<div dir="ltr">Hi Seta and Everyone<div><br></div><div>I am very humbled to be nominated however I have to politely decline on this occasion.  I am committed to focusing upon continuing to grow the First Peoples Disability Network.  I always feel proud when I hear of the amazing progress PDF has made over the years.  It remains a very fond memory to me the early days of PDF going back as far as 2002.  I hope to get the opportunity to be a part of the PDF family again in the future.</div><div><br></div><div>In the meantime I would like to nominate Samantha French from People with Disability Australia.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Damian Griffis</div><div> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b>Damian Griffis</b><div><b>Chief Executive Officer</b></div><div><b>First Peoples Disability Network (Australia)</b></div><div>PO Box A2265<br></div><div>SYDNEY SOUTH NSW 1235</div><div>P <span style="font-size:12.8px">02 9267 4195</span> | M 0412 979 857</div><div><a href="http://www.fpdn.org.au" target="_blank">www.fpdn.org.au</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/dameadvocate" target="_blank">@dameadvocate</a></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B_D7yaLRnkFhX2xIWFhqcWRmWEE&revid=0B_D7yaLRnkFhcThyZzJFbTlkT0VaeHU2MkY4aEJuSytOYytjPQ"><br></div><div><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/fpdn.org.au/uc?id=1il16DimNk8xmvqfmpe_0mTUkZo_L3hK3&export=download" width="200" height="66" alt="http://fpdn.org.au/our-way-planning-resources/"><br></div><div><br></div><div>FPDN Winner 2014 National Disability Award for Rights Promotion and Advocacy</div><div>Winner 2014 Australian Human Rights Tony Fitzgerald Memorial Award</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 1:34 PM, Setareki Macanawai <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:CEO@pacificdisability.org" target="_blank">CEO@pacificdisability.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Damian Griffis of First People Disability Network (Australia) has been nominated by Teewata Aromata of Te Toa Matoa (Kiribati) for
 the position of Board Member and this nomination has been seconded by Ipul Powaseu of PNG Assembly of Persons with Disabilities.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">We now await to hear from Damian if he has accepted this nomination and if he does, he will need to submit his completed Candidate
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Setareki S. Macanawai</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Ipul Powaseu [mailto:<a href="mailto:ipul_powaseu@yahoo.com.au" target="_blank">ipul_powaseu@yahoo.<wbr>com.au</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 30 May 2018 4:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Setareki Macanawai <<a href="mailto:CEO@pacificdisability.org" target="_blank">CEO@pacificdisability.org</a>>; <a href="mailto:pdf_elections@lists.pacificdisability.org" target="_blank">pdf_elections@lists.<wbr>pacificdisability.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pdf_elections] FW: Te Toa Matoa nomination<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to second nomination by teewata for Damien Griffin as a board member.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6d00f6">On Wed, 30 May 2018 at 14:32, Ipul Powaseu<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 29 May 2018 4:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Setareki Macanawai <<a href="mailto:CEO@pacificdisability.org" target="_blank">CEO@pacificdisability.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Te Toa Matoa nomination </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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Please CEO Seta </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please consider our nomination to the following
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Co Chair female goes to Palau Omekesang Association Ms Villeyney Remegesau</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">My apologies because I cannot down load the form
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">best regards </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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