Dear Aftab, Good point. Awaiting answer from the EC/ Secretariat.
I have a whole lot more on this process, I think the power of the EC to endorse after it has passed the AMM is ultra vires. It is undermining the power of AMM. Regards Anupam > On 20 Jan 2026, at 10:38 AM, Aftab Siddiqui <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Secretariat, > or if anyone from EC would like to comment on this, > > As per my understanding of the PDP, the EC's Role According to Step 5 clearly > states the EC has three options only after the consensus has reached at the > OPM and then at AMM/AGM: > > - Endorse the proposal for implementation > - Do not endorse the proposal and refer back to the Policy SIG for further > discussion with clearly stated reasons > - Do not endorse the proposal and refer the endorsement to a formal vote of > adoption by APNIC members > > It can't be endorsed by EC and then ask secretariat to implement some parts > of it. It's a binary function and since this policy has been endorsed by the > EC as per the meeting minutes then it has to be implemented as written. > > > Regards, > > Aftab A. Siddiqui > > > On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 at 13:13, Dave Phelan <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Dear Colleagues >> >> The APNIC Executive Council endorsed the following proposals, at its meeting >> on 2-4 December 2025. >> >> prop-162: WHOIS Privacy >> (https://www.apnic.net/community/policy/proposals/prop-162/) >> prop-166: Revocation of Persistently Non-functional RPKI Certification >> Authorities (https://www.apnic.net/community/policy/proposals/prop-166/) >> prop-167: Published Statistics on Directory Service Usage >> (https://www.apnic.net/community/policy/proposals/prop-167) >> >> prop-167 contained the following notes from the EC (full text available in >> the EC Minutes >> (https://www.apnic.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/APNIC-EC-Meeting-Minutes-December-2025-Complete-Public.pdf): >> >> "..with respect to publishing real-time or near-real-time statistics about >> its directory services usage as set out in the proposal text. Noting that >> the text of Prop-167-v002 requests APNIC "Include a feature within the >> MyAPNIC portal allowing resource holders to view how many times their >> allocated resources (such as IP addresses or ASNs) have been queried in >> WHOIS and RDAP, broken down by query type and source ASN if possible...”, >> the Executive Council notes that the cost, resourcing, and potential privacy >> concerns outweigh the immediate benefit of such functionality and as such >> does not consider it feasible at this time. " >> >> Next steps >> >> ---------- >> >> The Secretariat will begin the implementation process and inform the >> community as soon as it is completed. >> >> Regards >> Dave Phelan >> APNIC Secretariat >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SIG-policy - https://mailman.apnic.net/[email protected]/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>_______________________________________________ > SIG-policy - https://mailman.apnic.net/[email protected]/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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