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    <p>Hehehe I see you, Timothy. <br>
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    <p>At the risk of being burnt at the stakes, I will share a personal
      experience. In the buildup to a public policy meeting, I was doing
      a more in-depth study of a policy proposal that was on the docket
      and I realized that the opening sections of the proposal did not
      properly answer the questions asked in the proposal template.
      Somehow, we the co-chairs had paid more attention to ensuring
      publication and announcement in line with PDP timelines than to
      the actual contents of the proposal. By the time I was making the
      observation, the proposal was already published and conversations
      ongoing regarding the contents; at that point, it was too late to
      bring it up without appearing like I was trying to sabotage the
      proposal. <br>
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    <p>Things that we can improve on:</p>
    <p>1. Summary of the problem being addressed by this policy
      proposal. - This block of text should be clearly defined as a
      problem. If party A sees it as a problem and party B does not see
      it as a problem, we are likely to have a problem (depending on how
      strongly party B feels about the proposed solution as opposed to
      the status quo).<br>
      <br>
      2. Summary of how this proposal addresses the problem. - This
      block of text should summarize the approach proposed as solution
      to the perceived problem. There's a lot competing for people's
      time and attention. By viewing this without having through comb
      through pages of text, PDWG participants immediately know
      where/how to direct their energy.<br>
    </p>
    <p>If proposal authors, co-chairs and staff can strictly ensure that
      proposals properly answer these questions before going into
      details of proposed policy, we can reduce the level of ambiguity
      and hopefully improve the quality of our discussions. <br>
    </p>
    <p>Regards,</p>
    <p>Dewole (who now accepts responsibility for not paying enough
      attention to items 1 and 2 of the policy proposal template)<br>
    </p>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/8/2019 8:55 AM, Timothy Ola
      Akinfenwa wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="auto">True Dewole 👌🏾
        <div dir="auto"><br>
          <div dir="auto">But my concern is how reasonable is
            reasonable? Especially, giving the way policy discussions
            have fared on this list in the past.</div>
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          <div dir="auto">Me will support whatever will make us adhere
            strictly to the deadlines. </div>
          <div dir="auto"><br>
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          <div dir="auto">Just thinking aloud! <br>
            <div dir="auto"><br>
              <div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Sent from
                my OnePlus mobile device! </>$aa;</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 8 Aug 2019, 7:03 AM
          Dewole Ajao, <<a href="mailto:dewole@forum.org.ng"
            moz-do-not-send="true">dewole@forum.org.ng</a>> wrote:<br>
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            <p>Your active contribution to the RPD is appreciated,
              Sylvain. While not holding brief for the current co-chairs
              && while agreeing that we could do better in terms
              of timely execution, I think that for any number of
              reasons, an earlier announced date could have been missed
              - especially if nobody made comments on the subject matter
              and/or we all forgot/neglected to check on the progress on
              the list. <br>
            </p>
            <p>As to your concern about someone getting the opportunity
              to make a late comment because he forgot the deadline and
              the co-chairs did not close on the set date, I think you
              should look at it like this:<br>
              If the late comment is reasonable (apart from its late
              timing) and helps us make better policy, this group and
              its chairs will have to take it into consideration
              regardless of the missed timelines. I believe
              consideration of reasonable inputs should supersede strict
              timelines.<br>
            </p>
            <p>Regards,</p>
            <p>Dewole.<br>
            </p>
            <div class="m_-2424459644533509079moz-cite-prefix">On
              8/7/2019 8:07 PM, Sylvain BAYA wrote:<br>
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              <p>Hi all, </p>
              <div>
                <div>Thanks for your notification Abdulkarim.</div>
                <div>Please other comments below (inline)...</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
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              <div class="m_-2424459644533509079moz-cite-prefix">Le
                8/7/2019 à 10:20 AM, ABDULKARIM AYOPO OLOYEDE a écrit :<br>
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                <div dir="ltr">Dear PDWG members,
                  <div><br clear="all">
                    <div>
                      <div>You would recall that on 18th  July 2019, we
                        announced that last call for the following
                        policy proposals would end on 25 July 2019. <br>
                      </div>
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              <div>...for sure, but today we are the 07th of august 2019
                :-)</div>
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                  <div>
                    <div>
                      <div>- SL Update</div>
                      <div>- IPv6 PI Clarification</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>This is to formally declare that the last
                        call period for the above proposals indeed came
                        to a close on 25 July 2019, and since there were
                        no issues arising during that period, the
                        consensus decision from AFRINIC30 is still
                        maintained.</div>
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                <div>There is no clear rule (<i>CPM sections 3.4.3 and
                    3.4.4 </i>) about the exact moment to notify <br>
                </div>
                <div>the PDWG that the last call period is ended ; but i
                  think it's important that the Chairs <br>
                </div>
                <div>make an extra (if needed) effort to send this
                  notification the day following the last <br>
                </div>
                <div>call date. Because, if someone forget the deadline,
                  he can comment on a policy which <br>
                </div>
                <div>is no longer open to comments (<i>that is Morgan's
                    Law</i>) :-)</div>
              </div>
              <div> </div>
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                <div dir="ltr">
                  <div>
                    <div>
                      <div>Co-Chairs will now send a report to the Board
                        recommending ratification of the two above
                        proposals in line with CPM 3.0.</div>
                    </div>
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              <div>Dear Chairs, IMHO when a policy reaches consensus i
                think that it means that the Policy </div>
              <div>Community (or PDWG) have aggreed to have it
                implemented ASAP. Again, even if it's, right <br>
              </div>
              <div>now, just an operational (<i>means only depends on
                  Chairs decision</i>) question, i think you <br>
              </div>
              <div>Chairs should consider this task as a priority.
                Because if you send your report earlier, <br>
              </div>
              <div>the policy will be implemented earlier i guess :-) <br>
              </div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>...i count two weeks since 2019.07.25, then if your
                mail was informing us that you have <br>
              </div>
              <div>already sent the report to the BoD, i'ld have seen no
                problem ; but it took you two weeks <br>
              </div>
              <div>to tell us (<i>without </i><i>any timing</i>) that
                you will send a report to the BoD. <br>
              </div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>Excuse me but, i'm still new on these policy things,
                so maybe i'm missing something ?<br>
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                      <div>Thank You <br>
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              <div>Thanks.</div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>All my encouragements to your efforts !</div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>Shalom,</div>
              <div>--sb.</div>
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                      <div>Co-Chairs </div>
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