[PDF-members] [APRCEM) Re: [PDFBoardMembers] For your support: APRCEM Transition and Election_Disability Constituency Focal Point

[Simon Dolaiano]

Dear Co-Chairs, Board members and CEO,

I believe it is good to maintain PDF as the contact point.

regards

On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 11:45, Mataafa Faatino Utumapu <
tino.mutumapu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Agree that the PDF as the regional body remains as the contact point and
> that the PDF board will decide it’s representative accordingly
>
>
>
> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> Windows
>
>
>
> *From: *Villaney Remengesau, Co-chair <lanysmile85 at gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, 24 May 2023 12:53 pm
> *To: *asia-pacific-disability-constituency-aprcem at googlegroups.com;
> advocacy-working-group-sgpwd-aprcem at googlegroups.com;
> capacity-building-aprcem at googlegroups.com;
> communication-aprcem at googlegroups.com; pdflist at lists.pacificdisability.org;
> PDFBoardMembers at groups.io
> *Cc: *Latoa Halatau <la at visionpacific.org.nz>; Setareki Macanawai
> <setareki.macanawai at pacificdisability.org>; Tewai Halatau
> <tewai at visionpacific.org.nz>; Nancy Queen
> <nancy.queen at pacificdisability.org>; Telesia Kobiti
> <Telesia.Kobiti at pacificdisability.org>; Simon Hoiberg OLSEN
> <olsen at iges.or.jp>; Karin Fernando <karin at cepa.lk>; Neth Daño
> <neth at etcgroup.org>; caiyiping2000 at gmail.com; Wali Haider
> <walikhi at yahoo.com>; Wardarina - <rina at apwld.org>; Alex Enano
> <aenano at aprnet.org>; April Porteria <april at apwld.org>; Ajay Jha
> <k.ajay.j at gmail.com>; Julia Puno <jpuno at aprnet.org>
> *Subject: *[PDFBoardMembers] For your support: APRCEM Transition and
> Election_Disability Constituency Focal Point
>
>
>
> Dear APRCEM Disability Constituency Members, Colleagues, and Friends,
>
>
>
> Hope this email finds you all in good health, heart, and spirit.
>
>
>
> The Asia-Pacific Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (APRCEM)
> engages in sustainable development processes and the Disability
> Constituency is part of it.
>
>
>
> The APRCEM facilitates the participation of civil society at the Asia
> Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development and the Disability Constituency
> under the umbrella of the AP-RCEM forms a part of that. The Constituency
> works to ensure that persons with disabilities from the Asia Pacific can
> unify their messages as a stakeholder group and are able to connect and
> interlink messages with the wider regional civil society, the UN, and the
> Member States. A key component of the organizational structure of the
> Constituency is the role of Focal Point. The Focal Point shares information
> and opportunities to coordinate joint messages and carry out advocacy
> outreach. The Focal Points ensure that the workstreams adhere to the text
> of the CRPD, the 2030 Agenda, and other key documents.
>
>
>
> As you all know, the Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) has served as the
> Focal Point for the past several years and now as the Interim Contact Point
> for our Disability Constituency.
>
>
>
> With a recent APRCEM RCC Meeting, the committee discussed the matter
> relating to the APRCEM Transition and Election. Based on the election
> guidelines, the outgoing focal points and interim contact points have
> started their process of affirming via email. As an Outgoing Focal Point
> and Interim Contact Point for our Disability Constituency, this email
> serves to affirm the Interim Contact Point as an Official Focal Point based
> on a ‘no objection basis’. This means that the PDF will automatically be
> accepted unless someone replies to this email breaking the silence. In this
> instance, a Zoom call should be facilitated in consultation with APRCEM
> Election Committee and Co-chairs.
>
>
>
> Also, kindly note that APRCEM membership is based by organization, not
> individual. Considering that my term as the PDF Female Co-chair ends at the
> upcoming PDF Annual Board Meeting in August this year, it's the decision of
> PDF Board if PDF will continue this role and identify a Board Member to be
> a representative for the next two years.
>
>
>
> Looking forward to your support and response no later than Wed, 31 May
> 2023.
>
>
>
> Thank you so much.
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
>
> Lany
>
>
> _._,_._,_
> ------------------------------
> Groups.io Links:
>
> You receive all messages sent to this group.
>
> View/Reply Online (#1043)
> <https://groups.io/g/PDFBoardMembers/message/1043> | Reply To Group
> <PDFBoardMembers at groups.io?subject=Re:%20Re%3A%20%5BPDFBoardMembers%5D%20For%20your%20support%3A%20APRCEM%20Transition%20and%20Election_Disability%20Constituency%20Focal%20Point>
> | Reply To Sender
> <tino.mutumapu at gmail.com?subject=Private:%20Re:%20Re%3A%20%5BPDFBoardMembers%5D%20For%20your%20support%3A%20APRCEM%20Transition%20and%20Election_Disability%20Constituency%20Focal%20Point>
> | Mute This Topic <https://groups.io/mt/99099061/1846842> | New Topic
> <https://groups.io/g/PDFBoardMembers/post>
> Your Subscription <https://groups.io/g/PDFBoardMembers/editsub/1846842> | Contact
> Group Owner <PDFBoardMembers+owner at groups.io> | Unsubscribe
> <https://groups.io/g/PDFBoardMembers/leave/11253186/1846842/1375913696/xyzzy>
> [4dolaiano at gmail.com]
> _._,_._,_
>
>

-- 
Simon Dolaiano

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Asia Pacific Disability Constituency, APRCEM" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to asia-pacific-disability-constituency-aprcem+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/asia-pacific-disability-constituency-aprcem/CAGLsuDmPn%2BYkx-KS8j82ri1sWh20xcy9OKxFAPB%3Dk%3DK7YSDsNA%40mail.gmail.com.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.pacificdisability.org/pipermail/pdf-members_lists.pacificdisability.org/attachments/20230524/e8d61ea8/attachment.html>