<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=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 16, 2021, at 12:30 , Omo Oaiya <<a href="mailto:Omo.Oaiya@wacren.net" class="">Omo.Oaiya@wacren.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 16 Jul 2021, at 18:28, Daniel Yakmut via Community-Discuss <<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net" class="">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">It is so funny when we ask such questions. It is compounding to ask why a person should consult.<div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">I thought consultancy, means rendering your expertise to someone at a fee.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Simply</div><div dir="auto" class="">Daniel</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Not so funny when there is a supposed ideological mismatch. That would be more mercenary than consultant. Looking on with interest.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>It must be nice if you’ve had a 100% ideological match with every employer or customer you’ve ever worked with. Most people don’t have that luxury even with their domestic partner/spouse/significant other.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>There are areas where Lu and I agree and areas where we disagree. We are able to do so with mutual respect and tolerance.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>It is mercenary if you compromise your ideology or your ethics or morals in order to perform duties for your client.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>It is consulting if you set aside your differences and work for the client in the areas where you don’t have to do so.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>I hope you can understand the difference as I have explained it here.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>I assure you that I have been consulting and am not a mercenary.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Owen</div><div><br class=""></div></body></html>