On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 7:58 PM, SM <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sm@resistor.net">sm@resistor.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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At 07:36 12-11-10, Vincent Ngundi wrote:<br>
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Yes but it's not yet a _policy, it's still a _policy _proposal (global policy proposal) untill it's ratified by the ICANN Board.<br>
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It looks like we are discussing about two different things here. There is the global policy proposal that is ratified by the ICANN Board and there is the proposal that is ratified in the AfriNIC region. The question is whether the proposal is considered as a policy according to the AfriNIC PDP.</blockquote>
<div><br>It's one and the same thing. There never are two different proposals as you're intimating.<br><br>Only one proposal (global policy proposal-whose text must be the same) is submitted in all 5 RIRs, which if adopted by all 5 RIRs and approved by the ICANN Board becomes a global policy. The global policy is then implemented by IANA or some external ICANN-related body.<br>
<br>The role of an RIR in the Global Policy Development Process is to approve or reject a global policy proposal (once a common text has been agreed upon). The ASO AC then takes over.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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That's a different issue. Or what's your point?<br>
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For what it is worth, there is an ICANN announcement mentioning that the proposal has been abandoned. The proposal has been adopted by the five RIRs; three of them did it after the announcement. The point is that it would be helpful to the AfriNIC community if they are made aware of the deliberations of their peers in the other regional policy forums about a global proposal.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>I agree. The global policy proposal authors should have done this.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>-Vincent<br></div></div>