[governance] Welcoming new members - Please introduce yourself!

[Wisdom Donkor]

A warm welcome to our Cherished new members.

On Friday, October 28, 2016, Yolanda Mlonzi <mamiyaomhle at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings to all the members of the of the mailing list and to you Arsène,
>
>
> Thank you for the welcome message, and it feels great to be part of an
> African group which is passionate and involved in Internet Governance in
> different respects.
>
> My name is Yolanda Mlonzi, based in Pretoria, South Africa. I am currently
> finishing off my Honours degree in Media Studies at the University of the
> Witwatersrand (two more weeks left and I will be officially done 😊)
>
> My interest in Internet Governance started last year as a Google Policy
> Fellow, where I was hosted at the Association for Progressive
> Communications (APC), since then I have never looked back! My interest
> within IG lie in human rights/internet rights especially the intersections
> between of the right to privacy, surveillance, freedom of expression and
> political freedom. As a result, I am currently finishing off a research
> paper focusing on exactly that, with my case study being South Africa.
>
> Other areas within IG that I am interested in, is youth participation,
> gender and IoT.
>
> I really look forward to hearing from you all, and possibly meeting some
> of you at the upcoming global IGF in Mexico.
>
> Warm regards,
> Yolanda.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 9:23 AM, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','arsenebaguma at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> I would like to start this tradition and hope to be doing it once a month
>> to welcome new members who joined throughout the month. I am approving new
>> membership requests on a daily basis and i would like the community to get
>> to know you.
>>
>> Special welcome to the young Internet Governance actors from Africa who
>> just took the African School on Internet Governance. We hope to learn from
>> you and benefit from your fresh energy to help this group beome more and
>> more vibrant as it used to be in the past. Do not hesitate to start a
>> discussion or contribute to any discussion.
>>
>> You can check our website (igcaucus.org) which still needs a lot of
>> updates but there you have access to the list archives. These may give you
>> a sense of past discussions we have had in this group.
>>
>> For now, if you feel comfortable, please *do introduce yourselves* in
>> few lines so that we know you and your interests in the IG environment. You
>> can also add in your introduction any pressing question you have and
>> hopefully some experienced members can chim in and help.
>>
>> This is not only for those who just joined but to anyone else willing to
>> introduce themselves, please go ahead and use this thread.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Arsene, IGC Co-Coordinator
>> ------------------------
>> **Arsène Tungali**
>> Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international
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>>
>> 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow
>> <http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html>
>> (YALI) - ISOC IGF Ambassador
>> <http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/2015Ambassadors>
>> <http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/2015Ambassadors>-
>>
>> Blogger <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN Fellow
>> <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-18-en>. The
>> HuffingtonPost UK
>> <http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/liza-bel/drc_b_8958150.html>
>>
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-- 
*WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist
National Information Technology Agency (NITA)/
Ghana Open Data Initiative Project.
ICANN Fellow / Member, UN IGF MAG Member, ISOC Member,
Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member, Diplo Foundation Member,
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