Dear PDWG,<br><br>Please see my comments below, inline...<br><br>Le mercredi 14 juillet 2021, PDWG Chair <<a href="mailto:dacostadarwin@gmail.com" target="_blank">dacostadarwin@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><br></div><div><span><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear PDWG Members,</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We refer to our report on the draft policy proposal ‘’Board Prerogatives on the PDP" (AFPUB-2020-GEN-004-DRAFT02) dated </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">29 June 2021</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and sent to the AFRINIC Board of Directors for ratification.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We regret to inform you that the AFRINIC Board, at its meeting held on </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">08 July 2021</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, considered the report and resolved upon legal advice that the above policy proposal poses serious legal issues as regards to the rights of directors as explained in its Staff Impact Assessments dated 26 August 2020 and 4 November 2020.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Accordingly, the said policy proposal could not be ratified. </span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As a result, we hereby refer the policy proposal back to the RPD mailing list for discussions. </span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hi PDWG's Chairs,</div><div>Thanks for your email, brothers!</div><div><br></div><div><div>...i'm not sure, but i think this makes a precedent </div><div>to AfriNIC's PDWG...it seems to be the first time </div><div>that the AfriNIC's BoD rejects a DPP adopted by </div><div>the PDWG. Then the event raises at least two </div><div>questions:</div><div><br></div><div>~°~</div><div>•1] As that DPP has been already adopted by the </div><div>PDWG, is it fair to back it to list for discussions or </div><div>to just sent it back to its status before starting the  </div><div>ratification process?</div><div>•2] When a DPP adopted by the PDWG is rejected </div><div>by the AfriNIC's BoD; how their justification should </div><div>be formated and reported to the PDWG? </div><div>•3] The PDWG's Chairs are challenged to exercise </div><div>their right to "Varying the Process" [1]. Should they do? :-)</div><div>•4] ...</div><div>~°~</div><div>__</div><div>[1]: <<a href="https://afrinic.net/policy/manual#Varying-Process" target="_blank">https://afrinic.net/policy/<wbr>manual#Varying-Process</a>></div><div> </div></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><span><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;mar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