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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> NP Petronella<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 22 July 2026 16:19:56<br>
<b>To:</b> rpd-request@afrinic.net <rpd-request@afrinic.net>; honlue@gmail.com <honlue@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [rpd] Policy supremacy</font>
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<p><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_MSFontService,-apple-system,Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear Musa and Colleagues,</span></p>
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Operating an ASN, attending the PPM, or being known to long-standing participants is not a condition for joining an open PDP. People may become aware of a proposal at different stages, including Last Call, and still have the right to question it.</div>
<p><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_MSFontService,-apple-system,Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Where other participants come from, and what they choose to disclose, is for them to explain. Familiarity does not determine
legitimacy, and established participants do not own the definition of “community.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_MSFontService,-apple-system,Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">If KYC or affiliation disclosure is considered necessary, it must be proposed formally, justified, privacy-protected, and
applied equally to everyone. It cannot be introduced informally and selectively against unfamiliar objectors.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_MSFontService,-apple-system,Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Experience may provide useful evidence. It does not create a mandate to decide who has enough “stake” to speak. If there
is evidence of impersonation or abuse, submit it to the co-chairs. Otherwise, please assess the arguments and return to the policy.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_MSFontService,-apple-system,Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">I had a similar experience after becoming active on this mailing list: unusual activity on my Gmail account, an unexpected
unsubscribe, and problems sending or receiving messages.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_MSFontService,-apple-system,Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">I am not accusing anyone without evidence. However, this is precisely why a change of email address should not be treated
as proof of a false identity or improper participation. A mailbox is only a communication tool; it is not the person.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_MSFontService,-apple-system,Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">If identity verification is genuinely required, it should be introduced through a formal, privacy-protective process and
applied equally to everyone. Until then, participants should be judged by what they submit, not by whether established members recognise their email addresses.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_MSFontService,-apple-system,Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Regards,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_MSFontService,-apple-system,Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Nonhlanhla </span></p>
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