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    <p>Hi,</p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2025/10/10 14:43, jordi.palet--- via
      RPD wrote:<br>
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      When you sign the service agreement to obtain resources in any
      RIR, you accept to be bind to the policy manual which is a “live
      law”, it gets updated at any time  and changes apply to all.
      Otherwise, it will be useless to have a PDP to update the policy
      manual. So clearly yes to your point 1 and 2.</blockquote>
    <p>This is actively under dispute in court.  So clearly not so
      clearly :).</p>
    <p>I'm going to refrain from comment on the rest of your response,
      but do take note of the content.<br>
      <br>
      Thank you for the engagement.<br>
      <br>
      Kind regards,<br>
      Jaco</p>
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      <div>If there was a right to leasing (which was not the case), and
        policy change to avoid that, it can be enforced, also in the
        other way around.</div>
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      <div>There is not way, following the PDP, we can do a
        “reassessment” of the PDWG opinion, and you also know that it
        will be difficult to have everyone agreeing. That why the
        decisions are based in consensus not voting, and consensus has
        been already determined by the chairs.</div>
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      <div>Delaying the decision for the ratification is a very ugly
        manipulation of the process because then it means the time
        expires and the policies are enforced back to the list. This
        will mean we can’t trust on the new board, which will be a very
        bad situation.</div>
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            <div>Regards,<br>
              Jordi<br>
              <br>
              @jordipalet<br>
              <br>
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              <div>El 10 oct 2025, a las 3:12, Jaco Kroon
                <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jaco@uls.co.za"><jaco@uls.co.za></a> escribió:</div>
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                  <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 class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2025/10/10 10:43,
                    Raymond Mamattah wrote:<br>
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                      <div>Great discussions!</div>
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                      <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>
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                      <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>
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                      <div dir="auto">Care must be taken so we don't
                        have a "stone-around our neck to make us easily
                        sink" again. </div>
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                      <div dir="auto">Regards, </div>
                      <div><br>
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                      <div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">---<br>
                        Raymond Mamattah<br>
                        Accra, Ghana 🇬🇭 </div>
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                      <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 10 Oct
                        2025, 08:10 Jaco Kroon, <<a
                          href="mailto:jaco@uls.co.za"
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                        wrote:<br>
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                          <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>
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                          <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>Regards,<br>
                                  Jordi<br>
                                  <br>
                                  @jordipalet<br>
                                  <br>
                                </div>
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                                  <div>El 9 oct 2025, a las 6:42, Jaco
                                    Kroon <a
                                      href="mailto:jaco@uls.co.za"
                                      target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
                                      moz-do-not-send="true"><jaco@uls.co.za></a>
                                    escribió:</div>
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                                      <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>
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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
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                                              <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
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                                              <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>
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                                            class="gmail_attr">Le jeu. 9
                                            oct. 2025 à 00:18,
                                            jordi.palet--- via RPD <<a
href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
                                              moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">rpd@afrinic.net</a>> a écrit :<br>
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                                            <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>Saludos,<br>
                                                    Jordi<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    @jordipalet<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                  </div>
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                                                <div><br>
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                                                    <div>El 8 oct 2025,
                                                      a las 18:07, Caleb
                                                      Ogundele <<a
href="mailto:muyiwacaleb@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">muyiwacaleb@gmail.com</a>>
                                                      escribió:</div>
                                                    <br>
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                                                        <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>
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                                                        <div><b>Caleb
                                                          Ogundele</b><br>
                                                          <i>Speaking
                                                          for myself as
                                                          a community
                                                          member<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          </i></div>
                                                        <div><br>
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                                                          <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" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">rpd@afrinic.net</a>>
                                                          wrote:<br>
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                                                          <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
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                                                          <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
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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" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">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 noreferrer"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">rpd@afrinic.net</a>>
                                                          wrote:<br>
                                                          </div>
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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>
                                                          <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
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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"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">board@afrinic.net</a>>
                                                          wrote:<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          </blockquote>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <blockquote
                                                          type="cite">
                                                          <div dir="ltr">
                                                          <div
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                                                          <b>Dear PDWG
                                                          Community,</b></div>
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                                                          <b><br>
                                                          </b></div>
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                                                          I hope this
                                                          message finds
                                                          you well. </div>
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                                                          <br>
                                                          </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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                                                          <br>
                                                          </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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                                                          <br>
                                                          </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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                                                          <br>
                                                          </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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                                                          </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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                                                          <br>
                                                          </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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                                                          <br>
                                                          </div>
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                                                          This is a
                                                          collective
                                                          responsibility,
                                                          and now is the
                                                          right moment
                                                          to re-energize
                                                          our PDP and
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                            criminal offense. If you are not the
                            intended recipient be aware that any
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      criminal offense. If you are not the intended recipient be aware
      that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents
      of this information, even if partially, including attached files,
      is strictly prohibited, will be considered a criminal offense, so
      you must reply to the original sender to inform about this
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