<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 16, 2016, at 14:47 , Mirriam <<a href="mailto:mirriamlauren@yahoo.com" class="">mirriamlauren@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class=""><div id="yiv1373030775" class=""><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="yiv1373030775yqt0873214975" id="yiv1373030775yqtfd23257"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_14201" class=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_14200" class=""><div class="yiv1373030775yqt0873214975" id="yiv1373030775yqtfd94796"><div id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12658" style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" class=""><br clear="none" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12661" class=""><blockquote id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12662" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;" class=""><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12663" class="">On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 12:48 AM, Owen DeLong <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12664" ymailto="mailto:owen@delong.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:owen@delong.com" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">owen@delong.com</a>> wrote:</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12665" class="">People will, of course, have their perspectives and their agendas. My agenda here is plain and I have stated it. I want to see the best outcome for the region and for the internet in general.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12666" class="">Anyone who believes I have a different agenda or would defend the establishment if I felt that the establishment was wrong should review my track record for an education.<br clear="none" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12667" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12668" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div></blockquote></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12687" style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12687" style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" class=""><div class="yiv1373030775yqt0873214975" id="yiv1373030775yqtfd35775"><div id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12893" style="font-size:12.8px;" class="">I actually took time to go through AFRINIC past and present and guess what.</div><div id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12893" style="font-size:12.8px;" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12894" style="font-size:12.8px;" class="">Your track record shows you claiming that AFRINIC doesn’t exist even though it had staff, a board, and meetings. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12894" style="font-size:12.8px;" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12895" style="font-size:12.8px;" class="">We indeed got an education, refer to the links below!<br clear="none" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12896" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12895" style="font-size:12.8px;" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12897" style="font-size:12.8px;" class=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12898" target="_blank" href="http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/arin-ppml/2003-September/002065.html" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">http://lists.arin.net/ pipermail/arin-ppml/2003- September/002065.html</a><br clear="none" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12901" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12902" style="font-size:12.8px;" class=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12903" target="_blank" href="http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/arin-ppml/2003-September/002087.html" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">http://lists.arin.net/ pipermail/arin-ppml/2003- September/002087.html</a> </div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12902" style="font-size:12.8px;" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12902" style="font-size:12.8px;" class="">Mirriam</div></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12902" style="font-size:12.8px;" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12902" style="font-size:12.8px;" class="">Chix In Tech</div><div class="yiv1373030775yqt0873214975" id="yiv1373030775yqtfd10937"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12902" style="font-size:12.8px;" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div></div></div><div class="yiv1373030775yqt0873214975" id="yiv1373030775yqtfd93704"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1373030775yui_3_16_0_1_1468703132154_12687" style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>I didn’t claim it didn’t exist, I referred to it as “vaporware” which is a term often applied to a product or service which may exist in a laboratory, but isn’t available for purchase at the time, which was exactly where AfriNIC services were at the time I wrote those posts.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>I will admit that the word may have been inflammatory and possibly poorly chosen. I have learned in the last 13 years. Who among us has not?</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Note that those are from 2003, over 13 years ago.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>A lot has changed in that time, and, in fact, if you follow the thread through to the conclusion of the policy development process, you will see that Adiel and I ended up supporting each other’s proposals and resolving a number of issues for both communities.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Owen</div><div><br class=""></div><br class=""></body></html>