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AFPUB-2012-GEN-001-DRAFT-02
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Source facts
- Policy ID
- AFPUB-2012-GEN-001
- RIR
- AFRINIC
- Official status
- Withdrawn
- Normalized status
- Withdrawn
- Introduced
- Unknown
- Last source update
- Oct 12, 2026
- Coverage
- Partial
Who actually shaped the debate?
Policy evolution
Debate timeline
Public discussion
[AfriNIC-rpd] AFPUB-2012-GEN-001-DRAFT-01
6 Discussion messages · 5 Entities
Source facts ↗Public discussion
[AfriNIC-rpd] Policy Proposal: End user classification for Universities
5 Discussion messages · 3 Entities
Source facts ↗Public discussion
[AFRINIC-rpd] Agenda for Policy Development Process at AFRINIC-17
6 Discussion messages · 3 Entities
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Entities
- Discussion messages4First activityNov 9, 2012Last activityJun 21, 2013First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position statedOther policies10
- Discussion messages4First activityJun 28, 2012Last activityJun 21, 2013First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position statedOther policies15
- Jean Robert Hountomey · Identity unresolvedDiscussion messages3First activityApr 23, 2012Last activityJun 21, 2013First explicit stanceSupportLatest explicit stanceSupportStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistencyOther policies1
- Discussion messages3First activityNov 16, 2012Last activityNov 16, 2012First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position statedOther policies9
- Discussion messages3First activityJun 29, 2012Last activityJun 26, 2013First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position statedOther policies13
- Unknown · Identity unresolvedDiscussion messages2First activityMay 8, 2012Last activityJul 23, 2012First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position statedOther policies1
- Andrew Alston · Identity unresolvedDiscussion messages2First activityJun 28, 2012Last activityJun 28, 2012First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position statedOther policies2
- Discussion messages2First activityJun 3, 2013Last activityJun 8, 2013First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position statedOther policies6
- Ronald Nsubuga · Identity unresolvedDiscussion messages1First activityApr 24, 2012Last activityApr 24, 2012First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position statedOther policies0
- Douglas Onyango · Identity unresolvedDiscussion messages1First activityNov 16, 2012Last activityNov 16, 2012First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position statedOther policies4
- JP · Identity unresolvedDiscussion messages1First activityJun 24, 2013Last activityJun 24, 2013First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position statedOther policies6
- Bope Domilongo Christian · Identity unresolvedDiscussion messages1First activityJun 21, 2013Last activityJun 21, 2013First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position statedOther policies7
- Discussion messages1First activityOct 16, 2012Last activityOct 16, 2012First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position statedOther policies10
- Discussion messages1First activityJun 24, 2013Last activityJun 24, 2013First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position statedOther policies8
- Discussion messages1First activityOct 16, 2012Last activityOct 16, 2012First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistencyOther policies6Freshness: Stale
Last research attempt: Sep 25, 2026
Identity verified: Sep 25, 2026
AFRINIC · Historical Ernest Byaruhanga RS Manager AfriNIC [email protected]
meeting.afrinic.netVerified public profiles
- Discussion messages
- 1
- First activity
- Oct 16, 2012
- Last activity
- Oct 16, 2012
- First explicit stance
- Unknown
- Latest explicit stance
- Unknown
- Stance changes
- 0
- Viewpoint consistency
- Insufficient evidence to assess consistency
- Other policies
- 6
First explicit stance: Unknown → Latest explicit stance: Unknown · Stance changes: 0
Viewpoint consistency: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency
These three communications document Ernest's procedural role: circulating a tentative agenda in 2012, reporting Board ratification in February 2015, and announcing an author's update in May 2015. None states his personal policy preference. The recurring administrative role provides context, but cannot establish substantive consistency or contradiction across these proposals.
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The 2012 agenda schedules an Anycast discussion without endorsing its outcome or substance.
Conditions: One agenda entry is available; a scheduled discussion does not establish consensus.
1715 - 1800 Proposal: AfriNIC Region Anycast Assignments (McTim)
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The same tentative agenda schedules No rDNS Unless Assigned. It supplies no personal position to compare over time.
Conditions: The sender acts on behalf of the PDWG chairs.
0900 - 0945 Proposal: No rDNS Unless Assigned (McTim)
Ernest (on behalf of PDWG Chairs)
Anycast resource assignments in the AFRINIC region
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The February 2015 notice reports Board ratification of draft-04 and staff preparations for implementation. Reporting those institutional actions does not establish the sender's own policy preference.
Conditions: The notice does not verify that implementation was completed.
We are pleased to inform you that the AFRINIC Board has ratified the following policy proposal:
AFRINIC staff is taking appropriate measures to effect it's immediate implementation.
Out-Of-Region Use of AFRINIC Internet Number Resources
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The May 2015 notice points readers to an author-supplied update and requests a changelog; it expresses no personal support or opposition.
Conditions: An announcement that a proposal will be discussed is not a decision on that proposal.
The author has provided an update to the proposal "Out-Of-Region Use of AFRINIC Internet Number Resources"
Douglas, please feel free to summarize the updates & changelog to the list for the convenience of the readers.
AFPUB-2012-V4-001-DRAFT-01 · No Reverse Unless Assigned
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · Putting two proposals on one agenda is evidence of meeting coordination, not agreement with either proposal or a comparison of their merits.
Conditions: These two entries come from the same communication, not two independent statements of preference.
1715 - 1800 Proposal: AfriNIC Region Anycast Assignments (McTim)
0900 - 0945 Proposal: No rDNS Unless Assigned (McTim)
AFPUB-2012-V4-001-DRAFT-01 · Anycast resource assignments in the AFRINIC region
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The earlier Anycast agenda entry and the later Anycast ratification notice concern different recorded proposals and procedural stages. They do not show that Ernest changed or maintained a personal policy position.
Conditions: Do not infer continuity of draft text or completed implementation from the shared Anycast subject.
1715 - 1800 Proposal: AfriNIC Region Anycast Assignments (McTim)
ID: AFPUB-2014-GEN-003-DRAFT-04 Name: Anycast Assignments in the AFRINIC region
Anycast resource assignments in the AFRINIC region · Out-Of-Region Use of AFRINIC Internet Number Resources
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · Reporting ratification of Anycast and forwarding an Out-of-Region update are compatible administrative acts, but neither supplies a personal substantive position for a cross-policy consistency judgment.
Conditions: Institutional decisions and an author's update must not be attributed to the messenger as personal votes.
We are pleased to inform you that the AFRINIC Board has ratified the following policy proposal:
The author has provided an update to the proposal
- Oct 16, 2012 · Unknown
[AFRINIC-rpd] Update to Proposal "AFRINIC Whois Database Clean-up"
Validated evidence is unavailable.
Source facts ↗
Per-policy stance timelines:AFPUB-2012-DNS-001 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyAFPUB-2012-GEN-001 · Unknown · No explicit position statedAFPUB-2012-V4-001 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyAFPUB-2013-V4-001 · Unknown · No explicit position statedafpub-2014-gen-002 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyAFPUB-2014-GEN-003 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyAFPUB-2026-IPv4-001-DRAFT02 · Unknown · No explicit position statedTotal policy messages: 12
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- afrinic-rpd
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- www.afrinic.net
- afrinic-africann
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- afrinic-afripv6-discuss
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- afrinic-announce
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- afrinic-community-discuss
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- afrinic-dbwg
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- afrinic-dnssec-ops
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- Aug 18, 2015
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- afrinic-icp2-review
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- afrinic-measurement-wg
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- Feb 1, 2018
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- afrinic-mira
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- Nov 17, 2020
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- Oct 14, 2026
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- afrinic-ois-wg
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- Sep 9, 2021
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- afrinic-rpki-discuss
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Earliest captured: Aug 4, 2004
Latest captured: Oct 14, 2026
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- www.afrinic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- www.afrinic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- afrinic-rpd: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- www.afrinic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- afrinic-africann: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- afrinic-afripv6-discuss: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- afrinic-announce: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- afrinic-community-discuss: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- afrinic-dbwg: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- afrinic-dnssec-ops: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- afrinic-measurement-wg: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- afrinic-rpki-discuss: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
