<div dir="auto">In addition I would like to suggest that the members of the appeals committee serve a term limit to allow fresh blood and avoid side effects of incumbency.<div dir="auto"><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"></div><div dir="auto">Noah</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 17 Aug 2020, 07:31 Noah, <<a href="mailto:noah@neo.co.tz">noah@neo.co.tz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Hi There,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Current appeal text contains below section.</div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">/</div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(49,112,143);font-family:roboto,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(217,237,247)">An appeal can only be filed if it is supported by three (3) persons from the Working Group who have participated in the discussions.</span><br></div><div dir="auto">/</div><div dir="auto"><br></div>Can the above section of the current appeal process be removed and replaced with.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">"An appeal can only be filed if it part of the working group had already indicated support or lack of support for the said proposal under discussion".</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">OR</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">"An appeal can only be filed if the appellant </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">as part of the appeal submission </span><span style="font-family:sans-serif">provides example text from the mailing list discussions, the working group support or lack of support for the said proposal under discussion".</span></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The rationale is after all each policy proposal tends to have some significant support or lack of support from the working group up until an appeal is submitted against the proposal by dissatisfied members of the working group.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This is also such that a potentially biased appeals committee does not use the excuse of 3 persons supporters condition as a loophole to throw a potential appeal under the bus like we have witnessedin the recent past.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers,</div><div dir="auto">Noah</div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 13 Aug 2020, 20:07 AFRINIC Communication, <<a href="mailto:comms@afrinic.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">comms@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear colleagues,<br>
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The AFRINIC Board of Directors would like to request for the community’s inputs regarding possible improvements to the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the Appeal Committee (please see the terms here (<a href="https://www.afrinic.net/policy/appeal-committee#tor" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.afrinic.net/policy/appeal-committee#tor</a>). In the period 2017-2020, the Appeal Committee adjudicated on the Conflict Resolution section of the AFRINIC Policy Development Process (PDP) on two occasions. <br>
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We invite you to fill in the online questionnaire available <English <a href="https://vox.afrinic.net/416936?lang=en" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://vox.afrinic.net/416936?lang=en</a>> and <French <a href="https://vox.afrinic.net/416936?lang=fr" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://vox.afrinic.net/416936?lang=fr</a>> by latest 13 September 2020. The consultation period will close on 13 September 2020.<br>
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At the end of the consultation period, feedback from the respondents will be assessed and considered where applicable, before it is used to make the necessary improvements.<br>
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Le Conseil d'administration d'AFRINIC souhaite solliciter les contributions de la communauté concernant d'éventuelles améliorations des termes de référence (ToR) du Comité d'appel (veuillez consulter les termes ici (<a href="https://www.afrinic.net/policy/appeal-committee#tor" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.afrinic.net/policy/appeal-committee#tor</a>). Au cours de la période 2017-2020, le Comité d'appel s'est prononcé à deux reprises sur la section de résolution des conflits du processus d'élaboration des politiques (PDP) de l'AFRINIC. <br>
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Nous vous invitons à remplir le questionnaire en ligne disponible <Anglais <a href="https://vox.afrinic.net/416936?lang=en" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://vox.afrinic.net/416936?lang=en</a>> > et <Français <a href="https://vox.afrinic.net/416936?lang=fr" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://vox.afrinic.net/416936?lang=fr</a>> au plus tard le 13 septembre 2020. La période de consultation prendra fin le 13 septembre 2020.<br>
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À la fin de la période de consultation, les commentaires des répondants seront évalués et pris en compte, le cas échéant, avant d'être utilisés pour apporter les améliorations nécessaires. <br>
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