDWG, i find the proposed responsibilities of the
Co-chairs  as described in section 3.3.2  to be overly granular and quite
policing-like for lack of a better word.

- I believe the proposed 3.3.7 should refer to AFRINIC CoC and that should
be sufficient. The proposed penalties for violations look good, though they
are a bit too wordy to me and the process leading to that is quite
descriptive. We really need to give the co-chairs the privilege of managing
events as they deem applicable

- The idea that a co-chair eligibility should be tied to attending
in-person meetings during a specific period isn't realistic given our
region's unique challenges. I understand it may be an effort to put a face
to the name but restricting eligibility to the last 2 years (which is
basically last 4 PPM) isn't realistic.

- 3.3.3.3.3 suggests co-chairs will be appointed by consensus, that is an
interesting point that i would definitely not support. This can lead to
unnecessary subjectivity.

- I like the expectation of participation from Co-Chair hence 3.3.4 appeals
to me as written.

- Use of shall in 3.3.11 suggests that ratification is the only option for
the Board. There should be an option for the Board to provide reasons for
not ratifying and that should not be triggered by a petition.

I may have more comments in future, but that is all from me for now.

Regards

On Mon, 25 May 2026 at 10:20, dacostadarwin at gmail.com <
dacostadarwin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear PDWG,
>
> We have received a new draft policy proposal - Amendment of the PDP
> Working Group (WG) Guidelines and Procedures AFPUB-2026-GEN-001-DRAFT01
> from authors Grégoire EHOUMI, Noah Maina and Adeola A. P. AINA.
>
> The proposal contents are published at:
> https://afrinic.net/policy/proposals/afpub-2026-gen-001-draft01
>
> We encourage you to take some time to go through the proposal contents
> and  provide feedback as follows :
>
> a) Do you support or oppose the proposal?
>
> b) If you oppose the proposal, state your reasons.
>
> c) Is there anything in the proposal that is not clear?
>
> d) What changes could be made to this proposal to make it more effective?
>
> Regards,
> Vincent Ngundi & Darwin Da Costa
> AFRINIC PDWG Co-Chairs
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*Seun Ojedeji,*

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