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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'>Thinking twice on this … I fully agree with all the inputs from Fernando. It will be good to hear also other participants from the community.<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 understand that the composition of the AC is a complete decision of the Board, unless the community changes the PDP (which I think will be the right thing), and then we decide a composition such as:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>2-3 members from the board, not just ex-members, not just ex-chairs or vice-chairs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>2-3 members from the community, I will suggest also here ex-co-chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Probably it is good that the total number of members is odd (5).<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'>If the decisions are taken by voting then the quorum for meetings and decisions must be an odd number of participants (3 or 5).<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 don’t understand why the governance committee should be involved on this, neither the ASO-AC.<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'>It is also very clear that AC members can’t be co-authors or involved in any of the discussions of the decisions under appeal. They need to be recused on all the discussions or step down from the AC. Otherwise, it may happen that an AC member has a clear “personal view” on the decision, which it is a clear bias.<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'>It will be very important to have the Board inputs on all those points and if they believe the ToR v3 should be re-considered or not.<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'>If the Board believes that the inputs from the community are not relevant, then they should tell us, and the community must step in to change the PDP on this specific point, so no ToR is needed at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><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 15/7/21 7:01, "Fernando Frediani" <<a href="mailto:fhfrediani@gmail.com">fhfrediani@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><p style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Please find below my view of this just published ToR.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:35.4pt'>- I may be wrong but this version of the ToR doesn't seem to have circulated in PDWG prior to its approval by Board Resolution. Although this is not mandatory is it certainly a bad thing such is the importance and affect it has on us all from community and how the PDWG works.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:35.4pt'>- In 1, b) why one of the seats has been reserved only to Chair or Vice-Chair of the Board ? In which way other members of the Board are different from the Board Chair or Vice-Chair? Are they less fitted to serve in the AC ?<br>I think it may be a good thing to have 1 Board representative in the AC, but it doesn't need to be that restricted to only Chair or Vice-Chair. This is strange at minimal to say.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:35.4pt'>- Why there has been no seat at all for Community members, specially to consider ex Co-chairs which certainly may have a fair amount of experience to serve in the AC ?<br>In this ToR all 3 members of AC have a direct or indirect relation to membership elected members and not even space for choosing a experienced person from the Community if that person is not currently an elected member of Board, ASO-AC or Governance Committee.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:35.4pt'>- I didn't understand very well the rational to have someone from ASO-AC as a member of the Appeal Committee. It doesn't specify if from the entire ASO-AC or only from the AfriNic ASO-AC selected members. If the last case there is one of the three that is already appointed by the Board. Would it be the case that person also be considered as well along of the person already appointed from the Board, if not then there would be only 2 possible names for the seat which is quiet restrict.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:35.4pt'>- In the line of the previous point reducing the number of AC seats from 5 to 3 in the current times with several appeals to be analyzed increases the changes the AC can have difficulties to deliver its job with impartiality and be less susceptible to tentative of external pressure.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:35.4pt'>- It is quiet obvious but in the try to simply the ToR may be good to keep making clear enough that if a member of the appeal committee is author or co-author of the a proposal which becomes subject to appeal, this member of the AC must recuse himself from the deliberations.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:35.4pt'>- I think the last point (3) was a good one and make it clearer in order to avoid doubt about the duty and prerogatives of the Appeal Committee and that in no way substitutes the PDWG or its Co-Chairs in the consensus process.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:35.4pt'>There I urge the Board of Directors of AfriNic to review this ToR before selecting the new AC members, take in consideration the mentioned points above and publish a revised version of the ToR with improvements that can give more flexibility in composing the AC and open to more possibilities of choosing experienced people to serve.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Regards<br>Fernando Frediani<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>On 14/07/2021 12:46, AFRINIC Policy Liaison wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.4pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.4pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Please be advised that the new Terms of Reference for the Policy Development Appeal Committee has been published</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.4pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>(</span><a href="https://afrinic.net/policy/appeal-committee"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>https://afrinic.net/policy/appeal-committee</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> ) as per the Board Resolution 202107.622<b> (</b></span><a href="https://www.afrinic.net/board/meeting/2021#r622"><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>https://www.afrinic.net/board/meeting/2021#r622</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>).</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.4pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The AFRINIC Policy Development Appeal Committee, or the Appeal Committee, is a committee appointed by the AFRINIC Board, intended to adjudicate appeals in terms of the Conflict Resolution section of the AFRINIC Policy Development Process (PDP). Any such appeal will involve a disagreement regarding the actions taken by the Chair(s) of the Policy Development Working Group (PDWG).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.4pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The AFRINIC Board at its meeting held on <b>08 July 2021</b> resolved to revoke the current Terms of Reference for the Appeal Committee and replace them with new Terms of Reference.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.4pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>As a consequence of the above, the Appeal Committee that was reconstituted by the Board on <b>14 April 2021</b> was dissolved. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.4pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The new version makes the required provision for<b> </b>Section 3.5(1) of AFRINIC’s Consolidated Policy Manual.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.4pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We invite you all to take note<b> </b>of its scope with regards to the composition, term and duty of the committee.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.4pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The reconstitution of the Appeal Committee is currently ongoing so that the current appeals can be assessed. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.4pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Yours Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.4pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>AFRINIC Policy Liaison Team.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.4pt;text-align:justify'><a href="mailto:policy-liaison@afrinic.net"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>policy-liaison@afrinic.net</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'> <br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre style='margin-left:35.4pt'>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:35.4pt'>AFRINIC Policy Liaison.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:35.4pt'>t: +230 403 51 00 | f: +230 466 6758 | tt: @afrinic | w:www.afrinic.net<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:35.4pt'>facebook.com/afrinic | flickr.com/afrinic | youtube.com/afrinicmedia<o:p></o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre style='margin-left:35.4pt'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:35.4pt'>RPD mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:35.4pt'><a href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net">RPD@afrinic.net</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:35.4pt'><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><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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