<div dir="auto">Bula Vinaka PDF Secretariat and friends/supporters of PDF,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">A huge Vinaka Vakalevu to Master Seta for his invaluable contribution to PDF and Disability movement over these many years and a heartfelt congratulations to Ms Sainimili Tawake, who had been mentored by none other than Master Seta himself.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Indeed an exciting continuation of the progress under master Seta and his team’s leadership. Vinaka.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best regards,</div><div dir="auto">Deepti </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, Jul 30, 2024 at 11:08 AM Setareki Macanawai <<a href="mailto:Setareki.Macanawai@pacificdisability.org">Setareki.Macanawai@pacificdisability.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-FJ">Sharing the compliments and congratulatory remarks from those of you who have responded to the email below regarding the appointment of Ms. Sainimili Tawake as the new CEO for PDF. Very pleased indeed with the outcome
of the Board’s recruitment for my replacement even though I wasn’t directly involved. Sai had been with the late Frederick Miller, late Sam Vilisoni, Michael Filipo and I when we began that historic journey of building and growing the disability movement here
in the Pacific in the 1990s through the Fiji Disabled People’s Association, Disabled People’s International (DPI), then DPI Oceania Subregion in 2000 where a very young and energetic Sai served as our Project Officer, then Oceania Disability Advisory Support
Committee (ODASC) and WWD Pasifika Network, then eventually Pacific Disability forum birthed in 2002 and formalised in 2004. As founding CEO and served for 17 and half years from January 2007 to June 2017, I’m Truly blessed, honoured, gracious and thankful
to be passing the baton on to Ms. Sainimili Tawake! Go forth and serve PDF Sai, and with all my blessings and God’s favour, protection and guidance!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<<a href="mailto:pdflist-bounces@lists.pacificdisability.org" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">pdflist-bounces@lists.pacificdisability.org</a>> <b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On Behalf Of </b>Latoa Halatau-Talagi MNZM<br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sent:</b> Monday, 29 July 2024 9:48 am<br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">To:</b> <a href="mailto:PDFBoardMembers@groups.io" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">PDFBoardMembers@groups.io</a>; PDF Staff <<a href="mailto:pdfstaff@pacificdisability.org" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">pdfstaff@pacificdisability.org</a>>; <a href="mailto:pdflist@lists.pacificdisability.org" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">pdflist@lists.pacificdisability.org</a><br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Cc:</b> 'Jose Maria Viera' <<a href="mailto:jmviera@ida-secretariat.org" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">jmviera@ida-secretariat.org</a>>; 'Andrea Cole' <<a href="mailto:Andrea.Cole@dfat.gov.au" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Andrea.Cole@dfat.gov.au</a>>; 'Jane Edge' <<a href="mailto:JEdge@cbm.org.au" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">JEdge@cbm.org.au</a>>; 'Murray Sheard' <<a href="mailto:msheard@cbmnz.org.nz" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">msheard@cbmnz.org.nz</a>>; 'Nawaf Kabbara' <<a href="mailto:nawaf.kabbara@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">nawaf.kabbara@gmail.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:Melinia.CNawadramelinianc@forumsec.org" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Melinia.CNawadramelinianc@forumsec.org</a>;
'Sarah Goulding' <<a href="mailto:Sarah.Goulding@dfat.gov.au" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sarah.Goulding@dfat.gov.au</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Subject:</b> [PDFlist] Chief Executive Officer Appointed<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Board is delighted to announce the appointment of Ms Sainimili Tawake as Chief Executive Officer, effective today 29 July 2024.<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You may know Sainimili as having been the PDF’s Manager Inclusive Development, or having worked with her in past advocacy, development and leadership roles regionally
and internationally.<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please join the Board in supporting Sainimili to open a new chapter for the Pacific Disability Forum.<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Co-chairs Jacqueline Boga Garoau and Latoa Halatau-Talagi MNZM<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></u></b></p>
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