<div dir="ltr">Hi all, <div><br></div><div>Thank you Salanieta, Renata and Arsene for the kind words. </div><div><br></div><div>@Renata, thank you for the raising the point around collaboration. I could not agree with you more.<br><br>@Arsene, when it comes to issues of funding we all have a sharp eye and thank you bring attention to this very important point :)<br><br>To answer your question - As much as outreach, a robust and active community is great, we equally need to open up the conversation of limited opportunities for members to participate at ICANN level. You will notice that I said, "<font color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">more needs to be done to ensure that each region has an NCUC member (not just the EC reps) attending an ICANN meeting." This is definitely a long term goal of mine and I am sure other EC candidates would agree that there is a need to bring more NCUC voices which are representative of our diverse community to ICANN meetings. While EC's might hold an important position, I do not believe that member participation should be stifled either. </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">This is something I would like to tackle within EC, figuring creative ways to lobby for more funding opportunities to make this a reality. <b>What is important to note and take away is that this suggestion and goal goes beyond just Africa member funding, but each region should be able to be represented including Africa.</b> As you have pointed out, it could look like an additional fellowship or something else altogether, but it is important that we open this conversation and tackle this issue. <br><br>I am also excited to learn that you are keen for the peer-to-peer buddy system. I believe this system has great potential to grow our community!<br><br>Yolanda. </span></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br><br><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 9:30 PM, Arsène Tungali <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arsenebaguma@gmail.com" target="_blank">arsenebaguma@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Hi Yolanda,</div><div id="m_49039358734506427AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_49039358734506427AppleMailSignature">It is good to read this Statement and to know what you have in mind for ICANN (NCUC specifically) in Africa if elected as an EC member. And i truly believe you can do it because you have the willingness and you have the time to comit.</div><div id="m_49039358734506427AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_49039358734506427AppleMailSignature">Two important things attracted my attention and i would really like to commend you on having thought on them.</div><div id="m_49039358734506427AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_49039358734506427AppleMailSignature">- Part of your in-reach plans: I love the idea of peer to peer buddy system and i truly believe we need this to work. And i am really looking forward to being a part of this, supporting our African members to get into the real policy work.</div><div id="m_49039358734506427AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_49039358734506427AppleMailSignature">- However, one of your plans with regards to travel funding strikes me and i would like to hear more how you intend to make this happen. </div><div id="m_49039358734506427AppleMailSignature">What it is your plan with regards to having atleast an African NCUC member attending public meetings (outside of EC reps and i think the fellowship program?). Are you intending on creating a specific fellowship pgme for Africa? I am sorry if i have misunderstood your point but i will appreciate if you can elaborate more on how you intend to make this happen.</div><div id="m_49039358734506427AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_49039358734506427AppleMailSignature">Best regards and good luck!</div><div id="m_49039358734506427AppleMailSignature">Arsene <br><br><div>-----------------</div><div>Arsène Tungali,</div><div><a href="http://about.me/ArseneTungali" target="_blank">about.me/ArseneTungali</a></div><div><a href="tel:+243%20993%20810%20967" value="+243993810967" target="_blank">+243 993810967</a></div><div>GPG: 523644A0</div><div>Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo</div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Oct 16, 2017, at 7:04 PM, Yolanda Mlonzi <<a href="mailto:mamiyaomhle@gmail.com" target="_blank">mamiyaomhle@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Hi all, <div><br></div><div>Please find my statement of interest, thank you once again Bonface and those supporting me for the NCUC Africa Representative Position.</div><div><br></div><div>---- </div><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Name:Yolanda,<br>Region: Africa, <br>Gender: Female</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Organisations/Affiliations: Internet Society Gauteng Chapter (ISOC GP) and Southern African Emerging Leaders on Internet Governance (SAELIG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Title: Marketing and Communications Officer (ISOC GP) and Co-founder (SAELIG) <br><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b>no conflict
of interest</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt">----</span><br><br><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,10)"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">About me and my current
projects:</font></b></span></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:120%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I am a
vibrant and motivated young woman in the field of Internet governance (IG) and
communications. I hold a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in International Relations and
Media Studies from Witwatersrand University (Wits). While at Wits I conducted a
short research study which focused on the growing politicization of
intelligence services in constitutional democracies like South Africa, the
paper sought to explore the intersection between new media, privacy,
surveillance and politics in modern democratic states. I started off my career
in IG as a Google Policy Fellow for a year where I was hosted at the
Association for Progressive Communications (APC). At APC I worked extensively
on the African School on Internet Governance as resource person for 2
consecutive years and on the African Declaration on Internet Rights and
Freedoms. I am a member of the Internet Society Gauteng chapter where I am
currently serving as an executive board member, leading the communications and
marketing office. I am also the co-founder of Southern African Emerging Leaders
on Internet Governance (SAELIG) which is an online youth community interested
in providing a platform for young people to participate in IG through a youth
perspective. I am also a project manager at Kantar Added Value. <span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:120%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Some of my Internet
Governance Fellowships and awards:<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:120%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Internet society
Ambassador 2016<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:120%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Communications
Research Policy Scholar South <span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:120%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">African
School on Internet Governance Graduate<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:120%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Google Policy
Felow<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:120%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Youth@IGF
Internet Society Online <span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:120%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I have
attended numerous African meetings and spoke a various panels locally and
regionally. <span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:120%"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></span></span></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:120%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> The current projects I currently co-manage at
ISOC GP and SAELIG are:<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="margin-left:20.25pt;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="line-height:120%">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span></b><b><span style="line-height:120%">Digital Schools – Online Youth Content Development in Rural South
Africa</span></b></font></p><p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="margin-left:20.25pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The digital schools project partners with 8
rural high schools in South Africa where young people will be taught and
encouraged to upload content in their vernacular languages online. The aim of
the project is to build capacity at a young age to truly make the internet
accessible and diverse for all.</span></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="margin-left:20.25pt;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:120%">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height:120%">ICANNWiki translation
project in collaboration with ICANNWiki, the South African Central Registry (</span></b><span style="line-height:120%"><a href="https://www.registry.net.za/" target="_blank"><b>ZACR</b></a><b>) and 2 local SA Universities</b>.
<span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="margin-left:2.25pt;text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:120%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This project will span for
12 months where young people from rural South African with assistance from
local Universities will translate ICANN policy/IG into their local language. Some
of the aims of this project is to:<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="margin-left:20.25pt;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:120%">a.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span style="line-height:120%">Build communities of non-commercial users to start a dialogue
around internet policy and ICANN<span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="margin-left:20.25pt;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:120%">b.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span style="line-height:120%">Activate awareness and interest around ICANN Policy and internet
governance through a human rights lens <span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="margin-left:20.25pt;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:120%">c.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span style="line-height:120%">Build capacity and empower end users to use the internet for
personal and community growth.</span></font></p><p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="margin-left:20.25pt;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:120%"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="margin-left:20.25pt;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="line-height:120%">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span></b><b><span style="line-height:120%">South African Internet Governance Forum 2017 Planning Committee </span></b><span style="line-height:120%">(Internet Society Gauteng Chapter and South African Domain Name
Authority ZADNA). <b><span></span></b></span></font></p><p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="margin-left:20.25pt;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:120%"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="margin-left:20.25pt;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="line-height:120%">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span></b><b><span style="line-height:120%">Research Report for the Global Information Society Watch (GISW) on
the South African Internet Governance Landscape </span></b><span style="line-height:120%">to be published at the global IGF 2017. <b><span></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:120%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <br>I believe that the work that I do is a perfect
fit to serve on the EC as an African representative. My roots are deeply entrenched in Africa and I have so much hope
and vision for my continent. Moreover, I believe that the work the NCUC and the
EC hopes to achieve are relate to the work I currently do. To me, the most important thing is for the voice of the people to
be heard and the only way that can be achieved is through creating enabling
environments. <span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="line-height:120%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Why I would like to serve on the EC as the Africa rep<span></span></font></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">Africa’s active and meaningful
participation in all fronts of global internet policy is important to me. ICANN
in particular is a complex matrix and an intimidating space for non-commercial
users to meaningfully participate and contribute to its policies. NCUC has
provided a platform for civil society and ordinary users of the internet to be
part of the ICANN conversation and in recent years African involvement at ICANN
has grown to be increasingly important especially with the release of .Africa. The
2016 Africa DNS Market study showed that there are only 1.4</span><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,10)"> </span></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,10)">million registrations of gTLDs by African entities, with approx.
1% of gTLD domains being registered by Africans. While these statistics may
depict an unfavorable story for Africa, it also represents a window of
opportunity for NCUC to play a key role alongside ICANN in outreach and
advocating for a robust and open DNS culture in Africa. <br><br><span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,10)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Firstly, I believe an NCUC outreach should be bigger than just an ICANN Event in
Africa. Secondly, </font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,10)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">an African representative should be one that sees the work of NCUC to
fit broadly within Internet Governance and not just ICANN. By this I mean,
outreach and educating members of the public and interested civil society
organizations should not only happen when there is an ICANN meeting in Africa. I
would like to spark a culture within NCUC African members to feel like
ambassadors of NCUC (breakdown of this in my strategy
for NCUC Africa). I want to serve on the EC so that I sensitize</font></span><font color="#00000a" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> the current
work that the EC does to the real complexities of Africa such as the real
barriers caused by socio-economic conditions. Moreover, I want to serve on the
EC to represent a group of people who are committed in spearheading the noncommerical voice in DNS policy in Africa and globally. What is currently missing at this point is an
African perspective to the work that NCUC does and this is something I picked up on during the Johannesburg Outreach Event which I assisted in planning. While I respect that NCUC is a
global constituency with a global perspective in mind, it is equally important to
embrace, celebrate and tie the global vision to a local vision. This is a
strategy and goal that I want to bring to the EC (through the African constituency) as this will better assist in
the way NCUC engages in Africa and how Africa engages within NCUC and ICANN broadly. </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,10)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><u><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>My strategy if I were to
be elected as the Africa NCUC Rep</font></span></u></b></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Continuing efforts to activate the African voice and participation in NCUC discussion and
policy developments is a must (both with existing members and recruitment of new members).
This will entail:<span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">a.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span></b><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">In-reach<span></span></span></b></font></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.5in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> <wbr> <wbr>
</span>i.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The
current webinar initiative is a great one and I believe that should continue. </span></b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">It
is a great way to discuss NCUC core value and mission with an African
perspective. The webinars also form a great way to inform best ways to carry
outreach events in the region<span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.5in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> <wbr>
</span>ii.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Peer-to-peer
buddy system within NCUC Africa to help new African members engage and
participate effectively within NCUC largely will help in strengthening the NCUC
community and African participation within NCUC.</span></b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">
The number of new Africans joining NCUC is increasing, and will increase even
more. While NCUC as a whole is running initiatives to onboard new members, I
also think there is a need to mentor or at least help new African members by
Africans. The spirit of Ubuntu must follow us everywhere we go, charity truly begins
at home!<span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">b.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span></b><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Outreach
<span></span></span></b></font></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.5in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> <wbr> <wbr>
</span>i.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span></b><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">NCUC
outreach events in Africa do not have to wait for an ICANN meeting. </span></b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">As
NCUC African members we should try and map out Internet Governance events that
we will attending in the region and see how best can we (even if in a small
way) talk about the work that we do as NCUC. As the internet grows in our
region, all issues of internet policy is our interest and we should make sure
everyone is part of the conversation. <b><span></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.5in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> <wbr>
</span>ii.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span></b><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">When
ICANN does come to Africa, carry robust and informative outreach events that
speak about DNS policy in such a way that is cognizant of African issues. </span></b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Such
as digital illiteracy, throttling internet freedom, lack of infrastructure,
cost to connect etc.…<b> </b>these issues
are significant barriers to a thriving DNS ecosystem in Africa<b>. </b>Read the blog post I wrote on the <a href="https://www.ncuc.org/2017/07/05/ncuc-outreach-23-24-june-two-days-in-johannesburg/" target="_blank">Johannesburg NCUC Outreach Event</a> </span></font></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.5in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> <wbr>
</span>iii.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> A</span></span></b><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">nchor the conversation around DNS policy
through Africa perspective which is cognizant of our everyday realities. </span></b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The was my biggest learning from assisting NCUC EC carry out an outreach in Africa
(2017) </span></font></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.5in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span></b><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span></b></font></p><p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.5in"><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span></span></font></span></b></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">c.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Communications strategy</span></b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> - making
use of the NCUC website to tell our stories:<span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.5in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> <wbr> <wbr>
</span>i.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Blogging
and social media activations.</span></b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> I believe sharing NCUC
stories by Africans, whether it is through commentary on local DNS policies or
our work as NCUC will assist in forming a much needed point of view on issues. Storytelling a great way of attracting new members and revive the
spirit and place of NCUC in Africa.<span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.5in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> <wbr>
</span>ii.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Linguistic
diversity during webinars. </span></b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Promote the use of the ICANN
languages during African meetings. <span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="m_49039358734506427gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:1in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">d.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span></b><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Participation
in ICANN Meetings – travel funding. </span></b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">As much as this may seem
obvious, travel funding to ICANN meetings is still a constraint and more needs
to be done to ensure that each region has an NCUC member (not just the EC reps) attending
an ICANN meeting.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">These are some of the
ideas I have to propel the African community within NCUC and broadly. The
current projects I am involved show of a young person who dedicated to the cause of
bringing ordinary people onto the internet policy conversation. NCUC is founded
on this very principle of providing a platform for civil society and
individuals to have a say in global ICANN policy and I believe Africa’s
voice is a large component of that. The internet is growing, and in Africa we
have not even tipped the iceberg yet. This presents an opportunity and huge
responsible for us as the NCUC ICANN community to make sure the Africa has a
voice and I would be honoured to spearhead that. <br><br><br><b>Time Commitment</b></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I will be available to carry my duties and ready to do so!</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>In closing, serving as an Africa representative to me means really propelling others forward so that our voice can be heard. I won't do it alone, never planned to... but I believe I have what it takes to lead. <br><br>See attached my CV for additional information about me. </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>Feel free to ask me questions. <br><br>Sincerely, <br>Yolanda. </font></span></p>
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</div></blockquote></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><Yolanda Mlonzi CV 2017_October1.pdf></div></blockquote><span class=""><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>______________________________<wbr>_________________</span><br><span>Ncuc-discuss mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org" target="_blank">Ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-<wbr>bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-<wbr>discuss</a></span><br></div></blockquote></span></div></blockquote></div><br></div>