<div>Hello people,</div><div> I came across this proposal on the Afrinic website (<a href="http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2009-GEN-001.htm">http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2009-GEN-001.htm</a>) and here is an excerpt</div>
<div><br></div><div>[snip]</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
Incentive:</blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><blockquote>The objective of this proposal is to create a policy development process in the AfriNIC service region based on three principles: openness, transparency and fairness.</blockquote>
<blockquote>The procedures described in this document are designed to be fair, open and objective and are intended to:</blockquote><blockquote>(i) provide ample opportunity for participation and comment by all interested parties;</blockquote>
<blockquote>(ii) establish widespread community consensus.</blockquote><blockquote>These procedures adopt generally accepted practices and provide the flexibility to adapt to a variety of circumstances that can occur in a process.</blockquote>
</span></div><div>[snip]</div><div><br></div><div>My questions are:</div><div>1. Isn't there already a policy development process at Afrinic? (<a href="http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2008-GEN-001.htm">http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2008-GEN-001.htm</a>). And according to the Afrinic factsheets, it is also based on the same principles.</div>
<div>2. In that case shouldn't the proposal be an amendment to correct any weaknesses in the existing policy?</div><div>3. Could the author clarify the difference between PDWG and the exisint PDP-MG? as well as bw PDML and rpd? Frankly these don't make any sense.... giving a dog a new name makes it better?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><br clear="all">The Dark Knight of the Borg<br>___________________________________<br>"Common sense tells us the world is flat"<br>