[Pdf_elections] 2018 PDF Board Election: Call for Nominations
Setareki Macanawai
CEO at pacificdisability.org
Mon May 28 04:16:16 MDT 2018
Dear Voting Delegates
This email serves as the call for nominations for the 2018 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 Arieta Dumaru, my Secretary and Savina Nongebatu, Deputy CEO as back-up person for the Secretariat .
A. Below is the list of voting delegates representing financial Full Members of PDF who will also participate in the 2018 Board election. Please let me know if you see an error in your email address provided after your name.
1. Akamarama Advocacy Inc. - (New Zealand) - Mr. Latoa Halatau, la at visionpacific.org<mailto:la at visionpacific.org>
2. Australian federation of Disability Organisations - Mr. Trevor Carroll, trevor at justadvocacy.com<mailto:trevor at justadvocacy.com>
3. Club Handisport Wallis/Futuna - Mr. Takala Sosefo, takalasosefo at yahoo.fr<mailto:takalasosefo at yahoo.fr>
4. Collectif Handicap of New Caledonia - Mr. Richard Fournier, richard.fournier.noumea at gmail.com<mailto:richard.fournier.noumea at gmail.com>
5. Cook Islands National Disability Council - Mr. Mataiti Mataiti, cindc-mataiti at hotmail.com<mailto:cindc-mataiti at hotmail.com>
6. Deaf Aotearoa - Mr. Lachlan Keating, Lachlan.Keating at deaf.org.nz<mailto:Lachlan.Keating at deaf.org.nz>
7. Deaf Australia - Mr. Kyle Miers, kyle.miers at deafaustralia.org.au<mailto:kyle.miers at deafaustralia.org.au>
8. Disabled Persons Assembly New Zealand - Ms. Gerri Pomeroy, gerri at pomeroy.nz<mailto:gerri at pomeroy.nz>
9. First Peoples Disability Network - Mr. Damian Griffis, damiang at fpdn.org.au<mailto:damiang at fpdn.org.au>
10. Fusi Alofa Association Tuvalu - Mr. Esekia Vaega, sitetalolsei at gmail.com<mailto:sitetalolsei at gmail.com>
11. Huma Mero Association (Tahiti) - Ms. Henriette Kamia, vaka.rh at hotmail.fr<mailto:vaka.rh at hotmail.fr>
12. Fiji Association of the Deaf - Ms. Makereta Vuli, temo.jill39 at gmail.com<mailto:temo.jill39 at gmail.com>
13. Fiji Disabled Peoples Federation - Mr. Joshko Wakaniyasi, fdpfoffice at fdpf.org<mailto:fdpfoffice at fdpf.org>
14. Kapo Maori Aotearoa New Zealand - Mr. Nigel Ngahiwi, n.ngahiwi at gmail.com<mailto:n.ngahiwi at gmail.com>
15. Marshall Islands Disabled Persons Organisation - Mr. Richard Anta, mailto:richieanta84 at gmail.com
16. Naunau O'E Alamaite Tonga Association (NATA) - Ms. Satua Ngungutau, mailto:faingataamaria at gmail.com
17. Nuanua o le Alofa (NOLA) - Ms. Faaolo Utumapu-Utailesolo, talofastar1 at gmail.com<mailto:talofastar1 at gmail.com>
18. Omekesang Association (Palau) - Ms. Villaney Remengesau, mailto:lanysmile85 at gmail.com
19. Papua New Guinea Assembly of Disabled Persons - Ms. Ipul Powaseu, ipul_powaseu at yahoo.com.au<mailto:ipul_powaseu at yahoo.com.au>
20. People with Disabilities Australia - Ms. Samantha French, SamanthaF at pwd.org.au<mailto:SamanthaF at pwd.org.au>
21. People With Disabilities Solomon Islands - Mr. Simon Dolaiano, 4dolaiano at gmail.com<mailto:4dolaiano at gmail.com>
22. Pohnpei Consumer Organisation (Federated States of Micronesia) - Mr. Henry Phillip, hphillip8 at gmail.com<mailto:hphillip8 at gmail.com>
23. Psychiatric Survivors Associations Fiji - Mr. Luke Butler Taveta, psa.fiji at gmail.com<mailto:psa.fiji at gmail.com>
24. Solomon Islands Deaf Association - Mr. Ali Kanafalu, sideafassociation at gmail.com<mailto:sideafassociation at gmail.com>
25. Spinal Injuries Association Fiji - Mr. Kelepi Namatalevu, spinalinjuryfiji at gmail.com<mailto:spinalinjuryfiji at gmail.com>
26. Te Toa Matoa (Kiribati) - Ms. Teewata Aromata, t01rocky at hotmail.com<mailto:t01rocky at hotmail.com> or taromata at moe.gov.ki
27. Tonga National Disability Congress - Mr. Timote Solo, timote.solo at yahoo.com<mailto:timote.solo at yahoo.com>
28. Tonga National Visual Impairment Association - Mr. Ofeina Leka, tnvia.tonga at gmail.com<mailto:tnvia.tonga at gmail.com>
29. United Blind Persons of Fiji - Ms. Sovaia Coalala, scoalala at gmail.com<mailto:scoalala at gmail.com>
30. Vanuatu Disability Promotion and Advocacy Association - Ms. Ellie Enock, katarinaenock at gmail.com<mailto:katarinaenock at gmail.com>
31. Vision Pacific Charitable Trust - Ms. Tewai Halatau, tewai at visionpacific.org.nz<mailto:tewai at visionpacific.org.nz>
B. For the Board election this year (2018), being a year ending with an even number, and to comply with the PDF Constitution and Election of Board policy, the positions of Co-Chairperson (Female) and 3 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 (Female) - Ms. Nelly Caleb, Vanuatu Disability Promotion and Advocacy Association
2. Board Member - Ms. Faaolo Utumapu-Utailesolo, NOLA, Samoa
3. Board Member - Mr. Kyle Miers, Deaf Australia
4. Board Member - Mr. Richard Fournier, Collectif Handicap, New Caledonia
PLEASE NOTE: From the list above, Co-Chairperson nelly Caleb, board member Faaolo Utumapu-Utailesolo and Board Member Kyle Miers have 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 Member Richard Fournier has only completed one term and can be re-elected for a second term. 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, 2019:
1. Co-Chair (Male) - Mr. Simon Dolaiano, PWD Solomon Islands
2. Board Member - Mr. Timote Solo, Tonga National Disability Congress
3. Board Member - Ms. Tewai Halatau, Vision Pacific Charitable Trust, New Zealand
4. Board Member - Ms. Ipul Powaseu, PNG Assembly of Persons with Disabilities
5. Board Member - Ms. Sovaia Coalala, United Blind Persons of Fiji
PLEASE NOTE: No one from Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tonga can be nominated as these countries are currently represented on the PDF Board. 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. Female Co-Chairperson, and
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 read carefully the information provided below 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 hopefully avoid candidates being nominated more than once.
2. Once a nominee receives a nomination and has been seconded by another voting Delegate, the nominee MUST FORMALLY ACCEPT the nomination by email, complete his/her candidate profile form which is attached, and send his/her completed candidate profile as an attachment to that same email.
3. Nominations will close on Friday, 08 June 2018 at 5:00pm Fiji time.
4. The Scrutineer Committee will declare the outcome of this election if the required number of nominations fit the number of positions. Otherwise, voting for the vacant Board positions will start on Monday,11 June 2018 with the Returning Officer sending ballot papers by email to each voting delegate.
5. Voting will close on Friday, 29 June 2018 at 5:00pm Fiji time.
6. The Scrutineer Committee will declare the outcome of the election on Monday, 02 July 2018.
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
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