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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Seta has been and continues to be a champion for disability rights and human rights. We have had the privilege of working alongside Seta for the past 8-1/2 years and have always
found him to be a visionary and a person of action. His contribution is well documented, and he has championed the disability movement across the Pacific with great energy and commitment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We thank him for his excellent service to the region and wish him well in all his future endeavours.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Ann Cheryl and Derrick Armstrong<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-NZ" style="color:black">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-NZ" style="color:black">PDFlist <pdflist-bounces@lists.pacificdisability.org> on behalf of Latoa Halatau-Talagi MNZM <la@visionpacific.org.nz><br>
<b>Date: </b>Sunday, 14 April 2024 at 2:40</span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="color:black">pm<br>
<b>To: </b>pdf-members@lists.pacificdisability.org <pdf-members@lists.pacificdisability.org>, pdflist@lists.pacificdisability.org <pdflist@lists.pacificdisability.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[PDFlist] Announcement from the Pacific Disability Forum Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Warm Pacific greetings to our PDF Members, Partners and Donors, Friends and Colleagues,</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The PDF Board wishes to inform that our Chief Executive Officer, Setareki Seru Macanawai, will finish his contract on 30 June 2024. The Board has formally accepted
CEO Seta’s letter of resignation as notice.</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Board wishes to sincerely thank and acknowledge with gratitude the significant achievements and contribution that Seta has made since commencing in this role
in 2007, as the first CEO for PDF. It is clear for all to see that PDF has grown and developed as a credible regional peak body under his sterling leadership.</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">We also advise that an advertisement will be posted shortly and encourage you all to share widely.</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">In wishing Seta all the very best for his future, the Board appreciates Seta’s involvement in working with us to find our next CEO to lead PDF onwards.</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Latoa Halatau-Talagi MNZM</span></b><span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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