[rpd] Draft Policy Proposal - Hierarchical Names for New AS-SETs (AFPUB-2026-ASN-001-DRAFT02)

[Frank Habicht]

Hi,

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On 7/17/2026 8:27 PM, Nyasha Ndemo wrote:
> Dear PDWG Chairs,
> 
> I object to AFPUB-2026-ASN-001-DRAFT02.
> 
> This proposal reflects a recurring institutional habit: when no clear 
> operational failure exists,

You didn't read the problem statement.
And honestly I wonder whether because of that your whole email should be 
disregarded.

Well, I'll personally do that in order t now allow you to waste my time.

Regards,
Frank
<typing all of this myself...>

> create additional structure and then 
> describe that structure as progress.
> 
> The Internet did not become resilient because every identifier was 
> surrounded by increasingly elaborate policy. It became resilient because 
> coordination remained narrow, predictable, and justified by operational 
> necessity. The burden should always rest with those proposing additional 
> rules to demonstrate why existing practice has become inadequate.
> 
> That burden has not been met.
> 
> I have seen no evidence that current AS-SET naming conventions are 
> creating a material operational problem that justifies expanding the 
> policy surface. Administrative preference is not operational necessity. 
> Consistency is desirable, but consistency alone is not sufficient 
> justification for imposing additional structure on everyone.
> 
> Every new rule carries a cost. It increases complexity, creates new 
> expectations, and expands the scope of future interpretation. Those 
> costs accumulate even when each individual proposal appears modest. Over 
> time, coordination quietly transforms into governance, and governance 
> gradually begins solving problems that never required central solutions 
> in the first place.
> 
> The default principle should be restraint. If the Internet continues to 
> function without a proposed rule, then the proposal must demonstrate not 
> merely that it is cleaner or more elegant, but that it solves a concrete 
> operational deficiency that cannot reasonably be addressed through 
> existing practice.
> 
> This proposal does not reach that threshold.
> 
> For these reasons, I object to AFPUB-2026-ASN-001-DRAFT02.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Dr. Nyasha Ndemo-Masimbarasi
> (DPhil, MSc., BSc. Hon. Development Science and Policy)
> Chairperson - Department of Development Programming and Management
> Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University
> 1901 Barrassie Rd, Off Shamva Rd, Bindura
> Zimbabwe
> Landline: +263867 700 6136
> Cell: +263 773226552
> Email: nyashandemo at gmail.com <mailto:nyashandemo at gmail.com>
> 
> 
> 
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