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<div style="direction:ltr">On the contrary Badru,</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">They have chosen to send their thoughts to the RPD - they are following the process - and having their voice heard on the policy list.</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">What the pdp says is that thoughts should be heard on the list - or at the microphone - nowhere does it state that communication to the list cannot be formal - nowhere does it state it cannot be in a pdf - nowhere does it state that
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<div style="direction:ltr">The process is being followed - the communication is via the RPD list - and if this violates the process please can someone point to chapter and verse as to where in the process? Once I have it I will go back to the larger block
and explain to them that Afrinic’s process has decided to try and implement a policy that could damage their businesses and this industry while at the same time refusing to let them be heard on the issue - in the forum they were meant to be heard in - because
they chose to do it via a signed letter rather than get abused on a list with vague statements of Neo-colonialism and such.</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">Be curious to see how that plays out</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Badru Ntege <badru.ntege@nftconsult.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 3, 2017 6:56:04 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Andrew Alston<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Alan Barrett; Afrinic RPD<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [rpd] FW: Opposition to the changes in the AfriNIC Soft Landing Policy</font>
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<div>Since these are expressions and the authors have chosen to use a channel out of the RPD then other members could see it as noise.
<div>Appreciate and note the expressions however continue with information and discussion in the RPD. </div>
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<div>Let’s not innovate creative channels. There processes to introduce change if members wish to introduce petitions. </div>
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On 3 Dec 2017, at 03:24, Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">There is nothing that *<b>requires</b>* it – there is also nothing that forbids it.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">There was a discussion in various forums about how to handle this – and various ISP’s have opted to rather sign the petition document and have to forwarded to the list by a single individual – they wish to partake but do
not wish to put up with the noise on this list, so, they are choosing to express their views in their own way.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Since each of them is a paying member, and each of them is impacted by policy, I believe they should be free to express their views in any way they wish, and if that is by signing a petition document and having someone else
send it through to the list, I hardly see a reason to stop it.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Thanks</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Alan Barrett [<a href="mailto:alan.barrett@afrinic.net">mailto:alan.barrett@afrinic.net</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> 02 December 2017 11:37<br>
<b>To:</b> Afrinic RPD <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [rpd] FW: Opposition to the changes in the AfriNIC Soft Landing Policy</span></p>
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> On 1 Dec 2017, at 15:45, Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Please see attached.<br>
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> By agreement I will be sending these signed documents through as they come in from the various parties.<br>
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I don’t know what agreement you mean.<br>
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I am not aware of anything in the policy development process or the appeal process that requires signed documents similar to those I have seen in the past day or so. If people have objections to a policy proposal, I would suggest that they follow the existing
process and make their comments in the RPD mailing list.<br>
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