<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dear Maryam,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks for good facilitation of the process for nomination of <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Igshaan for Co Chair of GCG and also appreciate Francseca for volunteering and can be accommodated as suggested by our members. </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">regards</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Vivekanandan</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 9:59 AM Ykhanbai Hijaba <<a href="mailto:y.hijaba@gmail.com">y.hijaba@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Dear Maryam, Thank you. I fully support your decision and congratulate Igshaan!<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 31 May 2022, at 07:38, Dana Kelly <<a href="mailto:danammkelly@gmail.com" target="_blank">danammkelly@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Dear Maryam and IYRP GCG, <div><br><div>I fully support your decision. Congratulations to Igshaan! </div><div><br></div><div>I wonder if Francesca would be interested in one of the other international positions? </div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><div>Dana<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 31 May 2022, at 8:00 am, Maryam Niamir-Fuller <<a href="mailto:mniafull2@gmail.com" target="_blank">mniafull2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear GCG Members<div>So far we have received only two nominations for this position, and the deadline was last friday. These are:</div><div><br></div><div>1. <b>Igshaan Samuels</b>., who currently volunteers as a Co-Chair of the Eastern and Southern Africa RISG. He was nominated by Ann Waters-Bayer, who provided the justification in her email to the GCG of 24th May. </div><div><br></div><div>2. <b>Francesca Pasetti,</b> who is the International Project Manager for Concejo de la Mesta, Spain and Focal Point for Spain Nomination Transhumance UNESCO ICH. She nominated herself, and provided the following justification:</div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"<i>I am proposing myself for this co-chair, together with you. I let you consider me: I think you already have an Idea of what I am able to do for IYRP. I think the fact that I speak 5 languages makes it very easy to speak with all the IYRP Regional Offices, and coordinate actions with them. I have to have time for working, but I am willing to spend my free time for this interesting and very important role.</i>"</div></div><div><br></div><div>We had agreed that once the nominations were in, the <b><u>GCG members </u></b>would make a selection. </div><div><br></div><div>You will have also seen the many emails that have come in from the ISG partners endorsing Igshaan Samuels as the next Co-Chair. Pablo has endorsed both candidates, but there has not been any other endorsement for Francesca.</div><div><br></div><div>I therefore would like to propose the following for the agreement of GCG Members (copied here; please only reply to this email): </div><div><br></div><div><b>>> that Igshaan Samuels is confirmed as the new Co-Chair of the GCG.</b></div><div><br></div><div>Unless I hear a dissent from any of you within the next few days, then we can conclude that this decision has been taken. </div><div><br></div><div>For my part, I am very pleased to be working alongside Igshaan as the next two Co-Chairs for 2022. I also thank Anne for the nomination, and the Eastern and Southern Africa ESA RISG for their endorsement and willingness to let Igshaan move to a global level. </div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">*...*...*...*<div>Dr. Maryam Niamir-Fuller<div>Vice Chair of International Support Group for the IYRP</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Support the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026 <a href="https://www.iyrp.info" target="_blank">https://www.iyrp.info</a></span></i><i><span style="font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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