[NCUC-DISCUSS] Nomination of Thato Mfikwe for African EC seat

[Thato Mfikwe]

Hi all,

Thanks Tapani for the confidence and nomination, including those who urged
me to go for this challenge online and offline.

I accept this nomination and would be happy to serve on the NCUC EC as this
will help with addressing 2 challenges within the SG and the constituency
itself. I am currently the FC Chair and my involvement in the NUC EC will
enable me to make input on the direction of NCUC while providing sound
financial advice and drive simplification for new comers through outreach
and capacity building that will see more members involved in policy work
and community activities and not just attending online meetings.

I am currently also working with other regional members on the ICANN AFRICA
strategy draft comment and working with NCSG FC members on the draft of FC
Operational Procedures. I hope my candidature will also help with meeting
current challenges of the NCSG FC to obtain a fair representation in SG
activities while providing sound financial advise and support that will
build a bridge between the constituency and the stakeholder group.

Thus far I was involved in ICANN 59 outreach pre ICANN 59 Johannesburg
(2017), constituency outreach at ICANN 61 Puerto Rico (2018), commented on
ICANN 2018 FY budgets, the reserve fund, currently following subsequent
procedures and auction proceeds discussions on the new gTLD program and I
was nominated to represent NCUC on the NCSG Finance Committee early this
year. I also started providing updates to NCUC on the NCSG FC activities
and plans, attended over 70% of community online meetings (since 2016, when
I first joined NCUC) and mentored new comers to start understanding ICANN
and NCSG, alot better than the current traditional methods used.

Over the past years, I managed to work with and learn from various leaders
and members of NCUC and NCSG (Farzaneh, Renata, Tapani and Ayden), which
has enabled me to easily integrate in the crux of issues without
reservations. Ines has done great in this role and I plan to improve on the
work she has started by enabling regional members to deepen their
involvement and help them gain confidence in community participation.

I am a member of AFRISIG, ACSIS (African Civil Society on Information
Society), Africa Community Network Summit and member of the South African
Multistakeholder (MS) Committee on Internet Governance, my affiliations
will enable me to gain wider reach of non commercial users, locally,
regionally and to some extend, globally.

I am currently in communication with the Africa regional office on how
ICANN fellows and community members can help with adding capacity in
implementation and monitoring  of the regional strategy. Should my
candidature be validated by an election on this seat, I intend to improve
the nature and extend of NCUC's collaboration with the ICANN regional
office on local initiatives and bring energy, vibrancy and improved
membership engagement within the wider and regional NCUC community. Looking
forward to bringing and enabling robust engagements within NCUC, if
afforded the opportunity, thanks.


Thato Mfikwe.
President: ISOC South Africa Gauteng Chapter
CEO: Soweto Wireless User Group
Chairperson: NCSG Finance Committee
ICANN fellow: ICANN 57 (Hyderabad) and ICANN 62 (Panama City)
Member: ACSIS, Planning Committee of African Community Network Summit and
South African MS Committee on IG
Fellow: 2015 IVLP
<https://exchanges.state.gov/non-us/program/international-visitor-leadership-program-ivlp>
(US based exchange program on innovation, entrepreneurship and small
business development)
August 2015: Nunnovation African Innovator of the month
2018 Eduweek award <http://www.educationweek.co.za/AwardWinners>:
Inspiration award


On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 5:23 PM Cláudio Lucena <claudiokilla at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've started working more closely with Thato from the last meeting, and I
> believe his commitment and personal characteristics would be very much
> enjoyed in the EC. I'm joining Tapani in the support.
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> Em seg, 3 de set de 2018 às 13:45, Tapani Tarvainen <
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>> Dear all,
>>
>> I would like to nominate Thato Mfikwe for the African EC seat.
>>
>> Thato is from South Africa, Johannesburg, a two-times ICANN fellow,
>> president of ISOC Gauteng Chapter and CEO of Soweto Wireless User
>> Group. He's been active in AFRISIC and IGF. I was impressed when I
>> first met him in 2016 and even more so later with how he coordinated
>> NCUC meeting during ICANN59 in Johannesburg. I think he would serve
>> NCUC well.
>>
>> Thato, I hope you accept the nomination.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
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>> Tapani Tarvainen
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