[PDF-Election] [Ipwd-nsc] 2017 PDF Board Election: Call for nominations
Mere Roden
employers.idea at gmail.com
Mon Jun 5 22:05:30 MDT 2017
Guess the weather is affecting everyone.
Anyways, I nominate Joshko Wakaniyasi as rep to PDF board.
Vinaka and Regards,
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 10:36 AM, Mereseini Bolaira <mbolaira at gmail.com>
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> Dear Voting Delegates
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> Greetings from the Secretariat!
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> This is a gentle reminder that we have few more days left to the end of
> the nomination period and so far we have not received any nominations.
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> We thank you for your cooperation.
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> Sincerely
>
>
> Mereseini Bolaira
>
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> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Setareki Macanawai <
> CEO at pacificdisability.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear voting Delegates
>>
>>
>>
>> This email serves as the call for nominations for the 2017 PDF Board
>> election. This email group is for the voting delegates listed below as well
>> as myself as Returning Officer, Rose Wilkinson from the Association of
>> Blind Citizens New Zealand as Scrutineer and Mereseini Bolaira my Secretary
>> as back-up person for the Secretariat.
>>
>>
>>
>> *A. *Listed below are the voting delegates representing financial
>> Full Members of PDF and will participate in the 2017 Board election. Those
>> Full Members that have not confirmed their voting delegate by Sunday, 28
>> May 2017, I have included as your voting delegate the representative of
>> your organisation to the 2017 PDF General Forum held in Apia, Samoa on 24
>> February 2017.
>>
>> 1. Akamarama Advocacy Inc. (New Zealand) – Mr. Latoa Halatau
>>
>> 2. Australian federation of Disability Organisations
>> – Mr. Trevor Carroll
>>
>> 3. Collectif Handicap of New Caledonia – Mr. Richard
>> Fournier
>>
>> 4. Cook Islands National Disability Council – Ms.
>> Destiny Tara Tolevu
>>
>> 5. Deaf Aotearoa – Mr. Oliver Ferguson
>>
>> 6. Deaf Australia – Mr. Kyle Miers
>>
>> 7. Disability Promotion and Advocacy Association
>> Vanuatu – Mr. Willie Sablan
>>
>> 8. Fusi Alofa Association Tuvalu – Mr. Taupaka Tinilau
>>
>> 9. Huma Mero Association (Tahiti) – Ms. Henriette
>> Kamea
>>
>> 10. Fiji Association of the Deaf – Ms. Makereta Vuli
>>
>> 11. Fiji Disabled Peoples Federation – Mr. Josko
>> Waqaniyasi
>>
>> 12. Marshall Islands Disabled Persons Organisation – Mr.
>> Bonjo Ned
>>
>> 13. Naunau O’E Alamaite Tonga Association (NATA) – Mr.
>> Tevita Kiteau Kulihaápai
>>
>> 14. Omekesang Association (Palau) – Mr. Natus Misech
>>
>> 15. Papua New Guinea Assembly of Disabled Persons – Ms.
>> Ipul Powaseu
>>
>> 16. People with Disabilities Australia – Ms. Samantha
>> French
>>
>> 17. People With Disabilities Solomon Islands – Mr. Simon
>> Dolaiaono
>>
>> 18. Pohnpei Consumer Organisation (Federated States of
>> Micronesia) – Mr. Henry Phillip
>>
>> 19. Psychiatric Survivors Associations Fiji – Mr. Sydney
>> Lord
>>
>> 20. Solomon Islands Deaf Association – Mr. Ali Barnabas
>>
>> 21. Spinal Injuries Association Fiji – Ms. Merewalesi
>> Roden
>>
>> 22. Te Toa Matoa (Kiribati) – Ms. Teewata Aromata
>>
>> 23. Tonga National Disability Congress – Mr. Timote Solo
>>
>> 24. United Blind Persons of Fiji – Ms. Sovaia Coalala
>>
>> 25. Vision Pacific Charitable Trust – Ms. Tewai Halatau
>>
>>
>>
>> *B. *For the Board election this year (2017), being a year ending
>> with an odd number, and to comply with the PDF Constitution and Election of
>> Board policy, the positions of Co-Chairperson (Male) and 4 Board members
>> will be open for election. The following Board members are currently
>> serving on these positions and whose term ends this year.
>>
>> 1. Co-Chairperson (Male) – Mr Kevin Hosking, Cook Islands National
>> Disability Council
>>
>> 2. Board Member – Ms. Teewata Aromata, Te Toa Matoa (Kiribati)
>>
>> 3. Board Member – Ms Tewai Halatau, Vision Pacific Charitable Trust,
>> New Zealand
>>
>> 4. Board Member – Ms. Ipul Powaseu, PNG Assembly of Disabled Persons
>>
>> 5. Kyle Miers, Deaf Australia
>>
>> PLEASE NOTE: From the list above, board member Teewata Aromata has
>> completed two terms in office and therefore cannot be re-elected in
>> accordance with provisions in the PDF Constitution and Election of Board
>> policy. However, Board Members Ipul Powaseu and Tewai Halatau have only
>> completed one term and can therefore be re-elected for a second term. Board
>> Member Rakesh Chand has completed his term as President of Fiji Disabled
>> Peoples Federation and with a new President elected, he is not available
>> for re-election. Kindly note that a term for a Board Member is 2 years.
>>
>>
>>
>> *C. *The following Board members are still serving on the PDF Board
>> and their positions will be up for election next year, 2018:
>>
>> 1. Co-Chair (Female) – Nelly Caleb, DPA Vanuatu
>>
>> 2. Board member - Mr. Kyle Miers, Deaf Australia
>>
>> 3. Board Member – Ms Faaolo Utumapu-Utailesolo, NOLA, Samoa
>>
>> 4. Board Member – Mr Richard Fournier, Collectif Handicap New
>> Caledonia
>>
>> PLEASE NOTE: No one from Australia, New Caledonia, Samoa and Vanuatu can
>> be nominated as only 1 person from a PDF member country can be represented
>> in the PDF Board, in accordance with the PDF Constitution and Election of
>> Board policy.
>>
>>
>>
>> *D. *As Returning Officer, I am now calling for nominations
>> through this email group for the following positions:
>>
>> 1. Male Co-Chairperson
>>
>> 2. 3 Board Members
>>
>>
>>
>> Only Full Members through their voting delegates listed in paragraph A
>> above can be nominated to any of the 4 Board positions with the exception
>> of those currently serving on the PDF board.
>>
>>
>>
>> *E. *PLEASE NOTE: Some changes have been introduced for This
>> year’s Board election as detailed below. Please read carefully before
>> making your nomination.
>>
>> 1. All nominations will be made through this email group. This
>> means that the nomination process will be done in full view of each other
>> within the email group. Each voting Delegate will know who is being
>> nominated and by whom, and who has seconded that nomination. This will
>> avoid candidates being nominated more than once as in previous elections.
>>
>> 2. Once a nominee receives a nomination and has been seconded by
>> another Delegate, the nominee MUST FORMALLY ACCEPT the nomination by email
>> to this email group and attach his or her personal profile not more than
>> 700 words to that same email.
>>
>> 3. Nominations will close on Friday, 09 June 2017 at 5:00pm Fiji
>> time.
>>
>> 4. If necessary, voting for the vacant Board positions will start on
>> Monday,12 June 2017 with the Returning Officer sending ballot papers by
>> email to each voting delegate.
>>
>> 5. Voting will close on Friday, 30 June 2017 at 5:00pm Fiji time.
>>
>>
>>
>> I trust the above information is clear to all of you and do not hesitate
>> to contact me if you need additional clarification.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely
>>
>>
>>
>> Seta
>>
>>
>>
>> Setareki S. Macanawai
>>
>> Chief Executive Officer
>>
>>
>>
>> Pacific Disability Forum
>>
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>> Skype: setareki.macanawai
>>
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