[Speaking on my own capacity] I would have loved to not get involved in this discussion about Board and PDP. But I think it is important to consider keeping the PDP, Buttom-up, Community Driven and Consensus based. And any policy adopted by the Board if need be shall go to the PDP for consideration.
Regards, Bope On 9 November 2016 at 23:48, Arnaud AMELINA <[email protected]> wrote: > Le 9 nov. 2016 13:33, "Alan Barrett" <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > > > > > On 9 Nov 2016, at 18:36, ALAIN AINA <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > What i am sensing here is Board being involved in the “rough > consensus” process of the PDPWG which is different from board adopting its > own policies which shall be submitted to the community for endorsement. > > > > > > Ok. In case of deadlock as described above and if the board made the > decision over policy proposals being discussed, why bring the adopted > policy back to the same community for endorsement ? > > > > There are two ways to make policy: > > > > The normal way: Policy is made by the community and ratified by the > Board. See Bylaws 11.2 and 11.3, and the PDP. > > > > The unusual way: Policy is made by the Board and endorsed by the > community. See Bylaws 11.4 and 11.5. > > > > The changes under discussion do not affect the normal process (PDP, and > Bylaws 11.2 and 11.3). The changes under discussion are intended to > prevent the Board from abusing the unusual process (Bylaws 11.4 and 11.5). > > > > My example (not quoted) was intended to illustrate why it is sometimes > a good idea to let the Baord adopt policies that do not reach rough > consensus. > > > It seems to me that the problem that Alain is raising, is board > involvement in adoption of Policy proposals which do not reach rough > consensus for adoption at the PDPWG level . > > Regards > > Arnaud > > > > > Alan Barrett > > _______________________________________________ > > Community-Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > RPD mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd > >
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