<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>The proposal "already in the PDP" (as you put it) deals with a wide variety of areas. That collection of areas has not found consensus. If the authors choose to whittle the proposal down to those areas that the community largely agrees on, the co-chairs would not need to point out areas that volunteers can adopt and put forward. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Although proposals (once submitted to the RPD list) are supposed to be owned by the community and not the authors, the current definition/implementation of the AFRINIC PDP does not promote that enough. I stand to be corrected but I think that is why we find ourselves in this logjam today. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">The submission presented by co-chairs a week ago was to allow a chance to do things the collaborative way. A chance to disconnect from whatever sentiments exist and tackle policy issues (which is why we are here). </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I fail to see what makes you think the co-chairs are focusing on authors rather than policy. </span><br><br>Dewole. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br>Sent from a mobile device. Please excuse typos and autocorrect strangeness. </div><div><br>On 26 Mar 2017, at 8:52 PM, Honest Ornella GANKPA <<a href="mailto:honest1989@gmail.com">honest1989@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi Dewole,<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><i>2017-03-26 18:37 GMT+01:00 Dewole Ajao <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dewole@forum.org.ng" target="_blank">dewole@forum.org.ng</a>></span>:<br></i><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p><i>There is more to benefit from collaborating
on a single draft rather than spewing out multiple proposals. </i></p></div></blockquote><div>Agreed! So why are you asking for new proposals when there is already one in PDP. Co-chairs need to focus on policy not authors.</div><div><br></div><div> </div><div> Honest Ornella GANKPA</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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