<div dir="auto"><div>Hi Jacob, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you reiterated what I mentioned in my email. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">---<br>Raymond Mamattah<br>Accra, Ghana 🇬🇭 </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 10 Oct 2025, 09:12 Jaco Kroon, <<a href="mailto:jaco@uls.co.za">jaco@uls.co.za</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>

  
    
  
  <div>
    <p>Hi Raymond,</p>
    <p>Jordi is right in that once policies have been passed to the
      board it's not really trivial for them to push it back to the PDP,
      and Jordi is also right in that "what gives them the right?"
      (which is what I paraphrased from his writing).  That's a very
      valid question.<br>
      <br>
      I would personally rather have the board be on the side of
      caution, and send everything back to the chairs to revalidate, as
      new inputs from the last couple of years may very well result in a
      different impact assessment.<br>
      <br>
      I do also think that going forward we need to have a legal
      assessment on all new policies too - even if (in my made up
      estimation) the far bulk of policies will not have legal
      implications, however, contracts may be impacted by policies. 
      Specifically, some of the sticky points that came up in
      discussion:<br>
      <br>
      1.  Can rule/policy changes be enforced retroactively?<br>
      2.  If a contract specifically states you're allowed to do xyz,
      does that preclude everything else, or is only what is
      specifically precluded contractually precluded?</p>
    <p>To make this even more sticky, let's say that a new policy takes
      away a right you previously had (implied or otherwise, for
      example, the topic of whether you're allowed to lease/sell/broker
      Afrinic IPv4 space, which is hotly debated with some saying you're
      allowed to and some saying you're not - I have my opinions on this
      but that's orthogonal to discussion I'm trying to have so please
      treat it as an example and not the topic), is that enforceable?</p>
    <p>What if a new policy/rule gives you a new right you didn't have
      previously?</p>
    <p>Clearly there are potentially legal implications here that can
      (and plainly has) negatively impacted the company (Afrinic).  And
      hopefully it's clear that the answers are not clear cut black and
      white, even though we'd like them to be.<br>
      <br>
      I think given the above a pause is in order to allow a
      re-assessment of all policies that has been submitted to board for
      ratification.<br>
      <br>
      I would also like to know if there is a list of such policies, and
      where it can be found, or if one of the staff members are possibly
      in a position to provide such a list, along with the wording
      impact on the CPM and the impact assessments that were provided.</p>
    <p>This should allow the PDWG to quickly state "we're OK with these
      proceeding, we'd like these back" etc ... assuming no one points
      out a policy issue with what I'm proposing.<br>
      <br>
      Kind regards,<br>
      Jaco</p>
    <div>On 2025/10/10 10:43, Raymond Mamattah
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type="cite">
      
      <div dir="auto">
        <div>Great discussions!</div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="auto">My one cent is that due to the impasse we have
          had, which is due partly to AFRINIC's own by-laws/policies, I
          think the Board would have to look critically and with
          multiple checks before ratifying any policy.</div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="auto">I also think we should not push for a policy
          that's not already passed to be hurriedly ratified. Ideally
          such policies should go through "public comments" for critical
          checks before being passed on for ratification. </div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="auto">Care must be taken so we don't have a
          "stone-around our neck to make us easily sink" again. </div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="auto">Regards, </div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">---<br>
          Raymond Mamattah<br>
          Accra, Ghana 🇬🇭 </div>
      </div>
      <br>
      <div class="gmail_quote">
        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 10 Oct 2025, 08:10
          Jaco Kroon, <<a href="mailto:jaco@uls.co.za" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jaco@uls.co.za</a>>
          wrote:<br>
        </div>
        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
          <div>
            <p>Hi Jordi,</p>
            <p>I fully agree with what you say here.</p>
            <p>There are however pending disputes regarding legitimacy
              of a couple of members who could use the specific policy
              to sidestep the issue.  The policy needs to be adjusted to
              ensure that only members who's not only in good standing,
              but who is fully compliant with existing policies and
              where there are no ongoing disputes/court cases etc ...
              are allowed to transfer out.</p>
            <p>Kind regards,<br>
              Jaco </p>
            <div>On 2025/10/09 17:10, jordi.palet--- via RPD wrote:<br>
            </div>
            <blockquote type="cite"> I don’t think membership status has
              anything to do with PDP.
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>Ideally PDP is contributed by many members actively
                participating, but I think this is not the case (not
                only in Afrinic, also in general in other RIRs).</div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>Even if I personally disagree with the transfer
                policy that got consensus declared, I think it should be
                ratified immediately, because implementation takes many
                months (as experienced by other RIRs). In that period,
                we still have the chance to improve it, if the community
                believe that needs to be done. Then small implementation
                changes can often be done very quickly.</div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>This is the same for any policy that reached
                consensus, even for the complete policy manual. It is a
                “live law”, the community has the chance to*always*
                change or improve things. What it will be useless and
                long time consuming is when something that reached
                consensus (and had a positive impact analisys) is
                returned to the list to re-start again the full process.
                Again, if something can be improved, let’s do it based
                on the already approved text, not from scracth.</div>
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                <div>
                  <div>Regards,<br>
                    Jordi<br>
                    <br>
                    @jordipalet<br>
                    <br>
                  </div>
                </div>
                <div><br>
                  <blockquote type="cite">
                    <div>El 9 oct 2025, a las 6:42, Jaco Kroon <a href="mailto:jaco@uls.co.za" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><jaco@uls.co.za></a>
                      escribió:</div>
                    <br>
                    <div>
                      <div>
                        <p>Hi,<br>
                        </p>
                        <p>That policy specifically may be one we may
                          want to hold off until current membership
                          status has been sorted out first.  Or at least
                          the policy should be amended to compensate for
                          what we've learned in the last five years.<br>
                          <br>
                          Kind regards,<br>
                          Jaco<br>
                          <br>
                          On 2025/10/09 02:21, Emmanuel Vitus wrote:</p>
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <div dir="ltr">
                            <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Good to
                                  see the list active again. Hopefully
                                  we can keep the energy focused this
                                  time and not fall back into the long
                                  circular debates we had in the past.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">
                                <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">It
                                  could help to have a simple matrix
                                  showing which proposals can be
                                  ratified quickly with little or no
                                  cost and which ones may need more time
                                  or legal review. A timeline would also
                                  be useful to follow progress taking
                                  into account the Board comments and
                                  the steps before ratification.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">
                                <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">The
                                  transfer policy should move forward as
                                  soon as possible, my 2cents.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">
                                <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Cheers! </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">
                                <br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">
                                <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">-
                                  Emmanuel</span></font></div>
                          </div>
                          <br>
                          <div class="gmail_quote">
                            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le jeu. 9
                              oct. 2025 à 00:18, jordi.palet--- via RPD
                              <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">rpd@afrinic.net</a>>
                              a écrit :<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 Caleb,
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>The proposals that I refer:</div>
                                <div>1) Already reached consensus.</div>
                                <div>2) Already were sent to the board
                                  with the relevant reports.</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>So from that perspective, with
                                  “basically administrative” I mean that
                                  there is not “a lot of other” work to
                                  be done in the proposals. Of course,
                                  the board should make sure that the
                                  proposals aren’t against the company,
                                  but the legal implications,
                                  operational feasibility, alignment
                                  with the bylaws, etc., was already
                                  done because all this is part of the
                                  analysis impact that was prepared
                                  *before* declaring consensus. This is
                                  just the way the PDP works, so we
                                  aren’t changing anything.</div>
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                                  <div>
                                    <div>Saludos,<br>
                                      Jordi<br>
                                      <br>
                                      @jordipalet<br>
                                      <br>
                                    </div>
                                  </div>
                                  <div><br>
                                    <blockquote type="cite">
                                      <div>El 8 oct 2025, a las 18:07,
                                        Caleb Ogundele <<a href="mailto:muyiwacaleb@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">muyiwacaleb@gmail.com</a>>
                                        escribió:</div>
                                      <br>
                                      <div>
                                        <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>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">
                                            <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" rel="noreferrer 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>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>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>
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                                                  <div>
                                                    <div>Saludos,<br>
                                                      Jordi<br>
                                                      <br>
                                                      @jordipalet<br>
                                                      <br>
                                                    </div>
                                                  </div>
                                                  <div><br>
                                                    <blockquote type="cite">
                                                      <div>El 8 oct
                                                        2025, a las
                                                        17:02, Seun
                                                        Ojedeji <<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" 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>
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                                                          <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>
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                                                          <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>
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                                                          <div dir="auto">Regards</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>----<br>
                                                          Sent from my
                                                          mobile<br>
                                                          kindly excuse
                                                          typos </div>
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                                                          <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 noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">rpd@afrinic.net</a>>
                                                          wrote:<br>
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                                                          <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>
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                                                          </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>
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                                                          <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 noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">board@afrinic.net</a>>
                                                          wrote:<br>
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                                                          <b>Dear PDWG
                                                          Community,</b></div>
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                                                          I hope this
                                                          message finds
                                                          you well. </div>
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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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                                                          <b>Previous
                                                          PDWG Co-Chairs</b></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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                                                          <b>AFRINIC
                                                          Board</b></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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                                                          <b>PDWG
                                                          Community</b></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 has always
                                                          been rooted in
                                                          the diversity
                                                          and expertise
                                                          of its
                                                          community, and
                                                          your
                                                          participation
                                                          will be
                                                          crucial in
                                                          shaping the
                                                          future of
                                                          Internet
                                                          number
                                                          resource
                                                          management in
                                                          our region.</div>
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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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                                                          With Regards.</div>
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                                                          <b>Sami Salih</b>,
                                                          PhD (ICT),
                                                          PMP®</div>
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                                                          Assistant
                                                          Professor,
                                                          Sudan
                                                          University of
                                                          Science and
                                                          Technology</div>
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                                            <div dir="ltr"><b><font>Caleb
                                                  Ogundele</font></b>
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