[rpd] [Community-Discuss] ARIN without Owen Delong ?

[Owen DeLong]

Apologies to the list for this off-topic posting, but given the unwarranted attention already paid to the
matter and the escalating level of speculation, I beg your indulgence. This will (hopefully) be the
only post I make on the matter here.

For clarity:

1.	I chose to resign my position on the ARIN AC. I was not forced to resign. I did not have to resign.
	So your speculation is neither accurate, nor appropriate and the implications are offensive.

2.	I chose to resign in order to have greater freedom and flexibility to advocate for changes in the
	internet community, some of which would be considered a conflict of interest with my role as
	an Advisory Council member. While I have been outspoken by most standards, the reality is
	that my position on the AC did serve as a significant restraint to my speech in many cases.
	The time has come where I felt the need to remove that restraint in order to best serve the
	community.

Reading anything other than the above into it would be a mistake and further speculation is very
unlikely to produce any accurate conclusions.

If anyone has questions about my resignation, they are free to ask me directly, but this really is
not an appropriate topic for this list.

Owen



> On Jul 13, 2021, at 05:56 , Arnaud AMELINA <amelnaud at gmail.com> wrote:

> 

> @Taiwo

> 

> 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. 

> 

> --

> Arnaud 

> 

> Le lun. 12 juil. 2021 à 12:37, Taiwo Oye <taiwo.oyewande88 at gmail.com <mailto:taiwo.oyewande88 at gmail.com>> a écrit :

> Benjilo. 

> 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 - owen at delong.com <mailto:owen at delong.com> -

> 

> 

>> On Jul 11, 2021, at 19:27, Paschal Ochang <pascosoft at gmail.com <mailto:pascosoft at gmail.com>> wrote:

>> 

>> Great question Daniel.

>> 

>> On Sunday, July 11, 2021, DANIEL NANGHAKA <dndannang at gmail.com <mailto:dndannang at gmail.com>> wrote:

>> Is this worth discussing on the rpd or mailing lists?

>> 

>> On Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 8:36 PM Marcus K. G. Adomey <madomey at hotmail.com <mailto:madomey at hotmail.com>> wrote:

>> Hello

>> 

>> Out of curiosity, does anyone know  why Owen Delong active in AFRINIC PDP resigned from ARIN AC?

>> 

>> https://www.arin.net/about/welcome/ac/meetings/2021_0617/ <https://www.arin.net/about/welcome/ac/meetings/2021_0617/> point 10

>> 

>> 

>> 

>> Marcus

>> 

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>> Kind regards, 

>> Paschal.

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