[PDF-fullMembers] [PDF-members] Amendments to the PDF Constitution

[Casper Joseph Fa'asala]

Bula Seta,

Thank you for all the information.

Hope I will make a proposal to some necessary amendments where appropriate.


Vinaka

Casper

On 10/29/18, Mere Roden <employers.idea at gmail.com> wrote:
> Acknowledge receipt.
>
>
> Vinaka and Regards
> Mere
>
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 1:42 PM Setareki Macanawai <
> CEO at pacificdisability.org> wrote:
>
>> To All PDF Full and Associate Members
>>
>>
>>
>> Warm Pacific greetings to each one of you. I wish to draw to your
>> attention that the PDF Secretariat is now inviting from Full and
>> Associate
>> Members of the Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) any proposed amendment(s)
>> to
>> the PDF Constitution to be presented and discussed at the PDF General
>> Forum
>> to be held at the Tanoa International Hotel, Nadi, Fiji on Monday, 25th
>> February 2019. This General Forum is part of the 6th Pacific Regional
>> Conference on Disability organised by the PDF at the same venue from 25
>> February to 01 March 2019.
>>
>>
>>
>> This notice is in line with the PDF Constitution Clause 11.4, “Alteration
>> and Amendment to the Constitution” which states that amendments to the
>> PDF
>> Constitution shall be tabled for consideration and approval at General
>> Meetings, and that any proposed amendment to be sent to the Secretariat
>> two
>> months before the meeting, who then will circulate such amendment to all
>> members of the PDF at least fourteen days before the meeting.
>>
>>
>>
>> Therefore, the deadline for the receipt of any submission on a proposed
>> amendment to the PDF Constitution will be Tuesday, 25 December 2018 to
>> satisfy the requirement of the above-mentioned clause in the current PDF
>> Constitution which is also attached for your reference and information.
>>
>>
>>
>> When proposing an amendment, please use the following format:
>>
>> 1.       Identify the clause number and title,
>>
>> 2.       State the clause in its current format,
>>
>> 3.       Include the change you are proposing to make in that particular
>> clause,
>>
>> 4.       Re-write the clause to include your proposed amendment,
>>
>> 5.       Give your reason(s) for the amendment.
>>
>>
>>
>> *I have pasted below an amendment received in the past as an example.*
>>
>>
>>
>> *“Clause 7 Registered Office*
>>
>>
>>
>> *Current: *
>>
>> “The registered office of the PDF shall be located in a country as
>> determined by the Council”
>>
>>
>>
>> *Change: *
>>
>> Insert “Pacific Island” before the word ‘country’.
>>
>>
>>
>> *To Read: *
>>
>> The registered office of the PDF shall be located in a Pacific Island
>> Country as determined by the Council from time to time.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Reason: *
>>
>>
>>
>> §  Limiting the location to be in a Pacific Island country avoids leaving
>> the meaning open to being any country possibly outside the region.”
>>
>>
>>
>> Please email your proposed amendment(s) to ceo at pacificdisability.org  or
>> fax to +679-3310469, attention to Setareki Macanawai, Chief Executive
>> Officer, Pacific Disability Forum before the deadline of 25 December
>> 2018.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Setareki S. Macanawai
>>
>> Chief Executive Officer
>>
>>
>>
>> Pacific Disability Forum
>>
>> Ground Floor, Kadavu House, Victoria Parade  |  GPO Box 18458  |  Suva,
>> Fiji
>>
>>
>>
>> Phone: (+679) 3312008  |  (+679) 3307530
>>
>> Mobile: (+679) 9921486 (Vodaphone)  |  (+679) 7082891(Digicel)
>>
>> Fax: (+679) 3310469
>>
>> Skype: setareki.macanawai
>>
>> Email: ceo at pacificdisability.org
>>
>> Website: www.pacificdisability.org
>>
>>
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