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Impact Analysis is Mandatory

Start here for the proposal-by-proposal record: what changed, why it mattered, who argued for what, how positions evolved, what was decided, and where the evidence still has gaps.

Source facts

Policy ID
AFPUB-2019-GEN-005
RIR
AFRINIC
Official status
Unknown
Normalized status
Unknown
Introduced
Nov 8, 2019
Last source update
Oct 21, 2026
Coverage
Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

1Total participants
1Discussion contributors
UnknownFormal actors
1Discussion messages
1Effective participants
100%Top-five discussion share
1People covering 50%
1People covering 80%

Policy evolution

Debate timeline

  1. Introduced

    Introduced

    Source facts ↗

  2. Official version

    DRAFT01

    Unknown · Archived

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Entities

Freshness: Stale
  1. Sylvain Baya Only for Strategic Circle
    Discussion messages1
    First activityDec 21, 2020
    Last activityDec 21, 2020
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies1
    Freshness: Stale

    Last research attempt: Oct 21, 2026

    Identity verified: Oct 21, 2026

    cmNOG · Historical
    Président du cmNOG , élu le 05 décembre 2020
    www.cmnog.cm

    Verified public profiles

    Discussion messages
    1
    First activity
    Dec 21, 2020
    Last activity
    Dec 21, 2020
    First explicit stance
    Unknown
    Latest explicit stance
    Unknown
    Stance changes
    0
    Viewpoint consistency
    Insufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies
    1

    First explicit stance: Unknown → Latest explicit stance: Unknown · Stance changes: 0

    Viewpoint consistency: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency

    The author directs volunteers to AFPUB-2019-GEN-005-DRAFT01 and offers presentation material for reuse. This establishes engagement with the impact-analysis proposal, not explicit endorsement of every provision.

    Impact Analysis is Mandatory

    Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The author directs volunteers to AFPUB-2019-GEN-005-DRAFT01 and offers presentation material for reuse. This establishes engagement with the impact-analysis proposal, not explicit endorsement of every provision.

    ...a volunteer can start here: AFPUB-2019-GEN-005-DRAFT01:

    and he is free to even use this (*CC BY-SA 4.0*):

    Policy Development Process in the AFRINIC service region | AFPUB-2010-GEN-005 · Impact Analysis is Mandatory

    Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The same message addresses PDP implementation and shares impact-analysis resources. These concerns can coexist, but one message supplies no independent temporal comparison and no demonstrated contradiction.

    ...anyone is free to agree or disagree, but i recall that there is a PDP [1] to guide our activities in this PDWG [2]

    ...a volunteer can start here: AFPUB-2019-GEN-005-DRAFT01:

    1. Dec 21, 2020 · Procedural or neutral

      [rpd] Clarifying a few points

      ...a volunteer can start here: AFPUB-2019-GEN-005-DRAFT01: <https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2019-gen-005-d1#proposal> … and he is free to even use this (*CC BY-SA 4.0*): <https://www.slideshare.net/SylvainBAYAABOKA/dppafpub2019gen005draft01onlin eppm20200916afrinic32v30>

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    Per-policy stance timelines:AFPUB-2010-GEN-005 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyAFPUB-2019-GEN-005 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistency

    Total policy messages: 2

Sources and coverage

Official policy sources

Public discussion archives

  • afrinic-rpd
    Earliest captured
    Aug 4, 2004
    Latest captured
    Aug 25, 2026
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    Oct 25, 2026
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  • www.afrinic.net
  • afrinic-africann
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    Aug 3, 2026
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    2
  • afrinic-afripv6-discuss
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    Aug 17, 2015
    Latest captured
    Sep 18, 2026
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    Oct 25, 2026
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  • afrinic-announce
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    Aug 18, 2015
    Latest captured
    Sep 18, 2026
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    Oct 25, 2026
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  • afrinic-community-discuss
    Earliest captured
    Sep 11, 2015
    Latest captured
    Dec 29, 2019
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    Oct 25, 2026
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  • afrinic-dbwg
    Earliest captured
    Sep 9, 2016
    Latest captured
    Oct 21, 2026
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    Oct 25, 2026
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  • afrinic-dnssec-ops
    Earliest captured
    Aug 18, 2015
    Latest captured
    Dec 1, 2016
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    Oct 25, 2026
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  • afrinic-icp2-review
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    Apr 10, 2025
    Latest captured
    Nov 10, 2025
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    Oct 25, 2026
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  • afrinic-measurement-wg
    Earliest captured
    Feb 1, 2018
    Latest captured
    Nov 22, 2024
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    Oct 25, 2026
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  • afrinic-mira
    Earliest captured
    Nov 17, 2020
    Latest captured
    Nov 22, 2024
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    Oct 25, 2026
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  • afrinic-ois-wg
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    Sep 9, 2021
    Latest captured
    Nov 22, 2024
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    Oct 25, 2026
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  • afrinic-rpki-discuss
    Earliest captured
    Jan 15, 2016
    Latest captured
    Apr 23, 2026
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    Oct 25, 2026
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Coverage

Partial
Earliest captured: Aug 4, 2004
Latest captured: Oct 25, 2026

Freshness

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh:

Known gaps

  • 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.