<div dir="auto">Hi all</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I would like to correct the narrative in the recent email from FPDN,  I have not retired and am still working across the sector.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank-you</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Yours</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">June Riemer</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 at 2:38 AM, Damian Griffis <<a href="mailto:damiang@fpdn.org.au">damiang@fpdn.org.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Everyone in the PDF family<div><br></div><div>On behalf of all of us at FPDN I want to acknowledge the recent passing of Angeline Chand.  We honour Angeline as a leader of the movement throughout the Pacific, her warmth, her humility and her powerful presence.  </div><div><br></div><div>Over the past 20 years or more too many of our leaders have moved on, it is our job to honour their legacies and to always remember the way in which they led us.</div><div><br></div><div>As for what has been happening at FPDN, in recent years we have undergone significant growth as an organisation, this is a very positive development for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities.  Now that we have consolidated our growth I hope to be able to get more invovled again in the work of PDF.  It is a source of great pride to all of us at FPDN, to see the great work of PDF over many years.  It is also humbling to reflect personally on how far things have come since that very first meeting in Nadi back in 2002.   </div><div><br></div><div>I also wanted to provide a further update and let the PDF family know that June Riemer is no longer employed at FPDN, she is enjoying her well earned retirement.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I am looking forward to crossing paths with members of the PDF family again soon.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>Damian Griffis</div><div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">For any meeting requests please contact my Executive
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