> On 14 Nov 2016, at 18:42, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: >> > > How about this: >> > > >> > > 11.5 Ratification of policy adopted by the Board: >> > > (a) Any policy adopted by the Board under the provisions of Article 11.4 >> > > shall be submitted to the community for ratification at the next public >> > > policy meeting. >> > > (c) Unless the PDWG chairs determine that there is consensus by the >> > > community to reject said policy, the policy shall remain in force or be >> > > put in force as directed by the Board. >> > > >> > > Would that work? >> > >> > Sorry, no, that doesn’t work, because the Bylaws have no concept of a PDWG >> > chair or a rough consensus process. The Bylaws say that there must be a >> > Policy Development Process, but give no details about how it works. The >> > concept of a PDWG chair or co-chair, and the requirement for (rough) >> > consensus is a construct of the PDP, and can be changed by adopting a new >> > version of the PDP. It would not be appropriate for the Bylaws to rely on >> > something that can be changed outside the Bylaws. >> > > I see. In that case, I think the concept remains sound, but that the wording > is flawed. > > How about: > > Any such policy instantiated by the board shall be subject to review through > the PDP at the next meeting. Such review shall be treated in the PDP as a > proposal to remove the changes enacted by the board. Unless the proposal to > remove the changes is adopted through the PDP, the changes enacted by the > board shall remain in force until later appealed or amended through the PDP > or by the board under this process. > > In any case, actions taken under the policy in question between the time > instantiated by the board and the review under the PDP shall remain valid. > > ---- > > Does this provide a way of codifying my idea which is compatible with the > existing structure and interrelation of bylaws and PDP?
Yes, I think that works, but the notice of meeting needs to be sent tomorrow, with final text for all proposed changes to the bylaws, and I am not comfortable making such a change without time for comments from others. It can always be proposed in the future. Alan Barrett _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
