[rpd] Larus foundation and Afrinic PDP

[Noah]

On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 10:07 AM Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:


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> On Feb 17, 2020, at 21:47 , Omo Oaiya <Omo.Oaiya at wacren.net> wrote:

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> On 14 Feb 2020, at 21:13, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:

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> I can’t speak for the foundation, but my best guess is they chose not to

> engage to avoid dignifying the accusations.

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> On 17 Feb 2020, at 21:03, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:

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> It is not the goal or intent of Larus foundation to undermine anything. We

> are, exactly as Daniel said, providing opportunities for more Africans to

> participate in the AfriNIC process.

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> Owen,

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> I might have missed a mail somewhere.  Do you also work for Larus

> foundation?

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> The Larus terms and conditions for its fellowship are clearly suspect and

> indefensible especially after recent experiences.  If you work for them and

> are towing the company line, I’d understand that you are singing to the

> tune of your paymaster.  If not, it seems that you may have become part of

> the problem in worse ways than one can imagine.

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> I do a small amount of consulting for Larus Foundation.

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Ok now that this is clear, I now understand why you have been defending
this conjob.

The consulting I do there is primarily aimed at keeping the fellowship

> program open, transparent, and community oriented. Amusingly, my efforts

> are aimed at ensuring that it does not become what it is accused of being.

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It is already what it is being accused of being but you are already
conflicted and biased to see it.  We have the so called "African Youths"
being paid USD500 in return for services rendered. The service that
according to previously published documents on list and other sources
clearly goes to undermine the policy development process and essentially
AfriNIC.....

If you are not seeing what is happening then its unfortunate.....

Noah
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