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

Fri Sep 14 16:12:05 CEST 2018

Good luck, Thato.

I know how hard you work and how committed you are to fulfilling the
roles that you are entrusted with. And I am sure this would be another
opportunity for you to support our work in another capacity. You can
do it and I am glad you accept this nomination.

Regards,
Arsene

2018-09-14 15:00 UTC+01:00, Thato Mfikwe <thatomfikwe at gmail.com>:
> 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.
>> Best,
>> Cláudio
>>
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>> Em seg, 3 de set de 2018 às 13:45, Tapani Tarvainen <
>> ncuc at tapani.tarvainen.info> escreveu:
>>
>>> 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,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tapani Tarvainen
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