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<p>Good Morning,</p>
<p>Apologies for a long email, but ... If it has to be, it has to be
and up to us.</p>
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<p>In order to ensure that we focus on what is helpful, let me point
out a couple of issues with this proposed policy.<br>
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<p>Referring to the CPM <br>
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<p>3.4 Policy Development Process<br>
<b>Anyone can submit a proposal. Policy proposals are submitted to
the Resource Policy Discussion mailing list (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a>) by
the author</b>. AFRINIC will provide administrative support and
assist the author(s) in drafting the proposal if requested.
AFRINIC shall also provide relevant facts and statistics if
requested during the discussion.<br>
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<p>One can see that:<br>
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<p>1. The submission was sent to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a> ... This is OK</p>
<p>2. The submission was addressed to the Co-Chairs ... This is
Unnecessary</p>
<p>3. Addressing the Co-Chairs could suggest that they must
acknowledge ... Not really</p>
<p>4. The Co-Chairs must trigger discussions ... Not according to
the CPM.</p>
<p>5. The Co-Chairs not acting immediately, could kill a proposal
... Not at all<br>
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<p>Having outlined the above, let us deal with the substance of the
proposal - co-chair recall. <br>
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<p><br>
The substance of the current recall provision in the CPM is:</p>
<p> - The AFRINIC Board of Directors shall appoint a recall
committee</p>
<p> - The recall committee shall investigate the circumstances of
the justification for the recall</p>
<p> - The conclusion of the recall committee shall determine the
outcome<br>
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<p>It is important to therefore note that:<br>
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<p> - The Appointment of the Recall committee is at the discretion
and wisdom of the AfriNIC Board.</p>
<p> - Beyond appointing a recall committee, the AfriNIC Board does
not even need to know the merit or otherwise of the recall</p>
- The recall committee's work/report, does not require the
approval of the AfriNIC Board.
<p> - The entire process does not have any input from the rpd.<br>
</p>
<p> - The process has never been tested.<br>
</p>
<p> - The recall committee's modus Operandi is a black-box. Hence
until it is tested, it is not wise to modify it <br>
</p>
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<p>The substance of the proposed policy:
</p>
<p> - The AfriNIC Board shall investigate the circumstances of the
justification for the recall</p>
<p> - The investigation will include community consultations<br>
</p>
<p> - The AfriNIC Board will junk the recall, if it sees no
justification for the recall</p>
<p> - The AFRINIC Board of Directors shall then appoint a recall
committee</p>
<p> - There is a time waster - Name Challenge process embedded
therein. Pick 9 members one at a time for 6 weeks. One Year is
gone!<br>
</p>
<p> - If the Recall committee Stands, it will go ahead and
determine if a recall is necessary</p>
<p> - If a recall if not necessary, its work is done.</p>
<p> - If a recall is necessary, it will submit a report to RPD,
that will then vote whether to recall or not</p>
<p> - A Supermajority vote (70%) is needed to affirm the recall</p>
<p> - Where the vote is not obtained, the recall also fails.<br>
</p>
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<p>The substance of this draft proposal seeks to alter the pillar of
minimum Board involvement, without clearly articulating why.</p>
<p>Indeed, it goes ahead to burden the Board with more work.<br>
</p>
<p>Especially With:</p>
<p>(A) The Board shall first investigate into the recall request
within 4 weeks upon receiving the recall request and decide
whether the recall request is justified or not, after having
consulted with the community’s opinion in the mailing list.</p>
<p><br>
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This is at total variance with the spirit of the current process and
provisions that simple gives the Board an administrative duty of
appointing the independent committee that will then go ahead to
determine the appropriateness of the recall request.<br>
<p>The proposal brings the Board into the role of being the RPD
umpire, and determining the merits or otherwise of the recall
request, before setting up a committee. Why the need to setup a
committee, if it will have determined the merit or otherwise of
the recall proposal?<br>
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<p>All other details of the proposal follow the same pattern ...
solving a perceived problem, without really paying attention to
the underlining principle that allows flexibility and creativity,
without allowing process capture. <br>
</p>
<p>Indeed, proceeding on pushing this proposal through, will take at
least One Public Policy meeting, and therefore will not meet the
needs of the current situation.<br>
</p>
<p>In my humble opinion, I think the Author should withdraw the
proposal which was definitely submitted in haste, wait for the
play of the current situation, see the determination of the
matter, learn from it, and then use the experience to make a
proposal that will be better ... but definitely not with all those
details in the draft proposal that are laced with traps and mines,
too many for me to begin to enumerate herein.</p>
<p>Volunteer work is extensive, demanding and requires a lot of
input. Haste in not one of those ingredients.<br>
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<p>Do have a nice day.<br>
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<p>Sunday.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/24/20 2:56 PM, Abdulrauf Yamta
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<div>Dear Co-Chairs</div>
<div>Please find attached a policy proposal named AFRINIC
Co-Chair Recall process. In view of some current
development, and the need to have a recall process properly
defined we seek that the chairs should seek that this
proposal be discussed immediately.</div>
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