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    <p>Hello Wijdane,</p>
    <p>I read you clearly, and I understand what you quote. You
      obviously did not address the issue I raised about  "What happens
      when a lack of convergence in the working group, puts the
      "distribution" company in Jeopardy.  Should there not be any
      safeguard?"</p>
    <p>Regarding your assuming one is throwing up unforseen senarios,
      who had the inclination that some people will rather cling to some
      positions, rather than seekk consensus as best as possible? I
      looked again at what you quoted: ...  "<span
        style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
        New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US"><b>consultation, discussion
          and consensus</b>" Where is the voting? Think also about some
        safeguard.<br>
      </span></p>
    <p><span
        style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
        New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">We are making progress.</span></p>
    <p>Sunday.<br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/23/21 2:15 PM, Wijdane Goubi
      wrote:<br>
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style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New
            Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">Hello Sunday,</span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm
          10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New
            Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">The CPM states clearly in
            the very first lines of it that it is a
            reference document where policies are created through a
            bottom-up Policy
            Development Process of <b>consultation, discussion and
              consensus</b> through
            which policy proposals are submitted, debated (by the
            community) and adopted
            (by AFRINIC). All <b>ratified</b> and implemented policies
            that have gone
            through the PDP are integrated into the CPM.</span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm
          0cm 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
            style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"
            lang="EN-US">The CPM states also in the section of approval:
            “The
            Working Group Chair(s) shall recommend the draft policy to
            the AFRINIC Board of
            Directors <b>for approval</b> if it has the consensus of
            the Policy Development
            Working Group. The recommendation shall include a report of
            the discussions of
            the draft policy and feedback from the Last Call. The draft
            policy shall be
            ratified by the AFRINIC Board of Directors.</span>”</p>
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style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm
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            style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">Which implies, if  the PDWG
            ever decided
            by consensus to pass a certain policy, the board of
            directors can question their
            decision ,ensure there isn’t any sort of negligence,
            ignorance or carelessness and
            then decide whether to ratify it or not. </span><span
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Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"
            lang="EN-US">Yet, we cannot keep creating
            different types of scenarios that we might never encounter
            or face and consume
            time discussing them unless we really need to address a
            matter otherwise we’ll
            always end up either violating the CPM/PDP or on our way to
            violate them.  </span><span
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            Roman",serif" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US">Wijdane </span><span
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            Roman",serif" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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      <div class="gmail_quote">
        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le lun. 22 févr. 2021 à 19:09,
          Sunday Folayan <<a href="mailto:sfolayan@skannet.com"
            moz-do-not-send="true">sfolayan@skannet.com</a>> a
          écrit :<br>
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            <p>Goubi,<br>
            </p>
            <p>First, let me be clear, I do not agree with the Board
              modifying the CPM. This is not the same as the need for
              the existence of 11.4 in the bylaws.</p>
            <p>On to the existence of 11.4 in the bylaws ...<br>
            </p>
            <p>What will happen if PDWG passes a policy that will
              bankrupt the company? or could not pass a policy that will
              stabilize the company? Not by malice, but say ... by
              negligence or sheer exuberance? <br>
            </p>
            <p>What happens when a lack of convergence in the working
              group, puts the "distribution" company in Jeopardy. 
              Should there not be any safeguard?</p>
            <p>If the PWDG therefore recognizes and accepts the
              existence of the safe-guard that the forward-looking
              lawyers have put in place in the Bylaws, for the benefit
              of all, What is wrong with such a help if it is recognized
              by the PDWG? <br>
            </p>
            <p>How does the fact that the PDWG then accepts the
              existence of that safeguard .... violate the bottom-up
              process?<br>
            </p>
            <p>Just asking, because everything up, certainly started
              from down!</p>
            <p>Sunday.</p>
            <p><br>
            </p>
            <div>On 2/22/21 6:18 PM, Wijdane Goubi wrote:<br>
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              <div dir="ltr">Hello Jordi,<br>
                Let me point out as well that the bylaws is a document
                that was drafted by lawyers and that should have no
                relevance in the management of the PDP. The fact that
                you are trying to create a conflict between both is
                jeopardizing the core purpose of the bottom-up process.
                You can’t just skip the community and its consensus and
                allow the board to modify the CPM/PDP. The only waste of
                time in this entire situation is trying to invent
                non-existent solutions that do not comply with the PDP
                in the first place.
                <div>Regards,</div>
                <div>Wijdane</div>
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                <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le lun. 22 févr. 2021
                  à 10:34, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via RPD <<a
                    href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" target="_blank"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">rpd@afrinic.net</a>> a
                  écrit :<br>
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                  rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi SM,<br>
                  <br>
                  I fully understand the difference between community
                  and PDWG, precisely I was traying to put all them, to
                  show that I believe, everybody understands that there
                  are several (not just 2) "groups" involved in what we
                  do "related to AFRINIC and the PDP".<br>
                  <br>
                  Even if the situation is not urgent for you, it is for
                  others in the PDWG. Even if this is only my case, I
                  think it is important. So please, forget for a minute
                  if it is important or not, let's stick to the wording
                  of 11.4 and my question, and let me to rephrase them
                  to exclude the emergency aspect:<br>
                  <br>
                  Is the Board understanding that they can adopt
                  policies only related to Resources or also policies
                  not related to resources which modifying the CPM/PDP?<br>
                  <br>
                  I've added CPM/PDP, because we can see in the CPM
                  parts witch are "clearly" related to resources, others
                  "indirectly" related to resources, and others clearly
                  related to the PDP itself and not Resources at all.<br>
                  <br>
                  Regards,<br>
                  Jordi<br>
                  @jordipalet<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  El 21/2/21 16:23, "S. Moonesamy" <<a
                    href="mailto:sm%2Baf@afrinic.net" target="_blank"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">sm+af@afrinic.net</a>>
                  escribió:<br>
                  <br>
                      Dear Jordi,<br>
                      At 02:26 AM 21-02-2021, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ
                  wrote:<br>
                      >No, my question is not about the CPM/PDP text.
                  I think it is clear <br>
                      >for everybody the distinction there between
                  "AFRINIC <br>
                      >organization/membership" vs "AFRINIC
                  community/PDWG".<br>
                  <br>
                      There is a distinction between the Working Group
                  and the "community", <br>
                      i.e. the Working Group is a subset of the
                  "community".<br>
                  <br>
                      >My question is about the Board interpretation
                  of the Article 11.4 of <br>
                      >the bylaws. Is the Board understanding that
                  they can (in urgent <br>
                      >situations, such as the one we are facing)
                  adopt policies only <br>
                      >related to Resources or also policies that not
                  being related to <br>
                      >resources but modifying the PDP?<br>
                  <br>
                      I'll have to look at the minutes of the last Board
                  meeting to see <br>
                      whether there was a discussion of Article 11.4. I
                  doubt that the <br>
                      situation could be described as urgent.  That is
                  based on my reading <br>
                      of the members-discuss mailing list.<br>
                  <br>
                      Regards,<br>
                      S. Moonesamy<br>
                  <br>
                      Board Chair, AFRINIC <br>
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