[Community-Discuss] South Africa ISPA Statement on Recent AFRINIC developments

[Ish Sookun]

Hi Patrice,

I am looping you in a discussion thread on the AFRINIC mailing list [1] which 
has a public archive.

As per Owen Delong's below statement, it seems that he didn't conceal that he 
is a consultant for Cloud Innovation Ltd and that you « perhaps » chose not to 
print that information in the Défimedia [1] article.

For the sake of transparency, can you tell us whether Owen's professional 
relationship with Cloud Innovation Ltd was disclosed to you or not?

Regards,

-- 
Ish Sookun

[1] https://defimedia.info/litige-qui-menace-internet-laccusateur-contredit-afrinic

On Tuesday, 3 August 2021 11:03:31 +04 Owen DeLong wrote:

> The fact that Patrice chose not to print it when he paraphrased my remarks

> does not mean that I did not disclose it to him.

> 

> You are mistaken in believing that I concealed it or did not tell him.

> Perhaps you should ask him yourself why he did not disclose that CI is one

> of my consulting clients, which is exactly what I told him.

> 

> Owen

> 

> > On Aug 2, 2021, at 23:30 , Ish Sookun <ish.sookun at lasentinelle.mu> wrote:

> > 

> > Hi Owen,

> > 

> > On Tuesday, 3 August 2021 07:38:35 +04 Owen DeLong via Community-Discuss

> > 

> > wrote:

> >> Under such a circumstance, with so many customers and the company’s

> >> reputation on the line, the decision was made (well above my pay grade)

> >> that it was necessary to pursue legal remedies to protect the company

> >> from

> >> AFRINIC’s unreasonable actions.

> > 

> > Don't you think you forgot to mention your affiliation with CI when

> > addressing to the journalist of Défimedia newspaper [1] (Mauritius)? I

> > refer to your> 

> > statement:

> >    « Le consultant américain et spécialiste d’internet, Owen DeLong a

> >    

> >      également souhaité réagir. Il prend position en faveur de Cloud

> >      Innovation. Dans un courriel adressé au Défi Plus [...] Owen DeLong

> >      estime lui aussi que Cloud Innovation est dans son bon droit. »

> > 

> > Don't you think this piece of information was important to the readers,

> > that you are on CI payroll and not an independent American consultant &

> > Internet specialist saying that CI is right?

> > 

> > Regards,

> > 

> > --

> > Ish Sookun

> > 

> > [1] https://defimedia.info/litige-qui-menace-internet-laccusateur-contredit-afrinic