Impact Analysis Is Mandatory

PDP chair functions concerning staff comments and impact analyses · The old version eliminated the PDP-chair function in section 3.2.1; the new version instead retains a function requiring the chairs to receive staff comments on proposal aspects in addition to the corresponding Impact Analysis.

Extension of the four-week Impact Analysis publication deadline · The old version allowed an extension of no more than two weeks and required presentation of a draft. The new version removes the fixed two-week cap, requires that an extension be reasonable, and makes presentation of a draft conditional on possibility.

Public Policy Forum workload exception to deadline calculation · The new version adds that the four weeks preceding the Public Policy Forum are not counted as working days for new proposals or versions with significant modifications, while stating that LACNIC will nevertheless attempt to publish the documents; the old version proceeds directly from the Impact Analysis contents to Additional information without this exception.

Impact Analysis publication deadline · The maximum period for LACNIC to publish an Impact Analysis for each proposal version changed from four weeks to six weeks; the provision allowing reasonable extensions in special cases remains.

PDP chair responsibility for staff input · The chair function changes from merely receiving staff comments to requesting and receiving those comments, in addition to the corresponding Impact Analysis.

Impact Analysis publication scope · The requirement changes from publishing an Impact Analysis for each version of a proposal to publishing one for the latest version; the new version also expressly states that an analysis is unnecessary for a version superseded by a newer version.

Impact Analysis deadline and delay accountability · The fixed maximum six-week deadline, subject to a reasonably justified special-case extension and possible draft presentation, is replaced by publication as soon as possible within a reasonable period. A delay exceeding four weeks, after excluding the four weeks before each Public Policy Forum, must be justified both at the Public Forum and on the Policy List.

Treatment of the pre-forum period · The old version excluded the four-week pre-forum period as working days only for new proposals or versions with significant modifications and retained a best-efforts publication commitment. The new version instead excludes that period when determining whether an Impact Analysis delay exceeds four weeks, without retaining the old best-efforts sentence.

Impact Analysis publication triggers · The requirement to publish an Impact Analysis for the latest version of each proposal was replaced with requirements covering the first version of each proposal and versions containing substantial changes relative to prior analyses, even without community discussion.

Impact Analyses for subsequent proposal versions · The new version adds a conditional process for subsequent versions: LACNIC prepares an Impact Analysis when community discussion occurs and comments are received, with the chairs consulted if the level of discussion is uncertain.

Moderator authority to require an Impact Analysis · The new version adds an overriding requirement that LACNIC prepare an Impact Analysis whenever the moderators identify the need for one.

Superseded proposal versions · The prior express exception stating that Impact Analyses need not be published for proposal versions superseded by newer versions was removed and replaced by the new version-based preparation and publication rules.