<div dir="auto"><div>Dear PDWG,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please see my comments inline...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le sam. 10 avr. 2021 18:22, <<a href="mailto:chair@afrinic.net">chair@afrinic.net</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Policy Development Working Group,<br>
<br>
The Board of Directors would like to congratulate the Policy <br>
Development Working Group (PDWG) on taking a consensus-based approach <br>
for the selection of PDWG co-Chairs.<br>
<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks for your words, Chair!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...the PDWG seems to take advantage to </div><div dir="auto">the times without Chairs to rebuild its </div><div dir="auto">structure and common practices.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
The Board considered the provisions of the Consolidated Policy Manual <br>
with respect to the selection of PDWG co-Chairs and the staggered <br>
terms for the PDWG co-Chairs. </blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks for doing that, brother!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...you are helping the PDWG in respecting </div><div dir="auto">its PDP [1] contained in CPM section 3.0.</div><div dir="auto">__</div><div dir="auto">[1]: <<a href="https://afrinic.net/policy/manual#PDP">https://afrinic.net/policy/manual#PDP</a>></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The Board would like to confirm its <br>
approval, as an exceptional measure, </blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...how come that there is a need for an </div><div dir="auto">exceptional measure to replace Recalled </div><div dir="auto">PDWG's Chairs by *interim* ones?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">to have Mr Vincent Ngundi and Mr <br>
Darwin da Costa complete the term of the last Co-Chairs and further </blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...i stand for a clear separation of the two </div><div dir="auto">related issues.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks, to send your congratulations to the two 'interim' PDWG's Chairs first... </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...and because the PDP [1] call them to </div><div dir="auto">take function *immediately* and because </div><div dir="auto">the PDWG expect to reboot with DPP-oriented </div><div dir="auto">discussions before the next PPM; then </div><div dir="auto">please Chair/CEO if there is an internal <br></div><div dir="auto">need to intruct the Policy-Liaison Team </div><div dir="auto">to provide the new PDWG's Chairs with </div><div dir="auto">authorizations to access the tools and </div><div dir="auto">materials to effectively take function...if </div><div dir="auto">you have to approve internaly...be it; then </div><div dir="auto">please do it so that on monday (yes </div><div dir="auto">tomorrow) we can effectivelly reboot </div><div dir="auto">with DPP's discussions.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
serve a duration required to make a 2 year and 1 year term respectively.<br>
<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please see above, and separate the two </div><div dir="auto">issues..and act rightly, according to your </div><div dir="auto">prerogatives. In doing so, you will help </div><div dir="auto">the PDWG to reboot the faster...any time </div><div dir="auto">during the tenure of the *interim* PDWG's </div><div dir="auto">Chairs you can freely decide to support the </div><div dir="auto">PDWG consensus, if any, in the question of extending the mandate of their *interim* Chairs...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...in fact, i see no issue if you want to help the PDWG to obtain something they consensually want, but their PDP [1] prohibit/disallow...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...but no haste! There is also a section 3.6 within the CPM, even if it's not ethical to use it to address that particular issue; but if there is a rough consensus to do it; </div><div dir="auto">why not if the PDWG's (*interim*) Chairs </div><div dir="auto">accept to follow the trend of the established </div><div dir="auto">consensus :-)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...but right now we need to reboot not later </div><div dir="auto">than on monday...because there is a </div><div dir="auto">rough consensus which renders it possible.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks and blessed sunday!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Shalom,</div><div dir="auto">--sb.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Regards,<br>
S. Moonesamy<br>
<br>
Board Chair, AFRINIC <br>
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