Number Resource management policies are developed through an open Policy Development Process (PDP). There is no specific requirement to participate in the PDP. Anyone can propose and discuss policy proposals irrespective of geographical location, gender and race.
Anyone is free to contribute to policy discussions and propose policy.
Transparent
The process and all discussions are publicly available
Bottom Up
Policies are developed by the community through the PDP that is also developed by the same community.
AFRINIC implements what the community has proposed, discussed and attained consensus on.
Nomenclature
Understanding the nomenclature of policy proposals
Policy proposals are assigned the following different “status” values in their PDP life cycle until they have been implemented and added to the Consolidated Policy Manual.
Under Discussion
Proposal is open to discussion on the mailing list.
Approved
Approvedand ratified by the AFRINIC Board, pending implementation
Withdrawn
Withdrawnby author(s).
ID format for New Policy Proposals
Each policy proposal is assigned a unique ID of the format below:
"AFPUB-YYYY-Category-Number"-draft-nn"
YYYY=year in long format e.g., 2011
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.
Number= Serial number within that year starting from 001 for that category of policy documents.
nn=Integer that starts with 01 and increases by 1 for every new version of the proposal.
If/when the proposal is implemented, numbering is abandoned as the content as ratified will get inserted into the Policy Manual.
Proposing
Proposing a Policy
Participate in the Policy Development Process
Subscribe to the RPD mailing list and join the discussions. Archives of all previous discussions are available here.
Propose new policy or a modification to existing policy.
Attend a public policy meeting in person or remotely to discuss your proposal and other proposals. Minutes of all previous policy discussions at public policy meetings are available here.
Propose a Policy
Please use the policy proposal template below to format and present your proposal.
Send the policy proposal to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. copied to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. According to the provisions of the PDP, a proposal can also be posted directly to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (the policy discussion mailing list). We, however, recommend that it is shared with the PDWG co-chairs first in case any structural changes to the content and formatting are needed.
Template for Submitting Policy Proposals
Draft Policy Name:
ID: (Assigned by AFRINIC)
Submission Date:
Version:
Author(s): (a) Name, (b) Email address, (c) Affiliation, if applicable
Sections of Policy Manual affected (Insert sections or numbering as appropriate)
Related Policies:
Obsoletes:
Amends: (Insert section of Policy Manual as appropriate)
Proposal
Summary of the problem being addressed by this proposal
Summary of how this proposal addresses the problem
Proposal (Please use sub-numbering to make it easy for referencing)
