[PDF-Election] [Ipwd-nsc] 2017 PDF Board Election: Call for nominations
Community Awareness
awareness.idea at gmail.com
Tue Jun 6 04:10:25 MDT 2017
On Tuesday, June 6, 2017, Community Awareness <awareness.idea at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
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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
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Phone: (+679) 3312008 <+679%20331%202008> | (+679) 3307530
>>>> <+679%20330%207530>
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Skype: setareki.macanawai
>>>>
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>> Include Disability - Employ This Ability Program (IDEA)
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