+1 @Omo and @Badru Regards
Le 25 oct. 2016 07:07, "Omo Oaiya" <[email protected]> a écrit : > Dear Community, > > I am not suggesting there is a problem with the PDP per se or criticising > the co-chairs, past or present, but recent discussions on accountability > and co-authoring a policy proposal has resulted in my taking a closer look > at the PDP and its requirements. > > The current PDP (http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/ > 251-policy-development-process-in-the-afrinic- > service-region-afpub-2010-gen-005) adopted in 2010 specified improvements > from its predecessor. > > It lists fixing the following issues amongst others as incentive: > > > 1. the case of PDP moderators inability to attend public policy > meetings > 2. the lack of appeal mechanisms against moderators actions > 3. issues fixed on mailing list being reopened at face to face > meetings weakening the decision making process. > 4. consensus building process leading to scenario where opinions > expressed at face to face have more weight that the ones expressed on > mailing list > > While the new PDP succeeded in addressing #1 and #2, it has not addressed > #3 and #4. > > The current PDP introduced the PDWG with co-chairs to perform the > "administrative functions” of the group. > > - It did not describe what these administrative functions were. > > - It did not prescribe criteria for co-chairs selection or an election > mechanism. > > - It also did not describe the process for determining “rough consensus”. > > As a result, we have seen: > > - co-chairs candidates who could be more familiar with PDP and Internet > Number Resource management. > > - insufficient moderation of policy proposal discussions on the mailing > list and at face to face meetings leading to endless repetitive discussions > > - inability of co-chairs to determine consensus encouraging abuse of the > process with some people persistently opposing proposals and stalling > progress with insubstantial arguments causing unnecessary delay and > frustration > > The policy discussions at AFRINIC-24 is a perfect illustration. Another > easy example is that since AFRINIC-24, there has been little discussion on > proposals which were sent back on mailing list for further discussions as > per meeting minutes (http://www.afrinic.net/en/ > library/policies/archive/ppm-minutes/1847-afrinic-24-pdwgpdp-minutes) and > no action from the working group co-chairs. > > **Some questions for the community and co-chairs** > > - How do we fix issues #3 and #4? > > - Will the proposals returned to the list be presented in AFRINIC-25? if > yes, what will be the discussion points be and for which expected outcomes? > > -Omo > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > >
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