<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div><div dir="auto">Dear PDWG Chairs,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I object to AFPUB-2026-ASN-001-DRAFT02.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This proposal reflects a recurring institutional habit: when no clear operational failure exists, create additional structure and then describe that structure as progress.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The Internet did not become resilient because every identifier was surrounded by increasingly elaborate policy. It became resilient because coordination remained narrow, predictable, and justified by operational necessity. The burden should always rest with those proposing additional rules to demonstrate why existing practice has become inadequate.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">That burden has not been met.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have seen no evidence that current AS-SET naming conventions are creating a material operational problem that justifies expanding the policy surface. Administrative preference is not operational necessity. Consistency is desirable, but consistency alone is not sufficient justification for imposing additional structure on everyone.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Every new rule carries a cost. It increases complexity, creates new expectations, and expands the scope of future interpretation. Those costs accumulate even when each individual proposal appears modest. Over time, coordination quietly transforms into governance, and governance gradually begins solving problems that never required central solutions in the first place.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The default principle should be restraint. If the Internet continues to function without a proposed rule, then the proposal must demonstrate not merely that it is cleaner or more elegant, but that it solves a concrete operational deficiency that cannot reasonably be addressed through existing practice.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This proposal does not reach that threshold.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For these reasons, I object to AFPUB-2026-ASN-001-DRAFT02.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Kind regards,</div></div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Dr. Nyasha Ndemo-Masimbarasi <br>(DPhil, MSc., BSc. Hon. Development Science and Policy)<br>Chairperson - Department of Development Programming and Management <br>Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University <br>1901 Barrassie Rd, Off Shamva Rd, Bindura<br>Zimbabwe<br>Landline: +263867 700 6136<br>Cell: +263 773226552<br>Email: <a href="mailto:nyashandemo@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">nyashandemo@gmail.com</a></div></div>
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