<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div><div dir="auto">Dear PDWG,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The discussion is being diverted from the substance of the objections toward speculation about AI use, writing style, and how consensus should be counted.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">That does not answer the policy concerns raised.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">A problem statement does not prove that the proposed remedy is necessary, proportionate, or technically sufficient. Nor does the use of drafting assistance invalidate an argument. The relevant question is whether the objection is sound.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The objections remain clear: the proposal improves naming attribution, but it does not validate AS-SET contents, eliminate incorrect customer-cone data, or demonstrate that mandatory registry enforcement is the minimum necessary response.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If several participants raise the same concern, the proper response is to answer that concern on its merits. Similarity does not make it disappear, and unfamiliar participants do not count for less.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Participation is evidence, not mandate. Consensus is not manufactured by dismissing dissenters or analysing their prose.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I therefore remain opposed and ask that the discussion return to the unresolved technical and proportionality questions.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards,</div><div dir="auto">[Name]</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><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 20, 2026, 9:35 AM <<a href="mailto:rpd-request@afrinic.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rpd-request@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Send RPD mailing list submissions to<br>
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1. Subject: Re: [Last Call] Draft Policy Proposal ? Hierarchical<br>
Names for New AS-SETs (AFPUB-2026-ASN-001-DRAFT02) (Thulisile Mazomba)<br>
2. Re: [Last Call] Draft Policy Proposal ? Hierarchical Names<br>
for New AS-SETs (AFPUB-2026-ASN-001-DRAFT02) (Tshepo Masuku)<br>
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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:24:43 +0000<br>
From: Thulisile Mazomba <<a href="mailto:219280444@mycput.ac.za" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">219280444@mycput.ac.za</a>><br>
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Subject: [rpd] Subject: Re: [Last Call] Draft Policy Proposal ?<br>
Hierarchical Names for New AS-SETs (AFPUB-2026-ASN-001-DRAFT02)<br>
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Hi Frank,<br>
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An improvement is not automatically a justification for mandatory policy.<br>
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The question is whether the benefit is significant enough, proven enough, and proportionate enough to place in the registry?s compulsory layer. Saying ?it helps? does not answer that.<br>
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And no, raising those questions does not mean the objection came first. It means policy power should be tested before it is expanded.<br>
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I remain opposed.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Thulisile<br>
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Subject: Re: [rpd] [Last Call] Draft Policy Proposal ? Hierarchical Names for New AS-SETs (AFPUB-2026-ASN-001-DRAFT02)<br>
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Hi,<br>
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On 7/19/2026 11:29 PM, Thulisile Mazomba wrote:<br>
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> Hi Frank,<br>
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> You appear to be treating your disagreement with an objection as proof<br>
> that no technical objection exists.<br>
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> The proposal prevents one naming collision. It does not establish the<br>
> correctness of the routing data attached to that name,<br>
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The proposal does not fix *all* problems. and it doesn't claim to do so.<br>
It creates an improvement.<br>
I don't agree that it is ok to object just because this proposal does<br>
not fix *all* problems.<br>
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Do you agree it provides improvements?<br>
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> nor prove that<br>
> mandatory registry control is the only proportionate remedy.<br>
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it's not intended to prove that.<br>
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> Those are technical and policy questions. Declaring them invalid does<br>
> not resolve them.<br>
They are not good reasons against the proposal.<br>
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But some people maybe want to be against the proposal first and then are<br>
looking for "questions".<br>
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Frank<br>
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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:34:21 +0000<br>
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Hi Frank,<br>
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You keep positioning yourself as the referee of which objections count.<br>
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That is not your role. Participants are allowed to question whether a useful change belongs in mandatory policy. Dismissing those concerns instead of answering them turns discussion into gatekeeping.<br>
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A policy room may debate. It does not grant any participant authority to police dissent.<br>
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I remain opposed.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Tshepo<br>
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