Hi Gaurav, Section 2.3.1 has formatting problems in both version 004 as published on the website and the proposed version 005.
Here is what's in 005: 2.3.1 Chair responsibilities In addition to the roles described in Section 2.3 above, the responsibilities of the Chair are listed below. Before an APNIC Conference - Delegate tasks to Co-Chairs as necessary - Monitor mailing list discussions - Call for presentations on the appropriate mailing list - Read or review submitted proposals or presentations - Accept or reject proposals or presentations for discussion at the forthcoming SIG Forum (and suggest an alternative forum if the topic is not within SIG Charter). The Chair may decide that a proposal or presentation is not suitable for discussion at the forthcoming SIG Forum if: - The proposal or presentation is out of scope for the SIG charter - The proposal or presentation is insufficiently developed to be the basis for a useful discussion - The agenda has already been filled by topics of greater priority - Liaise with speakers as necessary - Coordinate with APNIC Secretariat to publish the SIG Forum agenda. Note above the final two bullet points in the second set do not belong where they're at. That said I don't believe the SIG Guidelines as proposed are correctly aligned with APNIC-111, the APNIC Policy Development Process. APNIC-111 sets a deadline for discussion of received proposals at an upcoming OPM. It does not have the concept of an "opening date" for receipt or circulation on the list of sufficiently developed, in-scope proposals. I think a more appropriate version of 2.3.1 would be: 2.3.1 Chair responsibilities In addition to the roles described in Section 2.3 above, the responsibilities of the Chair are listed below. - Delegate tasks to Co-Chairs as necessary - Monitor mailing list discussions - Call for presentations on the appropriate mailing list - Read or review submitted proposals or presentations - Accept or reject policy proposals for discussion - Accept or reject informational presentations for the forthcoming SIG Forum - Liaise with speakers as necessary - Coordinate with APNIC Secretariat to publish the SIG Forum agenda. The Chair will refer to the SIG Charter in making a decision to accept or reject a policy proposal for discussion or an informational presentation. The Chair may decide that a proposal or presentation is not suitable for discussion at the forthcoming SIG Forum if has not been received before the deadline, or if the agenda has already been filled by topics of greater priority. Please note I've removed "APNIC Conference" as I agree with Aftab and Philip on the matter. SIG Forums and OPMs occur twice a year, APNIC Conferences happen once a year. Regards, Jon On Sat, 8 Aug 2026, at 02:54, Gaurav Kansal wrote: > Dear Friends, > > On behalf of the SIG Guidelines Review Working Group, I'm pleased to share > that the revised draft of the SIG Guidelines is now ready for community > review. > > The Working Group has worked through the Guidelines broadly covering Chair > and Co-Chair responsibilities, the SIG formation and dissolution process, > term limits, SIG charters, and a few other areas. > > To help you review the proposed changes, we've prepared the following > documents: > 1. *Revised draft of SIG Guidelines* – the full proposed text of the revised > Guidelines: > https://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/drafts/apnic-128-v005-draft.txt > 2. *HTML diff view* – a side-by-side comparison highlighting all the changes > between the current Guidelines and the draft version: > https://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/drafts/apnic-128-v005-draft.diff.html > 3. *Redline version* – showing additions and deletions directly within the > draft text for review: > https://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/drafts/apnic-128-v005-draft.redline.html > > *How to provide feedback:* > > Please reply to this thread on the mailing list with your comments, > questions, or concerns. All feedback is welcome — support, objections, and > suggested edits alike. You're welcome to share feedback any time up to the > Joint SIGs session at APNIC 62 in Mumbai, where the consensus call will take > place. > > If you have any questions or would prefer to discuss anything off-list, > please feel free to reach out to me directly at [email protected]. > > We look forward to your feedback, and to seeing many of you at the Joint SIGs > session in Mumbai. > > Best regards, > Gaurav Kansal > on behalf of the SIG Guidelines Review Working Group > _______________________________________________ > SIG-policy - https://mailman.apnic.net/[email protected]/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://jon.brewer.nz/
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