Dear colleagues, The Working-group chairs have for some time been discussing how to improve the Policy Development Process as described in RIPE-500. A small task force with Brian Nisbet as the coordinator and Ondrej Filip, Nick Hilliard and Hans Petter Holen as members has worked out the final details in the text. The wg-chairs have reached consensus on the attached proposal. The main change in the PDP is to allow the Working-group Chairs of the working-group developing the policy to declare consensus. This allows for a more timely conclusion of the PDP, but also allows for the Working-group chairs collectively to act as an appeals body. I am circulating the new text now for community review and the intent is to put this in place at the coming RIPE meeting. Yours Sincerely, Hans Petter Holen RIPE Deputy Chair