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<p class="MsoNormal">Bula PDF Full and Associate Members<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Firstly, my sincere appreciation to all Full and Associate Members that took part in the 2023 PDF Member Satisfaction survey. As some of you may know, our organisation conducts this independent survey every 2 years with the technical assistance
of Maxumise now operating as Optimise, a HR firm located here in Fiji. It is crucial that we hear from all our members to help us make our organisation stronger, effective, efficient, responsive and remaining relevant at this challenging time.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The final update for the Member Survey:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Survey responses – 43 members out of 70 members (61%)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>33 Full Members out of 40 have responded (83%)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>10 Associate Members out of 30 have responded (33%)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>By Country, responses are: Australia 9, East Timor 1, FSM Pohnpei 1, Cook Islands 1, Fiji 4, Kiribati 2, New Caledonia 1, Marshall Islands 1,Nauru 2, New Zealand 6, Niue 1, Papua New Guinea 1, Samoa 3, Solomon Islands 4, Tahiti 1, Tonga
2, Tuvalu 1 and Vanuatu 2.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>No response was received from American Samoa, Guam, Palau and Wallis/Futuna.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The survey is now closed as of Friday last week, 24 March 2023 and we eagerly await the survey report.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With my deep gratitude and sincere appreciation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Seta<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Setareki S. Macanawai</span></b><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Chief Executive Officer</span><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Pacific Disability Forum</span><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Ground Floor, Kadavu House, Victoria Parade</span><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">GPO Box 18458, Suva, Fiji
</span><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Tel: +679 331 2008; +679 773 0200</span><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Mob: +679 992 1486; +679 708 2891</span><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Fax: +679 3310469</span><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Skype: setareki.macanawai</span><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Email:
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:Setareki.Macanawai@pacificdisability.org"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif">Setareki.Macanawai@pacificdisability.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Web:
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.pacificdisability.org/"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif">www.pacificdisability.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Facebook:
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PacificDisabilityForum/"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif">Pacific Disability Forum</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Twitter: @pdfsec</span><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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