<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_quote" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div lang="ES" class=""><div class="m_5441165074095289876m_-6916146565634835141gmail-m_-942225964072565234WordSection1"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">And that’s the problem, the policy is discussing about a level of problem that is very expensive for both AFRINIC and the community, without a real reason for it.</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The issue of the process being expensive can be left to AfriNIC to determine imho.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">AfriNIC is a member organization whose operating budget comes from fees charged to the members.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As such, I think it is perfectly reasonable for the members/community to discuss the costs of implementing a proposed policy as part of the policy considerations.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Owen</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>