[rpd] Policy supremacy

[Ben Roberts - AfriNIC]

NP,

For avoidance of doubt…

Are you related to 
Nia Petronella - nonhlanhlapetronella85 at gmail.com

Kind regards
Ben


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> On 22 Jul 2026, at 16:53, NP Petronella <NPertuniaPetronella at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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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