<div dir="ltr">Dear CEO Mr. Seta Macanawai:<div><br></div><div>Alii and warm greetings from the people of Palau!</div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks for your email and a successful 2018 PDF Board Election. A special Thank You to Ms. Samantha French for her support and allowing me this opportunity to take on this new post of Female Co-Chair. I would also like to recognize and acknowledge those who nominated me and supported my nomination. At the same time, I applaud the outgoing board members for their support and efforts that have brought PDF to where it is now. I am pleased and honored to accept this post and looking forward to working with you the 2018 PDF Board, members, partners, friends, and persons with disabilities and their families. </div><div><br></div><div>Let us all continue to work together, nurture and support each other
and help grow the unique image of PDF and strive for more positive disability developments in our beautiful Pacific Region and beyond. Once more, thank you for your great support and confidence. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Respectfully,</div><div><br></div><div>Lany</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 at 08:30, Setareki Macanawai <<a href="mailto:CEO@pacificdisability.org" target="_blank">CEO@pacificdisability.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><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="color:#1f497d">A very warm Pacific greetings to all Voting Delegates<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">With the successful completion of the 2018 PDF Board election after nominations closed on Friday , 08 June 2018 and verifications undertaken last week, I as Returning Officer together with my colleague, Ms. Rose
Wilkinson from the Association of blind Citizens New Zealand constituting the election Scrutineer Committee are delighted to share with you the outcome of the 2018 Board election.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">After the withdrawal of nominations by two candidates namely Ms. Samantha French and Ms. Sovaia Coalala for the female Co-Chairperson position which was also shared with you through the email group, the number
of nominations matched the number of vacant positions. Therefore, there was no need for the voting delegates to go to a vote.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">On behalf of the Scrutineer Committee, we are pleased to declare the following individuals for the female Co-Chairperson and 3 Board Member positions in the PDF Board.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_150694899816144819m_5866856633908618192MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d"><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d">Co-Chairperson (Female) – Ms. Villaney Remengesau, Omekesang Association, Palau<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_150694899816144819m_5866856633908618192MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d"><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d">Board Member – Ms. Teewata Aromata, Te Toa Matoa, Kiribati<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_150694899816144819m_5866856633908618192MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d"><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d">Board Member – Ms. Samantha French, PWD Australia<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_150694899816144819m_5866856633908618192MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d"><span>4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d">Board Member – Mr. Richard Fournier, Collectif Handicap New Caledonia<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_150694899816144819m_5866856633908618192MsoListParagraph"><span style="color:#1f497d">Congratulations to the above individuals and they will join the following serving members of the Board:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_150694899816144819m_5866856633908618192MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d"><span>5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d">Co-Chairperson (Male) – Mr. Simon Dolaiano, PWD Solomon Islands<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_150694899816144819m_5866856633908618192MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d"><span>6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d">Board Member – Ms. Tewai Halatau, Vision Pacific Charitable Trust, New Zealand<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_150694899816144819m_5866856633908618192MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d"><span>7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d">Board Member – Ms. Ipul Powaseu, PNG Assembly of Persons with Disabilities<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_150694899816144819m_5866856633908618192MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d"><span>8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d">Board Member – Ms. Sovaia Coalala, United Blind Persons of Fiji<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_150694899816144819m_5866856633908618192MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d"><span>9.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#1f497d">Board Member – Mr. Solo Timote, Tonga National Disability Congress<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_150694899816144819m_5866856633908618192MsoListParagraph"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_150694899816144819m_5866856633908618192MsoListParagraph"><span style="color:#1f497d">I also take this opportunity to thank all voting delegates who were able to exercise their constitutional duty in electing the male Co-Chairperson and 4 Board Member positions as stated above.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_150694899816144819m_5866856633908618192MsoListParagraph"><span style="color:#1f497d">I will be providing to the Board a full report on the 2018 Board election during the Annual Board Meeting planned for the first week of August 2018 which will be shared with the members at the 2019 General
Forum.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_150694899816144819m_5866856633908618192MsoListParagraph"><span style="color:#1f497d">Sincerely<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_150694899816144819m_5866856633908618192MsoListParagraph"><span style="color:#1f497d">Seta<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Setareki S. Macanawai</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Phone: (+679) 3312008 | (+679) 3307530
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