[rpd] Policy supremacy

[Hendrik Visage]

Good Nonjabulo Sphilile,

  Hopefully I’m not responding to ChatGPT, but the real Nonjabulo 
Sphilile!

  The problem that the RDP are facing today, is the mass of objectors, 
that nobody knows, have not properly, honestly/truthfully answered the 
real questions posed to them, and then keeps spewing a regurgitated 
barrage of being victimized and they are the injured and they are… The 
word astroturfing by definition doesn’t have an exact forensically 
applicable definition to measure, but are evident on the probabilities. 
Ie. the same type of evidence and measures that a civil court of law 
would apply, not a criminal court as these aren’t criminal cases where 
innocence are assumed till proven beyond doubt. Thus, there exist prime 
facie  evidences that the astroturfers had been succesfully named and  
proven.

  Now This being and open forum, there should be NO assumption of 
anonymity, and I’d state that given the astroturfers, that the 
assumption should be, given the nature of AfriNIC, that the request for 
KYC would not be a procedural problem for ANY REAL OPERATOR, but only an 
issue for the likes of astroturfers that needs to have the puppet-master 
hidden/anonymous so that nothing can be pointed back to the puppet-mster 
that wants to derail the procedures etc. as the outcomes would have a 
negative effect on their operations, I’ll even content that the 
reasons for the objections (given the weak arguments answered, and the 
evading of questions posed) might be more nefarious instead of actually 
objectively for the good of the continent a.k.a. AfriNIC’s 
communities.

  The idea that your participation to the is a RIGHT, I’ll only defend 
if and only if you can show you have a real valid concerns or “skin in 
the game” with regards to AfriNIC, and then your affiliations and 
representations are the reasons you might have a right to speak and 
object. AfriNIC membership etc (and by that extension I’d say the 
right to be heard in the RDP, else you should be acting as a guest, not 
a victim) are based on the RESOURCES (AS numbers and/or addresses) you 
have been allocated (while being a member in good standing) or need/want 
to be allocated to  you. As such that is the reason we’d like to know 
how you, as a new comer have *real* interest in these matters, not just 
that you have a *claimed* objection .. and when questioned, you deflect 
;(

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Hendrik Visage
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On 22 Jul 2026, at 15:45, Nonjabulo Sphilile wrote:

> Hi Musa,
>
> The PDWG is open. Participation does not depend on being known to
> long-standing members, attending earlier meetings, or proving a
> professional stake after joining. New participation is still 
> participation.
>
> KYC would be a serious procedural change, not an informal test for
> unfamiliar objectors. Any such requirement would need to be formally
> adopted, proportionate, privacy-preserving, and applied equally to
> established and new participants.
>
> Similar views are not proof of impersonation. If there is concrete 
> evidence
> of misconduct, please submit it to the co-chairs. Otherwise, I will 
> not
> continue discussing identities or drafting methods.
>
> Let us return to the policy.
>
> Regards,
> Nonjabulo
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