Returning from AFRINIC-37
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AFPUB-2026-GEN-001
PDP WG Guidelines and Procedures
A proposal concerning the guidelines and procedures governing the Policy Development Working Group itself.
Did not reach consensus at AFRINIC-37
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AFPUB-2026-v6-001
IPv6 as Criteria in IPv4 Soft Landing
A proposal to introduce IPv6 deployment as a criterion within the IPv4 soft landing policy.
Did not reach consensus at AFRINIC-37
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AFPUB-2026-GEN-002
AFRINIC Policy Compliance Dashboard
A proposal relating to the publication of a policy compliance dashboard.
Did not reach consensus at AFRINIC-37
Read the full proposal on afrinic.net
New draft proposals
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AFPUB-2026-IPv4-003
Dynamic IPv4 Pools Exhaustion Management Framework
A proposal to amend the Soft Landing policy in Section 5.4 of the Consolidated Policy Manual: it classifies recovered IPv4 space into defined pools, sets out how each pool is replenished, adds a waiting list for the period after the pools are exhausted, and limits the repeated small requests through which a member can obtain more than the intended maximum in a year.
Under discussion. Submitted 8 June 2026
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AFPUB-2026-GEN-003
Public Policy Meeting (PPM) Dates
A proposal to add a section to the Consolidated Policy Manual requiring that Public Policy Meeting dates be chosen so as not to clash with previously announced meetings of sister organisations, such as the other RIRs, the IETF and ICANN.
Under discussion. Submitted 29 August 2026
Read the full proposal on afrinic.net
Read the full proposal texts and the Consolidated Policy Manual on the AFRINIC website.
How the Policy Development Process works
The policy development process is bottom-up and community-driven. Anyone can propose a policy, proposals are discussed openly on the Resource Policy Discussion (RPD) mailing list and at the Public Policy Meeting, and consensus is determined by the Policy Development Working Group.
Proposals that do not reach consensus are returned to the working group for further discussion, which is why three proposals from AFRINIC-37 are back on the agenda at AFRINIC-38.
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