Dear colleagues, The RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP) was last updated in 2018. With experience from the first appeal and some other suggested improvements to the process, we felt it was time to work on a new version.
The draft version can be found here: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-documents/other-documents/policy-development-process-in-ripe Please send any feedback, questions or suggestions to this list. We will also reserve some time during the RIPE 83 Community Plenary for this topic. We will then issue a last call for consensus after RIPE 83. Here is a list of the most significant changes: - We shortened the introduction to clarify that this document deals with policy only. - We added a section prior to going into details about the formal process: It strongly suggests that an idea for a new policy or a change in policy is first discussed on the relevant mailing list before it enters the formal PDP. This can potentially save the proposer and the community a lot of time and can lead to a better result in the end. - We clarified that the relevant WG chairs need to summarize the state of the discussion after each phase. This will make clear what the state of the discussion is and if community members are required to restate their position. - We clarified the appeals process, especially who should recuse themselves, and we added clear deadlines and responsibilities. - We added a section 5. that describes how the PDP is changed (by community consensus). - In the Policy Proposal Template in Appendix B we added a point 11.a.: Motivation for the proposal. - We made a number of editorial changes in places where it was not clear who is tasked to do what on which list (e.g. the WG chairs or the RIPE NCC Policy Officer). For reference, here is the current version of the PDP: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-710 Kind regards, Mirjam & Niall RIPE Chair Team
