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--></style></head><body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Sylvain,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I go to the end of your email first … I do not want to be considered, as a co-chair or anything related to judging consensus for policies for several reasons:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Even if I can try my best to be neutral and objective, I’ve many policy proposals in discussion. Withdrawing from them and letting other co-authors to continue could be an option, but even if I could try to be objective, *<b>always</b>* someone from the community will be able to tell “he is favoring this because he originally wrote it”.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I still think that my contribution can be better with policy proposals (never mind I authored them or other folks, I mean “openly discussing about policies”).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Even if it is clear in the PDP that anyone can be a co-Chair, even if not from the region, I think it is better that it is someone from the region.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’m convinced that there is many other people that can do better than me!<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Now, if you need a volunteer to chair any specific meeting that is not discussing policies, while we don’t have co-chairs, I will be happy to do so *<b>if</b>* nobody else volunteers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>And of course, I need to thank you for your words, don’t take my response as a lack of gratitude.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Now, to respond “in short” to the rest of your email.<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The Board has the prerogative to submit a policy proposal. There is a debate, as I explained in the document, about if “only” for resource management or the PDP as well.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The Board asked the community to take a decision on the way forward.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>We are in an extreme situation. In this situation, even law, will allow to break the rules “in a certain” way. For example, remember when the courts of Mauritius allowed to do a general assembly meeting, even if there was no quorum (if I recall correctly) after the Dakar meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>There were no objections until the date set by the board.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The community didn’t reached consensus “formally”, we just asked ourselves, and documented it, what are the options and what we suggest the Board.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Is the Board the one that will decide if that perceived consensus is what they were asked for and proceed accordingly their own decision. For a good reason, the document title is “Summary of the RPD Discussion Regarding the Decision on the Way Forward for New (transition or elected) co-Chairs after the Recall Committee Outcome”.<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The Board can still send a policy proposal, we like it or not … if we don’t like, we could only change it by the next meeting …<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>There is one more option, which is organizing a meeting (called by the Board, as one of their prerogatives), choose a temporary chair for that meeting, and call for elections …. What it matters here is that the result is the same: the community will choose the co-chairs (option 1&2 vs 3&4).<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>And again, the Board still can do 3&4 … we like it or not. I’m going in circles here to clearly show that they asked us to decide, and we did. We are calling this “consensus”, may be that's the “violation” that instead of consensus we should said “it seems that the PDWG want this, as the other choices have objections”. Is not the same?<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Of course, if we “start” elections and several candidates withdraw in favor of just a couple of them, as I already explained, that will be a better “elections by consensus”, but this is something we can do anyway with 1.<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></li></ol><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Jordi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>@jordipalet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>El 18/2/21 13:14, "Sylvain Baya" <<a href="mailto:abscoco@gmail.com">abscoco@gmail.com</a>> escribió:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>{start a new thread from [1]}<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Dear PDWG,<br><br>Hope you are safe and well!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><tl;dr><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>This PDWG has violated its own PDP by reaching a consensus non PDP-compliant. In fact, the actualités CPM (version 1.6) contains no provision which could allow the PDWG to varying the process without at least one PDWG's Chair in place.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><tl;dr><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>...i first want to thank Jordi, for have right•ful•ly <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>decided to coordinate PDWG actions during <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>this post-recall PDWG's Chairs transition period. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>He did well (because the PDP [2] implicitely <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>allows it, by leaving the howto question {see CPM <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>section 3.3 [3]} to the implementors), but, IMHO, Jordi <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>also failed to stick to only what was allowed <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>by the PDP [3]. This is were what Fernando <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>have tried to explain below is really relevant...i <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>can also refer to more than two emails where <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Sunday is trying to enlightening that lack of PDP compliance. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Some observations or facts to consider:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>~°~<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>•1| First, the final action made [4] on tuesday by Jordi, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>on behalf of the PDWG is a good proof that if <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>appropriately conducted, the consensus-driven <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>mecanism can work very well in this AfriNIC's <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>PDWG.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>•2| The PDP is *sufficiently* clear about the emergency <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>procedure to use when it comes to replacing <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>the PDWG's Chair(s) before the end of mandate(s).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>•3| The PDP is also clear (see CPM section 3.6 [5]) <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>about who from the PDWG can varying the process <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>(PDP) and in which kind of circonstances.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>•4| This post-recall PDWG's Chairs time makes <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>an interesting precedent to study and without <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>at least one of its Chairs, the PDWG is leaved <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>with no mean to varying the process by itself...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>•5| ...within the CPM (version 1.6) [6] even a <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>consensus reached by the PDWG during this <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>emergency time *MUST* be bond to the few <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>tasks allowed by the PDP (select the new PDWG's <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Chairs; then continue to follow the PDP)...we <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>failed on it; then we are in violation to the actual PDP.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>•6| Yes! by the PDP, this PDWG is allowed to do <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>only very few things without its Chairs. Doing <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>more than those things is a clear violation <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>of the PDP.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>•7| AfriNIC's BoD has its prerogatives and we are <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>sure it shall act accordingly if we, PDWG, fail <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>to enforce our PDP. Therefore there is no need <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>to violate our own PDP to do something which <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>will be surely do soon by the BoD. That's doing <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>something of non incidence...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>•8| With the new PDWG's Chairs in action, of course, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>the fact that the PDWG can not actually varying <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>the process by itself (raise a problem) could <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>be consider and therefore handled by proposing <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>a DPP (Draft Policy Proposal) to change at least <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>it for example...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>•9| Jordi has proved a good ability to conduct <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>the PDWG, he is therefore a proven-good candidate <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>as a replacement PDWG's Chair, for us, IMHO.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>10| Let's back to the PDP to do the only task <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>we PDWG are allowed to do without our Chairs. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Sunday, please can you handle the process <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>to help the PDWG to enforce its PDP? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>~°~<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>...i want to call the PDWG once more [7], to firmly <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>defend its PDP; because that is the most important <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>thing to do, IMHO, during these difficult times.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>If you see things differently, i look forward <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>to reading you too! ;-)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Thanks & Blessed thursday!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>__<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>[1]: <<a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/thread.html#12428">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/thread.html#12428</a>><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>[2]: <<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://afrinic.net/policy/manual#PDP">https://afrinic.net/policy/manual#PDP</a></span>><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>[3]: <<a href="https://afrinic.net/policy/manual#PDWG">https://afrinic.net/policy/manual#PDWG</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>[4]: <<a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/012425.html">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/012425.html</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>[5]: <<a href="https://afrinic.net/policy/manual#Varying-Process">https://afrinic.net/policy/manual#Varying-Process</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>[6]: <<a href="https://afrinic.net/cpm-1-6">https://afrinic.net/cpm-1-6</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>[7]: <<a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/012358.html">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/012358.html</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Shalom,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:35.4pt'>--sb.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Le mer. 17 févr. 2021 02:46, Fernando Frediani <<a href="mailto:fhfrediani@gmail.com">fhfrediani@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Hello Gregoire<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Well, the PDP makes it clear that is up to the WG to select the Co-Chairs, no one else (point 3.3). It doesn't have a fallback mechanism or even a point which allows the WG defer that decision to the Board.<br>This is different from when something is not mentioned at all and is considered not covered by current rules.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:35.4pt'>So anything different from what is in the PDP right now is a change in the PDP and a change in the PDP can only be done via the due process with rough consensus when we have new Co-Chairs in place. Even if the WG would decide unanimously right now to defer that decision it is something that cannot be done at the present because the current PDP as written forbids it having it clear the only way Co-Chairs can be chosen. <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:35.4pt'>I keep hoping the Board will organize the elections soon and we will be able to progress in this matter with the natural way which is the WG choosing.<br>Hope also in the next change we have to adjust the PDP we can include the possibility for the Board to be able to select temporary/interim Co-Chairs during unforeseen situation and it is in other RIRs.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Regards<br>Fernando<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>[...]<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>_______________________________________________ RPD mailing list RPD@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd <o:p></o:p></p></div><br>**********************************************<br>
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