At 00:40 08-04-10, Dr Paulos Nyirenda wrote:
Clearly there is an important issue with using the word "comunity"
in the PDP. I would
like to recommend that in any future revisions of the PDP inlcuding
the current attempts
to re-develop the PDP, the word "community" should be qualified at
every instance so that
it is clear what is being refered to.
McTim added "anyone" to the list (
https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2010/000871.html ).
In the existing PDP, Vincent used "members of the community" in
Section 2.1. According to the terms of reference that would be
"AfriNIC community". Section 2.2 uses "member of the community" for
proposals. Section 2.3 mentions that this mailing list is "open to
anyone from the community". Section 2.5 uses "before the community
endorses or rejects" for the face to face meeting. That would be
AfriNIC community.
Section 3 of the current proposal uses "Internet community". Note
that in Section 3.1, there is "anyone may participate" and "no
qualifications for participation". There are two more instances of
"community" in that section.
Section 4 is about choosing the chair during a face to face meeting
and "community" is used.
Section 5.1 is about reviewing a proposal and it uses "make the
necessary changes to the draft policy according to the feedback
received from the community".
"AfriNIC community" can be used in Section 4. That is in line with
the existing PDP and current practice.
As Section 5.1 is about participation, it's easier to remove the
"from the community" at the end of the sentence. That shouldn't
cause any problem as the principles clearly state that "anyone may
participate".
It would be better if Vincent explain the use of "community" in
Section 2.2 and Section 2.3 of the existing PDP before I attempt to
qualify the use of the word in Section 3 of the proposal.
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
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