[rpd] New draft policy proposal PPM Dates AFPUB-2026-GEN-003-DRAFT01

[Hendrik Visage]

+1 on the co-locating with AfriCom/AfriTech - especially as I’m living 
in Cape Town :)

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On 16 Sep 2026, at 8:30, Ben Roberts - AfriNIC via RPD wrote:

> +1 Andrew. The nature of these PPM events is that it is necessary to 
> hold them alongside other African events in order to make it worth the 
> trip for what is actually a short meeting. This year we held one PPM 
> alongside the AIS (as has been traditional) and now experimenting with 
> co-locating it alongside AfricaCom which is the biggest African 
> industry event of the year. I would rather we see how the experiment 
> works before introducing policies to tie us in knots by settling to 
> not clash with global meetings that very few people from Africa take 
> part in.
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 16 Sep 2026, at 08:58, Andrew Alston <aa at alstonnetworks.net> 
>> wrote:
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>>
>> 
>> Hi RPD / RPD Chairs,
>
>>
>> I oppose this policy.   While I believe that AfriNIC should endeavor 
>> to ensure that meetings do not clash, the reality is that this is 
>> sometimes unavoidable.  Furthermore, I stand to be corrected, but I 
>> am unsure if other organisations have such a policy.  Embedding this 
>> in our policy manual effectively relegates AfriNIC to second-class 
>> status compared to other global organisations that do not have 
>> similar policies prohibiting scheduling conflicts with AfriNIC.
>>
>> Furthermore, there may be times when an emergency policy meeting 
>> needs to be called to address an urgent issue, and this clause could 
>> pose a serious problem in that scenario.
>>
>> To repeat my stance above, I do not doubt the policy's intent, and 
>> while clashes should obviously be avoided, but I do not believe that 
>> this should be made a rule that restricts the PDP to the scheduling 
>> whims of other organisations.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Andrew
>
>
>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 6:49 PM Hytham El-Nakhal 
>> <hytham at tra.gov.eg> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear PDWG,
>
>
>>> We have received a new draft policy proposal named PPM Dates with ID 
>>> AFPUB-2026-GEN-003-DRAFT01 from author Jordi Palet.
>
>
>>> The proposal contents are published at: 
>>> <https://afrinic.net/policy/proposals/afpub-2026-gen-001-draft01>
>
>>> https://www.afrinic.net/afpub-2026-gen-003-draft01
>
>
>>> We encourage you to take some time to go through the proposal 
>>> contents and provide feedback as follows: -
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>>> ?
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>>> a) Do you support or oppose the proposal?
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>
>>> b) If you oppose the proposal, state your reasons.
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>>> c) Is there anything in the proposal that is not clear?
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>>> d) What changes could be made to this proposal to make it more 
>>> effective?
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>>> Kindly, as a way for better following up and archiving, keep the 
>>> name and proposal ID in the subject line of your posts.
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>
>>> Regards,
>
>>> Haitham el Nakhal & Darwin Da Costa
>
>>> AFRINIC PDWG Co-Chairs
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