<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Apologies to the list for this off-topic posting, but given the unwarranted attention already paid to the</div><div class="">matter and the escalating level of speculation, I beg your indulgence. This will (hopefully) be the</div><div class="">only post I make on the matter here.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>For clarity:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I chose to resign my position on the ARIN AC. I was not forced to resign. I did not have to resign.</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>So your speculation is neither accurate, nor appropriate and the implications are offensive.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I chose to resign in order to have greater freedom and flexibility to advocate for changes in the</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>internet community, some of which would be considered a conflict of interest with my role as</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>an Advisory Council member. While I have been outspoken by most standards, the reality is</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>that my position on the AC did serve as a significant restraint to my speech in many cases.</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The time has come where I felt the need to remove that restraint in order to best serve the</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>community.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Reading anything other than the above into it would be a mistake and further speculation is very</div><div class="">unlikely to produce any accurate conclusions.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If anyone has questions about my resignation, they are free to ask me directly, but this really is</div><div class="">not an appropriate topic for this list.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Owen</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 13, 2021, at 05:56 , Arnaud AMELINA <<a href="mailto:amelnaud@gmail.com" class="">amelnaud@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">@Taiwo</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">We all would like to know why Owen, so active in our PDP, has to resign from his position at ARIN AC which serves in an advisory capacity to the Board of Trustees on Internet number resource policy and related matters. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">--</div><div dir="auto" class="">Arnaud<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div></div></div><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le lun. 12 juil. 2021 à 12:37, Taiwo Oye <<a href="mailto:taiwo.oyewande88@gmail.com" class="">taiwo.oyewande88@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" 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;"><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Benjilo. <div class="">How is this of concern to you or to any of the members of the afrinic community. Kindly direct your question to the appropriate quarters -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:owen@delong.com" target="_blank" class="">owen@delong.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>-</div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Jul 11, 2021, at 19:27, Paschal Ochang <<a href="mailto:pascosoft@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">pascosoft@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Great question Daniel.<br class=""><br class="">On Sunday, July 11, 2021, DANIEL NANGHAKA <<a href="mailto:dndannang@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">dndannang@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" 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;"><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="">Is this worth discussing on the rpd or mailing lists?<br class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 8:36 PM Marcus K. G. Adomey <<a href="mailto:madomey@hotmail.com" target="_blank" class="">madomey@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" 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;"><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Hello</div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""><div class="">Out of curiosity, does anyone know why Owen Delong active in AFRINIC PDP resigned from ARIN AC?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.arin.net/about/welcome/ac/meetings/2021_0617/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://www.arin.net/about/welcome/ac/meetings/2021_0617/</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>point 10</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); 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