[sig-policy]Final call for comments: [prop-002-v001] - A proposal for an
APNIC welcomes comments, questions, and suggestions on the following policy
proposal:
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Final call for comments: [prop-002-v001]
"A proposal for an APNIC document editorial policy".
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This is the final call for comments on policy proposal [prop-002-v001] "A
proposal for an APNIC document editorial policy".
This proposal was presented at APNIC 16 and the following consensus was
reached:
"The SIG accepted by consensus the proposed document editorial
process, which would implement consensus decisions by requiring
the Secretariat to release a draft document reflecting a SIG-AMM
decision, with a single call for public review intended to ensure
the draft properly represents the decision. There would be one
month for editorial comments, with the possibility of additional
reviews if the draft does not properly reflect the consensus.
This decision was recommended to be implemented as soon as
possible."
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 at apnic dot net>
* Deadline for comments: 20 November 2003
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Proposal details
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It is proposed to revise the current document, APNIC-083 "APNIC Document
review policies and procedures" as follows:
* The revised policy should include formal recognition
of the policy development process, in which the SIGs
and the AMM form consensus-based policies and other
decisions.
* The provisions relating to the categories of review
should be removed.
* The document should describe a simple editorial procedure
for implementing the consensus decisions that arise from
the policy development process.
* Under the proposed editorial procedure, the document which
implements a consensus decision should require only a single
call for public review.
* The existing provision which allows for requests for further
reviews of a document should be retained, but only on the basis
that the document does not properly reflect the consensus from
the relevant meeting.
Note: The following two provisions in the original proposal were
not presented or discussed at APNIC 16:
- The provision to allow objections on the grounds of a
fundamentally flawed policy was withdrawn as this is
adequately and more appropriately covered in the Policy
Development process proposal [prop-001-v001].
- The provision relating to the Executive Council's powers
to act in time critical circumstances was withdrawn as this
is adequately and more appropriately covered in the APNIC
By-Laws and the Policy Development process proposal
[prop-001-v001]
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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-002-v001.html
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