[rpd] RDP Discussion

[Mphoentle Mokheseng]

Dear Hendrik,

I reject the eligibility test you are trying to create.

KYC can confirm that someone controls an identity. It cannot prove technical competence, good faith, organisational authority, or correctness. It therefore does not solve the issue you claim. It simply creates a new gate through which unfamiliar participants must pass.

You also cannot describe the PDP as open while arguing that only resource holders or people with approved “skin in the game” have a right to be heard. Operators bring valuable experience, but they speak for their own networks. They do not automatically speak for the continent or acquire authority over everyone else.

The pattern is clear: unfamiliarity becomes suspicion, suspicion becomes a demand for identity, and identity then becomes a condition for participation. That is not openness. It is a small circle manufacturing authority over who counts as the community.

If there is evidence of impersonation, flooding, or another breach, submit it to the co-chairs. Otherwise, rebut the arguments and stop trying to redesign participation around personal recognition.

Regards,
Mphoentle
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