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There is no specific requirement to participate in the PDP. Anyone can propose and discuss policy proposals irrespective of geographical location, gender and race.</p> <p>Policy discussions happen mostly on the<a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd"> resource policy discussion (rpd)</a>  mailing list, which is open to anyone, including all its <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/">archives</a>, and at AFRINIC <a href="https://meeting.afrinic.net/">Public Policy Meetings</a>, which take place twice yearly.</p> <p> </p>  <div class="rl_tabs nn_tabs outline_handles outline_content top align_left" role="presentation">  <a id="rl_tabs-scrollto_1" class="anchor rl_tabs-scroll nn_tabs-scroll"></a> <ul class="nav nav-tabs" id="set-rl_tabs-1" role="tablist"> <li class="rl_tabs-tab nn_tabs-tab nav-item active" ><a href="#principles" title="Principles" class="rl_tabs-toggle nn_tabs-toggle nav-link" id="tab-principles" data-toggle="tab" data-id="principles" role="tab" aria-controls="principles" aria-selected="true"><span class="rl_tabs-toggle-inner nn_tabs-toggle-inner">Principles</span></a></li> <li class="rl_tabs-tab nn_tabs-tab nav-item" ><a href="#nomenclature" title="Nomenclature" class="rl_tabs-toggle nn_tabs-toggle nav-link" id="tab-nomenclature" data-toggle="tab" data-id="nomenclature" role="tab" aria-controls="nomenclature" aria-selected="false"><span class="rl_tabs-toggle-inner nn_tabs-toggle-inner">Nomenclature</span></a></li> <li class="rl_tabs-tab nn_tabs-tab nav-item" ><a href="#propose" title="Proposing" class="rl_tabs-toggle nn_tabs-toggle nav-link" id="tab-propose" data-toggle="tab" data-id="propose" role="tab" aria-controls="propose" aria-selected="false"><span class="rl_tabs-toggle-inner nn_tabs-toggle-inner">Proposing</span></a></li> <li class="rl_tabs-tab nn_tabs-tab nav-item" ><a href="#pier" title="PIER" class="rl_tabs-toggle nn_tabs-toggle nav-link" id="tab-pier" data-toggle="tab" data-id="pier" role="tab" aria-controls="pier" aria-selected="false"><span class="rl_tabs-toggle-inner nn_tabs-toggle-inner">PIER</span></a></li> </ul>  <div class="tab-content"> <div class="tab-pane rl_tabs-pane nn_tabs-pane active" id="principles" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="tab-principles" aria-hidden="false"> <a id="anchor-principles" class="anchor"></a> <h2 class="rl_tabs-title nn_tabs-title">Principles</h2> <h2>Policy Development Principles </h2> <table class="table table-bordered table-condensed table-responsive"> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="3">PDP Flowchart (click to enlarge) <a class="jcepopup zoom-bottom-right" href="/ast/img/pdp_chart2011.png" data-mediabox="1" data-mediabox-title="AFRINIC PDP Flowchart"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ast/img/pdp_chart2011.png" alt="AFRINIC PDP Chart" width="203" height="400" /></a></td> <td style="background-color: #ffc0cb; vertical-align: middle;" colspan="2"> <h3 style="text-align: center;">Open</h3> <p style="text-align: center;">Anyone is free to contribute to policy discussions and propose policy.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #98c7f6; vertical-align: middle;" colspan="2"> <h3 style="text-align: center;">Transparent</h3> <p style="text-align: center;">The process and all discussions are publicly available</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #fbde8e; vertical-align: middle;" colspan="2"> <h3 style="text-align: center;">Bottom Up</h3> <p style="text-align: center;">Policies are developed by the community through the PDP that is also developed by the same community.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">AFRINIC implements what the community has proposed, discussed and attained consensus on.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> </div> <div class="tab-pane rl_tabs-pane nn_tabs-pane" id="nomenclature" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="tab-nomenclature" aria-hidden="true"> <a id="anchor-nomenclature" class="anchor"></a> <h2 class="rl_tabs-title nn_tabs-title">Nomenclature</h2> <h2>Understanding the nomenclature of policy proposals</h2> <p>Policy proposals are assigned the following different “status” values in their PDP life cycle until they have been implemented and added to the <a href="/cpm-1-3">Consolidated Policy Manual.</a> </p> <table class="table table-bordered table-striped table-hover table-condensed table-responsive"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p>Under Discussion</p> </td> <td> <p>Proposal is open to discussion on the mailing list.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>Approved</p> </td> <td> <p>Approvedand ratified by the AFRINIC Board, pending implementation</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>Withdrawn</p> </td> <td> <p>Withdrawnby author(s).</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h4>ID format for New Policy Proposals</h4> <p>Each policy proposal is assigned a unique ID of the format below: </p> <p>"AFPUB-YYYY-Category-Number"-draft-nn"</p> <ul> <li>YYYY=year in long format e.g., 2011</li> <li>Category refers to resource or service type affected by the proposal. Valid categories are ASN=AS Numbers, v4=IPv4, v6=IPv6, DNS=all DNS matters, GEN=all others.</li> <li>Number= Serial number within that year starting from 001 for that category of policy documents.</li> <li>nn=Integer that starts with 01 and increases by 1 for every new version of the proposal. </li> <li>If/when the proposal is implemented, numbering is abandoned as the content as ratified will get inserted into the Policy Manual.</li> </ul> <p> </p> </div> <div class="tab-pane rl_tabs-pane nn_tabs-pane" id="propose" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="tab-propose" aria-hidden="true"> <a id="anchor-propose" class="anchor"></a> <h2 class="rl_tabs-title nn_tabs-title">Proposing</h2> <h2>Proposing a Policy</h2> <p><strong>Participate in the Policy Development Process</strong></p> <ul> <li>Subscribe to the <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RPD</a> mailing list and join the discussions. Archives of all previous discussions are available <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</li> <li>Propose new policy or a modification to existing policy.</li> <li>Attend a <a href="https://meeting.afrinic.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">public policy meeting</a> in person or remotely to discuss your proposal and other proposals. Minutes of all previous policy discussions at public policy meetings are available <a href="/policy/development-working-group?lang=en#ppm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">here</a>.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Propose a Policy</strong></p> <ul> <li>Please use the policy proposal template below to format and present your proposal.</li> <li>Send the policy proposal to <span id="cloakde7230fd6fe59d6a28b09e0b4c1fba82">This email address is being protected from spambots. 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You need JavaScript enabled to view it.</span><script type='text/javascript'> document.getElementById('cloak9b20f9641940a510ec6d1634b46e3d2d').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addy9b20f9641940a510ec6d1634b46e3d2d = 'rpd' + '@'; addy9b20f9641940a510ec6d1634b46e3d2d = addy9b20f9641940a510ec6d1634b46e3d2d + 'afrinic' + '.' + 'net'; var addy_text9b20f9641940a510ec6d1634b46e3d2d = 'rpd' + '@' + 'afrinic' + '.' + 'net';document.getElementById('cloak9b20f9641940a510ec6d1634b46e3d2d').innerHTML += '<a ' + path + '\'' + prefix + ':' + addy9b20f9641940a510ec6d1634b46e3d2d + '\'>'+addy_text9b20f9641940a510ec6d1634b46e3d2d+'<\/a>'; </script> (the policy discussion mailing list). We, however, recommend that it is shared with the <a href="/policy/development-working-group?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">PDWG</a> co-chairs first in case any structural changes to the content and formatting are needed.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Template for Submitting Policy Proposals</strong></p> <ul> <li>Draft Policy Name:</li> <li>ID: (Assigned by AFRINIC)</li> <li>Submission Date:</li> <li>Version:</li> <li>Author(s): (a) Name, (b) Email address, (c) Affiliation, if applicable</li> </ul> <p><strong>Sections of Policy Manual affected (Insert sections or numbering as appropriate)</strong></p> <ul> <li>Related Policies:</li> <li>Obsoletes:</li> <li>Amends: (Insert section of Policy Manual as appropriate)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Proposal</strong></p> <ol> <li>Summary of the problem being addressed by this proposal</li> <li>Summary of how this proposal addresses the problem</li> <li>Proposal (Please use sub-numbering to make it easy for referencing)</li> <li>Revision History</li> <li>References</li> </ol> </div> <div class="tab-pane rl_tabs-pane nn_tabs-pane" id="pier" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="tab-pier" aria-hidden="true"> <a id="anchor-pier" class="anchor"></a> <h2 class="rl_tabs-title nn_tabs-title">PIER</h2> <p> </p> <p>Click below to download:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/ais22/72/04-AF35-PPM-D2-PIER.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Policy Implementation Experience Report (PIER) 2022</a></li> <li><a href="https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/ais21/e7/PIER-AIS21.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Policy Implementation Experience Report (PIER) 2021</a> <a href="/ast/pdf/policy/afrinic-pier-2020.pdf"><br /></a></li> <li><a href="/ast/pdf/policy/afrinic-pier-2020.pdf">Policy Implementation Experience Report (PIER) 2020</a> <a href="/ast/pdf/policy/afrinic-pier-2019.pdf"><br /></a></li> <li><a href="/ast/pdf/policy/afrinic-pier-2019.pdf">Policy Implementation Experience Report (PIER) 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/ast/pdf/policy/pier-afrinic-29.pdf">Policy Implementation Experience Report (PIER) 2018</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> <object data="https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/ais22/72/04-AF35-PPM-D2-PIER.pdf#view=FitH?scrollbar=1&toolbar=1&statusbar=1&messages=1&navpanes=1" type="application/pdf" width="100%" height="1100px"><p>This browser does not support inline PDFs. 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