[PDF-Election] [Ipwd-nsc] 2017 PDF Board Election: Call for nominations
Community Awareness
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Tue Jun 6 04:07:41 MDT 2017
Hi everyone,
I second the nomination for Joshko Wakaniyasi to be the rep for PDF board.
Warm Regards
On 6 Jun 2017 4:05 pm, "Mere Roden" <employers.idea at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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>
> wrote:
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>> Dear Voting Delegates
>>
>>
>>
>> Greetings from the Secretariat!
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> We thank you for your cooperation.
>>
>>
>> Sincerely
>>
>>
>> Mereseini Bolaira
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>> Ground Floor, Kadavu House, Victoria Parade | GPO Box 18458 | Suva,
>>> Fiji
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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