[rpd] Reminder: Deadline for Last Call – Today 23:59 UTC.

[Tshepo Masuku]

Dear Jordi,

I understand the distinction you are making between policy and implementation, but in this case the policy text itself creates the discretion.

The proposal states that AFRINIC may reduce the twelve-month quarantine when available space falls below the specific threshold or for other operational reasons. It sets no minimum quarantine period.

The Impact Assessment, however, interprets this as a reduction from twelve months to six months. That six-month floor does not appear in the policy. As written, the text could permit a reduction to three months, one month, or even immediate release if staff considered the reason operationally sufficient.

This is therefore not a request to prescribe the internal cleanup process. It is a question about the legal boundary of the authority the policy grants. The Impact Assessment cannot narrow discretion that the normative text leaves open.

Since Last Call has already closed, I am placing this on record for the co-chairs: the policy text and staff interpretation do not establish the same quarantine rule. Staff implementation choices cannot cure that difference after consensus has been assessed.

A thin policy need not contain every operational step, but it must clearly define the outer limit of institutional discretion. Otherwise, the rule governing when scarce recovered IPv4 becomes allocable will be written through later implementation rather than through the text reviewed by the community.

For this reason, my objection remains.

Regards,
Tshepo


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