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AFRINIC PDWG,</span><span
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you to
the new year. </span></p>
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mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">According to the Policy
Development Process, policy changes are proposed by the
Community. </span><span
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"Times New Roman";color:#1F1F1F;background:white;mso-font-kerning:0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> In anticipation of the
upcoming Public Policy Meeting (PPM) in 2026, we kindly request
that you
commence the work on developing and submitting new Draft Policy
Proposals
(DPPs). </span><span
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new
policy proposals have been received since May 2022 and those
proposals that
were under discussion expired a calendar year after their
submission.</span><span
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mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">While
the
dates of the PPM are not yet known, to avoid a rush of
last-minute submissions
and to ensure that the problem statements are well defined, we
encourage the
authors:</span><span
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EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
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</span>(a)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F1F1F;background:white;
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">who
withdrew their proposals “PDP Working Group Guidelines and
Procedures
AFPUB-2020-GEN-002-DRAFT06” and “Update of PDP
AFPUB-2021-GEN-002-DRAFT03” to
work together and propose a joint version that will address the
implementation
concerns.</span><span
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</span>(b)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
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mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">whose
policies expired to </span><span
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;background:white;
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">submit
a
new version of their proposals if they wish their DPPs to run
for consensus
determination</span><span
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F1F1F;background:white;
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</span>(c)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
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consider
the past </span><span
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mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a
href="https://www.afrinic.net/policy/implementation-reports"><span
style="color:#1155CC;background:white">Policy Implementation
Experience Reports</span></a><span style="background:white">
and </span></span><span
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color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">use
the published issues as problem statements.</span><span
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color:#1F1F1F;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
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normal"><span
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:
normal"><span
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">All submitted proposals
can be
discussed on the RPD mailing list(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a>) as of now.
Once the AFRINIC
Secretariat announces the date on which the PPM will be held, we
will
communicate further on the timelines to be adhered to in
accordance with Section
3 of the Consolidated Policy Manual for the proposals to go
through the
Policy Development Process for consensus determination. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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normal"><span
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mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Your
efforts are vital to the policy development process. </span><span
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"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:
normal"><span
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mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:
normal"><span
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F1F1F;background:white;
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Past
webinars on the Policy Development Process are available for
consultation here
- </span><span
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a
href="https://www.afrinic.net/events/webinar-series"><span
style="color:#1155CC;
background:white">https://www.afrinic.net/events/webinar-series</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#1F1F1F;background:white;mso-font-kerning:0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">. The PDWG may reach out
to us
in case they wish to discuss any new topic or a refresher.</span><span
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"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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normal"><span
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mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
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look
forward to your contributions in the coming months.</span><span
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Regards,</span></p>
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mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr.
Vincent
Ngundi and Darwin Da Costa</span><span
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"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;
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PDWG
Co-Chairs</span></b><b><span
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