Hi Adiel,
Thanks for the feedback.
At 11:26 29-03-10, Adiel A. Akplogan wrote:
Let me clarify few points and try to re-focus the discussion
about this policy proposal:
[snip]
3) The role of the PDP-MG as a group and suggested by the current
PDP is not to discuss nor to alter or make any jugement on
policy proposals. Their role is to MODERATE the discussions on
the public mailing list, during public face to face meetings
and to present policy discussion report to the community and the
Bord for ratification (after consensus is reached). So the PDP-MG
is not a closed group that discusses policies. They do have a
mailing where they discuss matter related to their work (draft
report, action to take etc .... The AfriNIC-RPD (Resource Policy
Discussion) list is the only electronic and open channel for
policy discussions which in its current setup allows anyone to join
and contribute to a discussions. The public policy meetings are
the twice a year face to face meetings where literally _anyone_
can discuss a policy (have they been on the mailing list before
or not - a reason why providing a summary of the online discussion
is important).
There seems to be a confusion about the PDP-MG in relation to the
current proposal. As you mentioned above, they facilitate the
discussion. The role is not that different in the current
proposal. However, the PDP-MG cannot be compared to the WG as WG
encompasses all the people, on the mailing list and during the meeting.
As a brief history, the current discussion forum was called Policy
Working Group in the first PDP (2004). This has changed because of
misconception of people about the term "Working Group" as a closed
group to "work" on policies. We may want to take that into
consideration while discussing this new PDP proposal.
Thanks for explaining that. I'll elaborate on this as there seems to
be a misunderstanding about what the proposal attempts to
describe. BTW, I do not disagree with what Adiel suggested.
The PDP is the mechanism through which policies are developed in this
region by the Internet community. The community is anyone on the
Internet. The term is as large as possible. We need a venue where
the community can have discussions. That venue is the mailing list
and the meetings. In practice, it is only people that show an
interest, either by subscribing to the mailing list or coming to the
meeting that participate in the discussion. The group, or WG as used
in the proposal, is a representation of the community. I don't have
any strong feelings about what the name should be as my focus is to
explain the way the process works. The proposal introduces the group
in Section 4 and the name is used in Section 5 to provide an overview
of the PDP.
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
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