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Dear colleagues
APNIC welcomes comments, questions, and suggestions on the following policy
proposal:
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Final call for comments: [prop-001-v001]
"A revised proposal for an amended APNIC open policy process"
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This is the final call for comments on policy proposal [prop-001-v001] "A
revised proposal for an amended APNIC open policy process".
This proposal was presented at APNIC 16 and the following consensus was
reached:
"The SIG accepted by consensus the proposed policy process,
which requires the text proposal to be sent to the mailing
list one month before the meeting, an eight week comment
period on the mailing list after the meeting, and final
endorsement from EC."
This proposal is now submitted to the sig-policy mailing list for an
eight week discussion period. At the end of that period, if consensus
appears to have been achieved, the Chair of the Address Policy SIG will
ask the Executive Council to endorse the proposal for implementation.
* Send all comments and questions to: <sig-policy@apnic.net>
* Deadline for comments: 20 November 2003
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Proposal details
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For any policy proposal requiring consensus decisions of the APNIC
Membership, the following procedure is proposed:
1. Discussion before the OPM
A formal proposal paper must be submitted to the SIG mailing list and to
the SIG Chair 4 weeks before the start of the OPM.
The proposal must be in writing and in text which clearly expresses the
proposal, with explicit mention of any changes being proposed to existing
policies and the reasons for those changes.
It is suggested to use a format for the proposal that includes an
introduction, a summary of the current problem, the proposal, and
advantages and disadvantages of adopting the proposed policy. It is useful
to also review the comparable policy situation in the other RIR regions
(if applicable) and include a section entitled 'how it will affect APNIC
members?'
If the above deadline is not met, proposals may still be submitted and
presented for discussion at the meeting; however, no decision may be made
by the meeting regarding the proposal. The proposal will need to be
resubmitted in time for the following meeting if the author wishes to
pursue the proposal.
2. Consensus at the OPM
Consensus is defined as 'general agreement' as observed by the chair of
the meeting.
Consensus must be reached first at the SIG session and afterwards at the
Members Meeting for the process to continue. If there is no consensus on a
proposal at either of these forums, the SIG (either on the mailing list or
at a future OPM) will discuss whether to amend the proposal or to withdraw
it.
3. Discussion after the OPM
Proposals that have reached consensus at the OPM will be circulated on the
appropriate SIG mailing list for a period of 8 weeks. This is known as the
'comment period'.
4. Confirming consensus
Consensus is assumed to continue unless there are substantial objections
raised during the 'comment period'. When the 'comment period' has expired,
the appropriate SIG chair (and co-chairs) will decide whether the
discussions on the mailing list represent continued consensus.
If the chair (and co-chairs) observe that there are no 'substantial
objections' to the proposed policy, consensus is confirmed and the process
continues as outlined in section 4.5 below.
If it is observed that there have been 'substantial objections' raised to
the proposed policy, consensus is not confirmed and the proposal will not
be implemented.
The SIG will then discuss (either on the mailing list or in the SIG)
whether to pursue the proposal or withdraw it.
5. Endorsement from the EC
The EC, in their capacity as representatives of the membership, will be
asked to endorse the consensus proposals arising from the OPM and the SIG
mailing lists for implementation at the next EC meeting. In reviewing the
proposals for implementation, the EC may refer proposals back to the SIG
for further discussion with clearly stated reasons.
As per the APNIC By-laws, the EC may, at its discretion, refer the
endorsement to a formal vote of adoption by the APNIC members.
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References
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Proposal details including full text of proposal, presentations, links
to relevant meeting minutes, and links to mailing list discussions are
available at:
http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/proposals/prop-001-v001.html
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APNIC Secretariat <secretariat@apnic.net>
Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Tel: +61-7-3858-3100
PO Box 2131 Milton, QLD 4064 Australia Fax: +61-7-3858-3199
Level 1, 33 Park Road, Milton, QLD http://www.apnic.net
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