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

[Saul Stein]

To state the obvious: If common sense is so common, then why doesn’t everyone have it?

I think its really sad that there is a need to even discuss this a policy of this nature, but sadly its true…

Yes, there are events that can overlap but that requires a lot of understanding of whom and with what hat is attending these meetings. A very complex and complicated task which will most probably go wrong.

Yes, tagging things onto AFRICACOM is a great idea, BUT NOT IN THE MIDDLE on the key days!!!

I raised this the minute that the date was announced. Tag on events need to be on the fringe days like ZAFP does. So the PPM meeting needed to be on the Monday or the Friday. The key days for AFRICOM is the Tuesday and Wednesday.

I have a choice – do I attend AFRICACOM for my business and have those business meetings that I need to have or attend the PPM? We all need to make a living.

Regards
Saul



From: Ben Roberts - AfriNIC via RPD <rpd at afrinic.net>
Sent: Wednesday, 16 September 2026 08:31
To: Andrew Alston <aa at alstonnetworks.net>
Cc: rpd List <rpd at afrinic.net>
Subject: Re: [rpd] New draft policy proposal PPM Dates AFPUB-2026-GEN-003-DRAFT01

+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.


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On 16 Sep 2026, at 08:58, Andrew Alston <aa at alstonnetworks.net<mailto:aa at alstonnetworks.net>> wrote:

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<mailto: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://afrinic.net/policy/proposals/afpub-2026-gen-001-draft01>>

https://www.afrinic.net/afpub-2026-gen-003-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: -

?

a) Do you support or oppose the proposal?


b) If you oppose the proposal, state your reasons.


c) Is there anything in the proposal that is not clear?


d) What changes could be made to this proposal to make it more effective?


Kindly, as a way for better following up and archiving, keep the name and proposal ID in the subject line of your posts.


Regards,

Haitham el Nakhal & Darwin Da Costa

AFRINIC PDWG Co-Chairs



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