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        style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Deirdre
        and Mawaki,<br>
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        and wishing you all the best. <br>
        <br>
        Guru<br>
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        On 02/05/2014 10:06 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:<br>
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            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Calls
            for expressions
            of interest or nominations were made on the IGC mailing
            list in June, 2013.By
            December 31<sup>st</sup>, 2013 both positions were vacant.
            During the calls for
            election, we had received the following nominations:</span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1)
            Deirdre Williams</span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2) Imran
            Ahmed Shah</span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">3)
            Mawaki Chango</span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">4)
            Mwendwa Kivuva</span></p>
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            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Prior to
            holding the
            elections, Mwendwa Kivuva withdrew leaving only three
            remaining candidates.
            Prior to hosting the elections and preparing ballot papers,
            we had to verify
            and check our subscriber database to ensure that things were
            in order prior to
            sending the ballot papers. There were some subscribers who
            had moved and so had
            inactive email accounts. We had to clean these as well. We
            also noted that
            there were some who were subscribe to the mailing list but
            did not have IGC
            accounts by registering on the site. We received feedback
            from some of the
            subscribers that they did not get ballot papers. The
            estimated number of
            subscribers to the mailing list is around 600. The estimated
            number of account
            holders who are both subscribed to the mailing list and have
            IGC accounts is
            around 400. The number of people who voted was 276. During
            the elections, we
            received “Out of Office” responses from a few.</span></p>
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            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Following
            last year’s
            elections and from feedback from the community, this year we
            introduced the
            abstention category allowing people to not select a
            candidate. To all those who
            exercised their right to vote or to abstain, thank you.
            Special thanks to ALL the
            amazing candidates who participated. Special thanks to Imran
            Ahmed Shah for his
            continuous commitment to make a difference in his community
            in Pakistan and
            also in global forums.</span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Congratulations
            to Deirdre Williams who will serve the
            two year term replacing me. Congratulations to Mawaki Chango
            who will serve the
            one year term replacing Norbert Bollow. I am pleased to <b>formally
              hand over</b> and now declare the elections closed. To the
            new coordinators, I wish you wisdom, good energy, strength
            as you navigate the waters ahead. </span></p>
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            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
            Election results
            can be viewed at </span><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://igcaucus.org/co-coordinators">http://igcaucus.org/co-coordinators</a></span><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Last but not
          least I would like to thank Chaitanya Dhareshwar and Jeremy
          Malcolm for being <b>superstars</b> in facilitating the
          elections. The elections was carried out in accordance with
          the Charter.</p>
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            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thank
            you all.</span></p>
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            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Salanieta
            Tamanikaiwaimaro</span></p>
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