<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Jordi and All,<br><br>I'm happy this list is becoming more active, and it is a good thing. <br>Responding to @Jordi, I must respectfully differ with Jordi on point one. While I share the desire to see pending proposals move forward, I don't believe board ratification should be characterized as "basically an administrative task that should not take too much time."</div><div><p class="gmail-whitespace-normal gmail-break-words">Board ratification is a critical governance checkpoint where proposals are reviewed for legal implications, operational feasibility, and alignment with AFRINIC's mission and bylaws. Given that we're emerging from three years of limited functionality as a community, I believe the Community and the Board deserve adequate time to properly review and ratify proposals, especially those that may have significant operational or financial implications for AFRINIC and its members. Times have changed in the last three years and community members have different views on certain policies. Rushing this process could lead to oversights that create problems down the line. Quality should take precedence over speed. </p></div><div><b>Caleb Ogundele</b><br><i>Speaking for myself as a community member<br><br><br><br><br></i></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM jordi.palet--- via RPD <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>HI Seun, all,<div><br></div><div>Fully agree with your view. I will add 2 more points:</div><div><br></div><div>1) There are several policy proposals that reached consensus and are “paused” just waiting for the board ratification. I understand the board will be very busy, but the ratification is basically an administrative task that should not take too much time. So please, consider doing so ASAP, so the implementation can also be initiated, as I think in some cases it may take long time.</div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div></div><div>2) Some of use may need to plan ahead, and buy our flights as early as possible (too close to the meeting become extremely expensive when traveling from abroad) for the next PPM, so it will be good to announce firm dates and location as soon as possible.</div><div><br></div><div>Those that have policy proposals still under discussion really need to have a status summary and specially understand if the actual co-chairs will continue as suggested, so we can restart our work and encourage discussions in the community.</div><div><br></div><div>Finally, I don’t think we need a “complete modernization of the policy manual”, but instead concentrate in review the existing discussion and decide if we need to focus on any new topic at the time being.</div><div><br></div><div>Tks!</div><div><br id="m_-6816761155382936492lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
<div>Saludos,<br>Jordi<br><br>@jordipalet<br><br></div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>El 8 oct 2025, a las 17:02, Seun Ojedeji <<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>> escribió:</div><br><div><div dir="auto"><div>Hello Ben, RPD </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It's good that this discussion is starting up. I don't think anything revolutionary with the rpd needs to happen from the board level at this time. The rpd itself should evolve through policies and while the board indeed has the ability to write a policy when required and in certain circumstances i do think that it isn't necessary at this time. I would suggest the following:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">1. Current Co-Chairs continue in their role towards the next Public Policy Meeting (PPM) and they should coordinate on the things Sami mentioned with regards to authors representing their proposal and new proposals as applicable.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">2. We usually hold 2 PPMs every year 1 during the AIS and another at the second AFRINIC pubic meeting in the year, it will be good for the Board to provide the rpd with some information on how soon that can happen.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">3. With the recent board election, staff does have significant experience on conducting credible and verifiable election. The Board should leverage on that to organise election of Co-Chairs at the next ppm inline with the CPM. The 2 seats should be filled in a staggered manner</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards</div><div><br></div><div>----<br>Sent from my mobile<br>kindly excuse typos </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 8 Oct 2025, 6:00 pm Ben Roberts - AfriNIC via RPD, <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">rpd@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Sami,<div>Thanks for your mail and we appreciate your contributions to PWDG to date and are happy to see you are keen to start it up again. I am replying as a community member, though I am also a board member of AfriNIC. </div><div><br></div><div>I feel that as we restart the PWDG process, what is absolutely key is that we get <b>much more</b> diversity in that process. My question back to you is to ask, how do we invigorate the process to involve many more key experts in the digital economy of Africa?</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards</div><div>Ben</div><div><br id="m_-6816761155382936492m_-927404568268052237m_-1063682855657608924lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 6 Oct 2025, at 08:08, Sami Salih via Board <<a href="mailto:board@afrinic.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">board@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you all on the successful election of the AFRINIC Board and the resumption of its proper functioning. This milestone marks an important step toward restoring stability, trust, and continuity in AFRINIC’s
role as the Regional Internet Registry for Africa. With governance now back on track, it is the right moment to resume the Policy Development Process (PDP) and address the policy gaps that have accumulated during the past three years of interruption.</div>
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As you are aware, over the past three years AFRINIC has gone through a period of limited functionality, and the Policy Development Process (PDP) has been effectively paused. During this time, the global Internet number community has continued to evolve, with
significant policy updates taking place across the other RIRs. This has created a widening gap between AFRINIC’s Consolidated Policy Manual (CPM) and those of our sister RIRs.</div>
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In order to restore the momentum of policy development in our region and to ensure that AFRINIC’s policy environment remains relevant, consistent, and globally aligned, I would like to highlight the following areas where action is needed:</div>
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While their terms have now ended, we request that the most recent PDWG Co-Chairs prepare a short report summarizing the last set of policy proposals that were under discussion before the process stalled. We further encourage the original authors of those drafts
to resubmit them for renewed community review, or alternatively, invite any community member to take initiative to re-submit and champion them.</div>
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We call on the Board to formally publish a community call for modernizing the AFRINIC Policy Manual. This would include identifying and prioritizing areas where policy alignment with other RIRs is needed (e.g., IPv4 transfer frameworks, IPv6 allocation criteria,
RPKI adoption, Whois/privacy reforms, and membership/resource governance models). Such a call would help set a clear direction and provide legitimacy to the process of catching up with global best practices.</div>
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Most importantly, we urge all community members to actively re-engage in the PDP by discussing any submitted proposals, providing constructive feedback, and enriching the drafts with insights drawn from operational experience. The strength of AFRINIC’s PDP
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This is a collective responsibility, and now is the right moment to re-energize our PDP and demonstrate the resilience of the AFRINIC community.</div>
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