[rpd] Policy supremacy

[NP Petronella]

Dear Ben,

I support a 'neutral human-verification process', but not the conclusion you draw. Strong arguments from unfamiliar mailboxes are not proof that the accounts are automated.

Any verification mechanism must be formally adopted, administered by the co-chairs or list operator, privacy-preserving, and applied equally to established and new participants. It should verify only that a real person controls the account.

Otherwise, verification becomes mandate laundering: a small procedural circle converts suspicion into authority to decide who qualifies as “the community.”

Regards,
Nonhlanhla


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