<div dir="auto"><div>That's was not from the Co-Chairs Arnaud. Yeah Dewole was indeed a Co-chair in the past so it's understandable Bro :-)</div><div dir="auto">That said, the gist from the Board member was to remind us all that co-chairs are the custodian of the rpd and while we can bring a matter of CoC to their attention there is no need to engage the alleged infringer. Co-Chair Watch the list as well so I expect they will act accordingly when necessary.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">----<br>Sent from my mobile<br>kindly excuse typos </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 23 May 2026, 10:58 am Arnaud AMELINA, <<a href="mailto:amelnaud@gmail.com">amelnaud@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Roboto,-apple-system,"apple color emoji",BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif">Dear Cochairs..
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He did point out to the missing line of a referenced section and raise your attention on a serious violation of the CoC as per section D.
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I believe the tone and conduct reflected in the recent message require immediate intervention to maintain a civil and professional discussion environment on the mailing list.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 22, 2026 2:22:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Owen DeLong <<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">owen@delong.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> rpd <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rpd@afrinic.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [rpd] Ratified Policy Proposal - AFPUB-2020-GEN-006-DRAFT03 AFRINIC Number Resource Policy Transfer</font>
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<div>The last point of section 3.6 defines conditions for recipient in another region:</div>
<div>"If the recipient is in another region, the conditions on the recipient are defined in the counterpart's RIR transfer policy”</div>
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<div> Is this so difficult to find?</div>
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<div>Insulting AFRINIC board, community and such arrogance shall not be tolerated anymore in revived PDP.</div>
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<div>As written, the policy requires an out-of-region recipient allowed by the policy to comply with AFRINC policies, sign an AfriNIX RSA, etc. (section 3.6).</div>
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<div>Ridiculous.</div>
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<div>On Feb 8, 2026, at 22:45, Madhvi Gokool via RPD <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rpd@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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refer to the PDWG Chairs report on the draft policy proposal AFPUB-2020-GEN-006-DRAFT03
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AFRINIC
Number Resource Policy Transfer </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">dated
14 January 2022 and sent to the AFRINIC Board of Directors for ratification. The Board has also taken note of the report of the Policy Liaison dated 24 October 2025. </span></div>
<div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We
wish to inform you that the AFRINIC Board, at its meeting held on 4 February 2026, considered the PDWG Chairs' recommendation and resolved,with the consent of the Receiver, that the above policy proposal be ratified.</span></div>
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AFRINIC Secretariat will revert back on the implementation. </span></div>
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:-</span></div>
<div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Policy
Proposal - <a href="https://afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2020-gen-006-d3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
https://afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2020-gen-006-d3</a></span></div>
<div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">PDWG
Chairs Report - <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2022/014142.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2022/014142.html</a></span></div>
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