<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822</id><updated>2012-01-30T12:49:41.648-08:00</updated><category term='Contact info'/><title type='text'>HIC Presidential Elections</title><subtitle type='html'>We have opted for a more dynamic and participative format for these elections that we hope you find more comfortable to use.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>26</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-1068239649120247799</id><published>2007-08-06T10:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-06T14:59:48.697-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 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 &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;De acuerdo a la información facilitada por el Secretariado General, existen 67 miembros en esta Elección Presidencial de HIC con el derecho a voto. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"  style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Tenemos 23 votos validos &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"  style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Los resultados son: &lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;17 votos a favor del Sr. &lt;st1:personname productid="Davinder Lamba" st="on"&gt;Davinder Lamba&lt;/st1:personname&gt; y 6      votos en blanco&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"  style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Se recibieron dos votos atrasados y tres      organizaciones votaron sin tener el “derecho a voto”. Votos atrasados y      votos sin derecho a voto son votos no-validos. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"  style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;23 votos validos es un quórum de sobre 10 % del      total de los posibles votos, por lo que podemos certificar la validez de      este proceso, de acuerdo a la Pauta para Procesos Electorales.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"  style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;De acuerdo a los resultados, el Sr. &lt;st1:personname productid="Davinder Lamba" st="on"&gt;Davinder Lamba&lt;/st1:personname&gt; es el      nuevo Presidente de HIC.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;Saludos,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;Alejandro Florian B.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;Presidente del Comité Electoral de HIC&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-6610522345912047016?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/feeds/6610522345912047016/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=423038761396262822&amp;postID=6610522345912047016&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/6610522345912047016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/6610522345912047016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/08/resultados-electorales.html' title='Resultados electorales'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-1623311861162862019</id><published>2007-08-03T10:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-06T14:52:46.568-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Electoral results</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="text-align: right;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;Bogotá 02-08-2007&lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;&lt;u1:p&gt; &lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;According to the electoral calendar, the voting phase of the HIC Presidential Elections is over and this is the final report of the Electoral Committee.&lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;&lt;u1:p&gt; &lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;1.&lt;span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;According with the information provided by the Secretariat we have in this HIC Presidential Election 67 members with the right to vote.  &lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;2.&lt;span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;We have 23 valid votes. &lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;3.&lt;span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;The results are:            17 votes in favour of   Mr. &lt;st1:personname st="on" productid="Davinder Lamba"&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="Davinder Lamba" st="on"&gt;Davinder Lamba&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;6 votes in blank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;4.&lt;span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Two late votes were received, and three organizations   voted without   having “the right to vote”. Late votes and votes without having the right to vote are invalid votes.&lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;5.&lt;span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;23 valid votes is a quorum over the 10% of the eligible voting members, so we can certify the validity of the process, under the Guidelines for Electoral Processes.&lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;6.&lt;span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;According to the results, Mr. &lt;st1:personname st="on" productid="Davinder Lamba"&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="Davinder Lamba" st="on"&gt;Davinder Lamba&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt; is the new HIC President.&lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;&lt;u1:p&gt; &lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;Best Wishes&lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;&lt;u1:p&gt; &lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;        Alejandro Florian B.&lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:navy;"  &gt;        HIC Electoral Committee President&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-1623311861162862019?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/feeds/1623311861162862019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=423038761396262822&amp;postID=1623311861162862019&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/1623311861162862019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/1623311861162862019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/08/electoral-results.html' title='Electoral results'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-2182655130100821136</id><published>2007-06-22T13:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-06T12:55:31.606-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Vote!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Send your votes to the Electoral Committee at&lt;br /&gt;Envie su voto al Comité Electoral a&lt;br /&gt;Envoyez votre vote au Comité Electoral&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:hicelections@hic-net.org"&gt;hicelections@hic-net.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;After some consultations with different electoral backgrounds the EC arrived at this interpretation about the voting procedures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;A number of 64 HIC members have the right to vote in this election&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Members can decide to vote or decide for abstinent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;If the member decides to vote, in any case of elections, voters can select one of the candidates or the blank option.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The blank option means that the voter is not satisfied with the candidates but wants to fulfill &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;his/her democratic responsibility with the Coalition by performing the right to vote.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;__________________________________&lt;br /&gt;Electoral Committee/Comité Electoral&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;English:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Anita Beaty &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;anitalawbeaty@aol.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Ted Añana &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ewatch21@yahoo.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;Barbra Kohlo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;barbra.kohlo@sccrosa.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;Español:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;Alejandro Florian &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CL"  style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;aflorian@fedevivienda.org.co&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;Francais:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;Pascale Thys &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CL"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;hep@tvcablenet.be&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-2182655130100821136?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/feeds/2182655130100821136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=423038761396262822&amp;postID=2182655130100821136&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/2182655130100821136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/2182655130100821136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/06/vote.html' title='Vote!'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-517200745282238021</id><published>2007-04-20T19:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-24T09:15:20.322-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;Please note that the Blog is mostly in English however nominations and comments can be made through email to &lt;a href="mailto:hicelections@hic-net.org"&gt;hicelections@hic-net.org&lt;/a&gt; in English, French or Spanish and they will be then uploaded to the blog. This decision was made in order to unify the discussion under one language and encourage exchanges between members. We hope that this motivates a higher participation and communication in these elections to fortify the Coalition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div align="center"&gt;  &lt;table class="MsoTableGrid" style="border: medium none ; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 134.6pt;" width="179"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-does-this-blog-work.html"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Click   here to continue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Por favor note que el Blog está mayoritariamente en inglés. Sin embargo, las nominaciones y los comentarios también se pueden hacer vía e-mail a &lt;a href="mailto:hicelections@hic-net.org"&gt;hicelections@hic-net.org&lt;/a&gt; en español, inglés o francés. Estas serán transferidas al blog por el Comité Electoral. Ya que cada mensaje está limitado a 120 palabras, habrá apoyo para trasladar la esencia de los mensajes del español al inglés. Esperamos que esto motive el uso e intercambio entre los miembros.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div align="center"&gt;  &lt;table class="MsoTableGrid" style="border: medium none ; border-collapse: collapse; width: 232px; height: 14px;" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 161.6pt;" valign="top" width="215"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;a href="http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-does-this-blog-work.html"&gt;Haga clic aquí para continuar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  lang="FR" &gt;Prenez note s’il vous plaît du fait que ce blog a été majoritairement construit en anglais. Cependant les nominations et les commentaires peuvent aussi se faire en français, en anglais ou en espagnol sur le blog et à la courriel &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;a href="mailto:hicelections@hic-net.org"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="FR"&gt;hicelections@hic-net.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  lang="FR" &gt;. Les e-mails seront transférés au blog par le Comité Electoral. En tenant compte que chaque message dans le blog est limité a 120 mots, on pourra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  lang="FR" &gt; passer l’essentiel des messages en français à l’anglais. Nous espérons que ceci facilitera des échanges entre les adhérents de la Coalition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div align="center"&gt;  &lt;table class="MsoTableGrid" style="border: medium none ; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 152.6pt;" valign="top" width="203"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  lang="FR" &gt;&lt;a href="http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-does-this-blog-work.html"&gt;Faites clic ici pour continuer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  lang="FR" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  lang="FR" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-517200745282238021?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/feeds/517200745282238021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=423038761396262822&amp;postID=517200745282238021&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/517200745282238021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/517200745282238021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/04/please-note-that-blog-is-mostly-in.html' title=''/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-4794834030946206407</id><published>2007-03-07T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-09T07:53:10.257-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How does this blog work?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Welcome to the HIC Presidential Elections blog. This is a normal blog that has been adapted to serve the purpose of mediator for these elections.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this first step, the discussion in this blog will occur in the "&lt;a href="http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/02/steps-to-nominate-1.html"&gt;Nominate a Candidate&lt;/a&gt;" section. You can find this section in the left hand column, under HIC Blog Contents.&lt;br /&gt;You can post nominations/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;messages/comments by clicking on the "comments" link in the nominations page. The procedure to do this is as follows:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click on the "# comments" link on the bottom of the post.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A small screen will appear inviting you to make a comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;In the box provided, please write your nomination/message/comment.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;When you are done you will be asked to copy the text that is shown in wavy letters in order to verify that it is not an automated post. Please copy the letters into the space provided.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;After this step, it will ask you to identify yourself. You should always choose the option "other". It will then ask you to fill your name and to list your organization's website.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;After finishing these steps, click on "post comment"&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;You are done. Your comment will be updated as soon as it is monitored in order to insure relevance to the electoral process.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;Remember that if you have any questions in regards to the functioning of the Blog, please do not hesitate to post it on the "&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/03/koren.html"&gt;Need help? Ask Questions here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;" section of the blog. We will get back to you as soon as we possibly can.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-4794834030946206407?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/4794834030946206407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/4794834030946206407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-does-this-blog-work.html' title='How does this blog work?'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-6724429390986860317</id><published>2007-03-06T17:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-05-07T13:02:07.224-07:00</updated><title type='text'>HIC President Election</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" &gt;Welcome to the 2007 Elections for Habitat International Coalition Presidency&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;"&gt;Nomination Procedure&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Every HIC member that has paid their 2006 or 2007 HIC membership dues has the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;"&gt;right to nominate &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;a candidate. Once &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;"&gt;5 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;members have nominated a particular individual, that member will be announced by the Electoral Committee as an official &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;"&gt;HIC Presidential Candidate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hic-net.org/blog/how_to_make_a_comment_in_hic_blog.doc"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Click here to download the HIC Blog &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" &gt;If you would like &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;to nominate a HIC member&lt;/span&gt;, please &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;write it in a comment &lt;/span&gt;by&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www2.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=423038761396262822&amp;postID=6724429390986860317&amp;amp;isPopup=true"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"&gt;clicking here &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;or on the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;l&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ink below that says "post a comment". Please follow the guidelines from the &lt;a href="http://www.hic-net.org/blog/how_to_make_a_comment_in_hic_blog.doc"&gt;HIC Blog Manual&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;Please not that you do not need your HIC user password to post. Please select "other" in identity and only include the information that ask for. For further information please refer to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.hic-net.org/blog/how_to_make_a_comment_in_hic_blog.doc"&gt;Manual&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Please in post &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;include&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;Your organization´s name,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;HIC Username and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;your email to verify legitimacy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" &gt;Click on the link to find out what the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;a href="http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/03/what-is-hic-username.html"&gt;HIC Username&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;means.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Please note that comments and open debate is very much welcome in the blog. You may also add comments and opinions here (by clicking on "Post a Comment") in the blog that are related to the Electoral Proceedings and of a length no longer than&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt; 1000 characters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" &gt;. Please include your personal and organization´s name. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-6724429390986860317?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/feeds/6724429390986860317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=423038761396262822&amp;postID=6724429390986860317&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/6724429390986860317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/6724429390986860317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/02/steps-to-nominate-1.html' title='HIC President Election'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-6858610516215339317</id><published>2007-03-05T17:20:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-07T09:05:01.894-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What is a HIC Election?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;a href="http://hic-net.org/document.asp?PID=279"&gt;Guidelines for Electoral Processes of HIC President and Representatives to the Board&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;HIC Board, Cairo, Egypt. Institutional, 2005   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The present By-law provides the criteria for procedures in the interest of ensuring the utmost possible participation and democratic process of elections of the President of the Coalition and the representatives of HIC Structures, while preserving the autonomy of the Structures, the integrity of HIC’s institutional framework and the unimpeded operation of the Coalition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HIC Constitution points out three electoral processes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The election of HIC President by the General Assembly from among the members of the Association.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The election of regional representatives through democratic processes established in each region by the members of the Association located within the region.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The election of representatives of the Committees from among their members.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;And the designation by the HIC Board of:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Representatives of social movements.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Associated Board members, to complement expertise, knowledge and areas of interest within the Board.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Each Region and approved Thematic Committee (HIC Structures) is meant to abide by these basic procedures, but can submit their own proposal for the democratic election of their representative(s) to the Board for consideration and approval, complying the election deadline established in this guideline.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;If you would like to download the document, please click &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.hic-net.org/content/Online%5CGuidelineElections-Board%202005.doc"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-6858610516215339317?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/6858610516215339317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/6858610516215339317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/03/juan.html' title='What is a HIC Election?'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-1751369692379304634</id><published>2007-03-05T17:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-06T08:48:36.248-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog Help: Q&amp;A</title><content type='html'>If you have any questions, observations or need any help in participating in the HIC Electoral Blog, please leave a comment here. We will post an answer as soon as we can.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;You can leave a comment by clicking on "Post a Comment" below or by clicking &lt;a href="http://www2.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=423038761396262822&amp;postID=1751369692379304634&amp;amp;isPopup=true"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-1751369692379304634?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/feeds/1751369692379304634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=423038761396262822&amp;postID=1751369692379304634&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/1751369692379304634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/1751369692379304634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/03/koren.html' title='Blog Help: Q&amp;A'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-4489636908965227599</id><published>2007-03-05T17:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-04-20T09:26:01.115-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Contact info'/><title type='text'>HIC Presidential Electoral Committee</title><content type='html'>To contact the Electoral Committee, please address your e-mails to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;hicelections@hic-net.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you would like to get in contact with any of the members of the Electoral Committee, please find their contact information here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" valign="top" width="295"&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CL"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;   Alejandro Florian&lt;br /&gt;(Latin America)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;aflorian@fedevivienda.org.co&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CL"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" valign="top" width="295"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CL"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Anita Beaty&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(North America)&lt;br /&gt;anitalawbeaty@aol.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" valign="top" width="295"&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Barbra Kohlo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(Africa)&lt;br /&gt;barbra.kohlo@sccrosa.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" valign="top" width="295"&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CL"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; Pascale Thys&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(Europe)&lt;br /&gt;hep@tvcablenet.be&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" valign="top" width="295"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CL"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Ted Anana&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(Asia)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ewatch21@yahoo.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" valign="top" width="295"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CL"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-4489636908965227599?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/4489636908965227599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/4489636908965227599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/03/felipe.html' title='HIC Presidential Electoral Committee'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-8916657060908537709</id><published>2007-03-02T12:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-05T17:00:33.632-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Who has the Right to Nominate?</title><content type='html'>The right to nominate is given to those members that have paid their Membership dues for the year of 2006 and/or 2007. Please note that in order to vote, members must have their member&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-8916657060908537709?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/feeds/8916657060908537709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=423038761396262822&amp;postID=8916657060908537709&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/8916657060908537709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/8916657060908537709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/03/who-has-right-to-nominate.html' title='Who has the Right to Nominate?'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-4992046768915748943</id><published>2006-05-04T09:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-04T10:10:03.179-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Calendar for the HIC P. Elections</title><content type='html'>English/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Francais&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Español&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;English&lt;br /&gt; &lt;table class="MsoTableGrid" style="border: medium none ; margin-left: 35.4pt; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 294pt;" valign="top" width="392"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Call to   Nominations: 23 April - 3 June (6 weeks)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 294pt;" valign="top" width="392"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Campaigns:   4th of June till 24nd of June (3 weeks)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 294pt;" valign="top" width="392"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Voting:   25th of June till 22rd of July (4 weeks)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 294pt;" valign="top" width="392"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Appeal   Process: 23rd of July till 16th of Sept (8 weeks)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Francais&lt;br /&gt; &lt;table class="MsoTableGrid" style="border: medium none ; margin-left: 35.4pt; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 150pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" valign="top" width="200"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;Appel à Nominations: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 216pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" valign="top" width="288"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;23 Avril - 3 Juin (6 semaines)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 150pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" valign="top" width="200"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;Campagne:                         &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 216pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" valign="top" width="288"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;4 Juin - 24 Juin (3 semaines)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 150pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" valign="top" width="200"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;Vote:                                &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 216pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" valign="top" width="288"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;25 Juin - 22 Juillet (4 semaines)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 150pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" valign="top" width="200"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;Période   d’appellation:         &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 216pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" valign="top" width="288"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;23 Juillet - 16 Septembre (8 semaines)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Español&lt;br /&gt; &lt;table class="MsoTableGrid" style="border: medium none ; margin-left: 35.4pt; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;   &lt;td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 330pt;" valign="top" width="440"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Nominaciones: 23 de Abril hasta 3 de Junio (6 semanas)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;   &lt;td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 330pt;" valign="top" width="440"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Campañas: 4 de Junio hasta 24 de Junio (3 semanas)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;   &lt;td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 330pt;" valign="top" width="440"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Votos: 25 de Junio hasta 22 de Julio (4 semanas)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;   &lt;td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 330pt;" valign="top" width="440"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Apelaciones: 23 de Julio hasta 16 de Septiembre (8   semanas)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; 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Elections'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-8385039154793068349</id><published>2006-05-01T07:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-18T08:04:02.826-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Propuesta de Davinder Lamba para HIC</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hic-net.org/blog/davinder_lamba_proposal.pdf"&gt;Davinder  Lamba&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Director Ejecutivo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mazinst.org/"&gt;Mazingira Institute&lt;/a&gt; (Kenya)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Candidato para la Presidencia de HIC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;El Desafío del Liderazgo de HIC en un Mundo Tridimensional&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;A través del&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;término “Mundo Tridimensional” presentaré mi concepción del desafío de liderazgo que HIC debe resolver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El mundo tridimensional de HIC corresponde al mundo interno de la Coalición, a su entorno y al otro mundo posible.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;El desafío de liderazgo esta pensado para alcanzar lo siguiente:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HIC en su &lt;b&gt;mundo interno&lt;/b&gt;: partiendo de sus estructuras internas (Consejo, Secretariado General, Redes Temáticas (HLRN, HSEN y WAS), Grupos de Trabajo y Puntos Focales) debe mejorar su creatividad y receptividad brindando respuestas a las necesidades de sus miembros y centrarse en los resultados. Entonces, HIC será una coalición transnacional para el hábitat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;HIC en su &lt;b&gt;entorno&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;debe focalizar su perspectiva en las comunidades, participar y colaborar con mayor protagonismo y reflexión en los procesos sociales locales y globales. Entonces HIC articulará&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;sus fuerzas con las oportunidades dadas por su entorno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;HIC en el&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;otro mundo posible:&lt;/b&gt; lucha para lograr un nuevo orden social e internacional en el cual la dignidad humana y los Derechos del Hombre sean implementados para todos y no solo para algunos. Entonces HIC contribuirá a garantizar un ambiente sostenible y a asegurar la participación efectiva de todos en la construcción y el compartir del hábitat en vista del bienestar colectivo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: blue;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Mazingira Institute y Candidato Nominado:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Miembro de HIC como Coalición desde 1987.&lt;br /&gt;Miembro de HIC como Consejo antes de 1987.&lt;br /&gt;Ex-tesorero y Ex-miembro del Consejo de HIC.&lt;br /&gt;Punto Focal regional para África Anglófona.&lt;br /&gt;Primer Secretariado de &lt;u&gt;HIC WAS&lt;/u&gt;, 1989-1996.&lt;br /&gt;Miembro de la Red para el Desarrollo Sustentable de HIC (HSEN).&lt;br /&gt;Coordinador del Programa de África Sub-sahariana de HLRN.&lt;br /&gt;Organizador de la Conferencia de Limuru (1987) durante la cual HIC, de Consejo se transformó en Coalición. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Este candidato ha participado activamente en HIC durante los últimos veinte años. Esta familiarizado en los ámbitos sociales transnacionales e intergubernamentales. Tiene una formación en ciencias políticas, especializado en medio ambiente e ecología y en arquitectura. Fue uno de los dirigentes del movimiento social Keniano, comprometido con la “segunda liberación” de la dictadura post-colonial y la implementación de la reforma para la nueva constitución democrática. Fue miembro -como académico urbano – del Comité Científico Steering del programa MOST/&lt;u&gt;UNESCO&lt;/u&gt;. Fue Presidente del Foro Global de la Sociedad Civil, miembro de la alianza del Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (UNEP). Encabezó el equipo a cargo de la logística del Foro Social Mundial 2007 en Nairobi en el cual fue también dirigente de la Caucus Dignidad y Derechos Humanos (Human Dignity Human Rights Caucus). &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fue fundador de la Organización “Hombres para la Igualdad de las Mujeres” (Men for the Equality of Women - MEW) en Kenia. Contribuyó a la creación de la red Mujer y Hábitat (WAS) en la Asamblea General de HIC en Berlín en 1987, y colaboro al &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;desarrollo y funcionamiento de la Red. A través de la Red Africana de Información sobre los Establecimientos Humanos (Settlements Information Network Africa - SINA) fue pionero de la campaña por la igualdad de derecho de las mujeres para el acceso, el control y la herencia del suelo y de las propiedades que se inauguró en Hábitat II en Estambul (1996).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ha recibido el premio &lt;u&gt;HABITAT Scroll of Honour Award&lt;/u&gt; (1999), por su promoción de la seguridad de tenencia y de la asignación de suelo con fines habitacionales. También recibió el premio &lt;u&gt;Kenya National Commission on Human Rights&lt;/u&gt;, y el premio Firimbi (2006) por la lucha contra la corrupción inmobiliaria y la promoción de la reforma urbana. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;La perspectiva de Davinder es: ¡Si a la globalización centrada en las comunidades libres! - ¡No la globalización centrada en el libre mercado!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;-&lt;a href="http://www.hic-net.org/blog/davinder_lamba_proposal.pdf"&gt;Texto original en  ingles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Traducción MB/JN4V2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-8385039154793068349?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/feeds/8385039154793068349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=423038761396262822&amp;postID=8385039154793068349&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/8385039154793068349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/8385039154793068349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/05/propuesta-de-davinder-lamba-para-hic.html' title='Propuesta de Davinder Lamba para HIC'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-5922436369343836287</id><published>2006-04-25T07:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-04T07:24:00.630-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Davinder Lamba´s proposal for HIC</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hic-net.org/blog/davinder_lamba_proposal.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/05/propuesta-de-davinder-lamba-para-hic.html"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Haga click aquí para version en ESPAÑOL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hic-net.org/blog/davinder_lamba_proposal.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;Davinder Lamba&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;Executive Director&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mazinst.org/"&gt;Mazingira Institute &lt;/a&gt;(Kenya)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;Candidate for HIC President&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"  style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;HIC ‘Triple Worlds’ Leadership Challenge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"  style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;I use the ‘Triple Worlds’ expression to present my conception of the HIC leadership challenge that must be met.&lt;br /&gt;The triple worlds of HIC are its inner world, outer world and another world. The leadership challenge is to help to achieve that:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HIC in its &lt;b style=""&gt;Inner World,&lt;/b&gt; becomes more responsive to members, innovative and results oriented, within its structures, which include: Board, Secretariat, HLRN, HSEN, HICWAS, Working Groups and Regional Focal Points. And HIC is sustained as a transnational habitat coalition. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"  style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;HIC in its &lt;b style=""&gt;Outer World,&lt;/b&gt; becomes a more people-centred, activist and reflective participant and a collaborator in the local and global social process. And HIC matches its strengths with opportunities.&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm -9pt 0pt 0cm;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"  style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;HIC in its &lt;b style=""&gt;Another World,&lt;/b&gt; strives for a social and international order in which the human dignity and human rights of every one, rather the few, are fully realized. And HIC contributes to achieving sustainability of the environment and effective participation everywhere in shaping and sharing of human habitats for the well-being of everyone. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;Mazingira Institute and Nominee in HIC:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;Member, HIC as Coalition, from 1987.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;Member, HIC as Council, before 1987.&lt;br /&gt;Former Board Member and Treasurer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;Regional Focal Point, Anglophone &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Africa&lt;/st1:place&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;First &lt;a href="http://www.hic-net.org/was/"&gt;HIC WAS&lt;/a&gt; Secretariat, 1989-1996. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;Member, HIC Sustainable Environment Network.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;Coordinator, &lt;a href="http://www.hlrn.org/"&gt;HRLN&lt;/a&gt; Sub-Saharan African Programme.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;An organizer, 1987 Limuru Conference, transformed HIC from Council to Coalition. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"  style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The Nominee has been an active participant in HIC for two decades. He is conversant with transnational social and intergovernmental arenas. Trained as policy analyst/environmentalist and as an architect. Part of the Kenyan social movement leadership, engaged in the ‘second liberation’ from post-colonial dictatorship and instituting reform for a new democratic constitution. A former member – as an urban scholar, Scientific Steering Committee of MOST Programme of &lt;a href="http://www.unesco.org/"&gt;UNESCO&lt;/a&gt;. Former Chair, Global Civil Society Forum, allied to UNEP. He headed the project team for the delivery of physical facility for WSF 2007 in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Nairobi&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; and was part of the leadership of the Human Dignity Human Rights Caucus in WSF.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A founder of Men for the Equality of Women (MEW) organization (&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Kenya&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;). He moved the motion to establish the Women and Shelter Standing Committee under HIC Constitution at the Berlin General Assembly in 1987 and, contributed to the formation and the operation of HICWAS Network. Pioneered through Settlements Information Network Africa (SINA), the campaign for women’s equal right to access, control an&lt;/span&gt;d inheritance of land and property, launched at Habitat II in &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Istanbul&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"  style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;A recipient of the &lt;a href="http://www.unhabitat.org/content.asp?typeid=19&amp;catid=490&amp;amp;cid=2843"&gt;UN-HABITAT Scroll of Honour Award&lt;/a&gt; (1999), for promoting secure land tenure and transparent land allocation. The &lt;a href="http://www.knchr.org/"&gt;Kenya National Commission on Human Rights&lt;/a&gt;, Firimbi (Whistle Blowers) Award (2006) for fight against corruption and promoting land reform. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"  style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;The stand on globalization is: free people-centered globalization, and not, free market-centered globalization.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" &gt;If you wish to make a comment to  Davinder Lamba´s proposal, please post it below.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-5922436369343836287?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/5922436369343836287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/5922436369343836287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2006/04/davinder-lambas-proposal-for-hic.html' title='Davinder Lamba´s proposal for HIC'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-1342993602482181792</id><published>2006-04-18T06:32:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-19T08:18:49.231-07:00</updated><title type='text'>HIC President´s Address</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;English - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Francais &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Español&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;***************************&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;(versión en Español más abajo)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;***************************&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Mexico City, April 16, 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;PRES.09.07&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;SUBJECT: HIC Presidential Elections&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;From: HIC President&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;To: All HIC Members&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Dear HIC members:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Next month, May 2007, the 4-year period for which I was elected HIC President will conclude.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;As you have already been informed through General Secretariat communications, the electoral process has been initiated with establishment of the Electoral Committee presided by Alejandro Florián and the opening of a blog with basic information on the process.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The purpose of this letter is to invite all of our members to actively participate in this process which is exceptionally relevant for the future development of our Coalition. In this spirit, I ask you to consider the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;1.- Today, the global context within which HIC activities are developed demands we strengthen our strategic objectives: support and strengthen popular processes; influence public policies, and strengthen our coalition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;To achieve optimum effectiveness and results in the first two of these objectives, we must actively work to internally reinforce our coalition and its strategic alliances.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The recent HIC evaluation -reference and opportunity to strengthen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;ourselves- revealed deficiencies and lack of cooperation between the different structural bodies of the coalition, and a large amount of work to do in order to truly function as an articulated International Coalition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;These facts demand we elect a president who thoroughly knows HIC, its organizations, its working styles, and its potentials. Despite the honorary character of the HIC presidency, its president must have the necessary time, support system, and dedication to work intensely in the orientation of our work, formal representation of the coalition, construction of bridges of understanding and collaboration between the different regions and committees, and consolidation of the process of renovation of our Board and other directive bodies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;To achieve these goals, we need our president to be broadly recognized by our membership and to enjoy solid legitimacy thanks to the majority vote of the member organizations. For that purpose, we need each of our member organizations to do the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* Update payment of their annual fees, which is an indispensable requirement in order to exercise their voting rights;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* Propose candidates and make sure that they present their proposed working plan taking into consideration the results of the HIC evaluation and the profile distributed by the Electoral Committee;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* Vote on time according to the schedule distributed by the Electoral Committee.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The committed work of the Electoral Committee is fundamental to this purpose.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;2.- I take this opportunity to say thank you for all the support I received from many of you during my term as HIC President, and I communicate my decision to not participate as candidate for a second term as our constitution allows. I am profoundly grateful for the proposals made to postulate me for a second term. Nevertheless, it is necessary that I turn them down for the following reasons:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* The need to open to others the opportunity to assist in the steering of our coalition: someone younger but with experience, new ideas, and willingness and ability to work intensely on our behalf.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* To open the possibility to other regions, given that Latin America is already broadly represented in the Board and home to our current General Secretariat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* The HIC President must travel to all the regions and maintain active presence in the international forums. After 19 years of constant travel on behalf of HIC, I think I have maximized my flight mileage and from now on I wish to strictly limit my travel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;For my part, I will continue to collaborate with HIC in support of the Regional Office for Latin America and in particular in two areas of interest for our coalition: Social Production of Habitat, and the Right to the City.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;I hope that the immense challenge posed on our work by the current state of our world, its grave impacts on popular habitat, and the increase of inequality and poverty, will mobilize our will to actively and timely participate in this process and thereby contribute to reinforce our coalition and to achieve the greatest potential and social impact of our work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Fraternally yours,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Enrique Ortiz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;HIC President&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;EOF/rpc*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;----------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;Chers Adhérents, chère Adhérentes:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;Le mois prochain, en Mai 2007, le mandat de 4 ans pour lequel j’ai été élu Président de HIC arrivera à son terme.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;Comme vous en avez déjà été informé(e)s par les communications du Secrétariat Général, le processus électoral a débuté par la conformation du Comité Electoral présidé par Alejandro Florián et le lancement d’un blog sur lequel figurent les informations de base du processus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;L’objectif de cette lettre est d’inviter tous nos adhérents à participer activement à ce processus, étape capitale dans le futur de notre Coalition. Dans cet esprit, je vous demande de prendre en considération les points suivants:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;1.- De nos jours, le contexte global des activités de HIC exige la consolidation de nos objectifs stratégiques: le soutien et le renforcement des processus communautaires; le lobby sur les poliques publiques, et la consolidation de notre coalition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;Afin d’être plus efficaces et d’obtenir les meilleurs résultats dans ces deux objectifs, nous devons travailler activement au renforcement interne de notre coalition et de nos alliances stratégiques.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;La récente évaluation de HIC – référence et opportunité pour nous redonner des forces - a mis à jour des faiblesses et une collaboration insuffisante entre les différentes structures de la coalition, ainsi qu’un énorme effort à fournir pour opérer réellement comme une Coalition Internationale articulée.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;C’est pour telles raisons qu’il nous faut élire un président qui connaisse en détail HIC ainsi que ses structures, ses styles de travail, et ses potentiels. En dépit du caractère honorifique de &lt;st1:personname productid="la Présidence" st="on"&gt;la Présidence&lt;/st1:personname&gt; de HIC, la personne élue doit disposer du temps et du soutien indispensable, et faire preuve d’un solide engagement pour travailler intensément à l’orientation de notre tâche à tous, pour représenter officiellement la coalition, pour construire des canaux de communication et des ponts de collaboration entre les différentes régions et les comités thématiques, et pour consolider le processus de renouvellement des représentants au Conseil et aux autres instances directives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;Pour la réalisation de ces objectifs, il est indispensable d’avoir un président reconnu para la majorité de nos adhérents, intégralement légitimé par la majorité des votes des organisations affiliées. C’est la raison pour laquelle, il est essentiel que chacune de nos organisations membres remplissent les conditions suivantes: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;* Se mettre à jour dans le règlement des cotisations annuelles, condition indispensable à l’obtention du droit de vote;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;* Proposer des candidats et des candidates tout en s’assurant qu’ils ou elles prennent en considération les résultats de l’évaluation et cadrent avec le profil diffusé par le Comité Electoral dans le plan de travail qu’ils ou elles présenteront aux électeurs; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;* Voter dans les délais accordés dans le chronogramme diffusé par le Comité Electoral.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;L’engagement du Comité Electoral est fondamental à cet égard.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;2.- Je profite de cette occasion pour vous remercier pour tout le soutien que j’ai reçu de la part de nombreux d’entre vous pendant mon mandat de Président de HIC&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;et vous communiquer ma décision de ne pas me présenter nouvellement aux prochaines élections pour un second terme, comme le permet notre Constitution. Ma profonde reconnaissance va aux adhérents qui ont proposé ma nomination pour un second terme, néanmoins, je ne peux accepter pour les raisons suivantes :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;* Il est important d’offrir à d’autres l’opportunité d’assumer la direction de notre coalition: une personne plus jeune mais ayant de l’expérience, de nouvelles idées, et le désir et les capacités de travailler intensément.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;* S’ouvrir à d’autres régions, dans la mesure où l’Amérique Latine est déjà vastement représentée au Conseil et est aussi le siège de notre Secrétariat Général actuel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;* Le Président de HIC doit voyager dans toutes les régions du monde et assurer une présence active dans les forums internationaux. Au cours des 19 ans de voyages permanents au nom de HIC, je pense avoir accumulé une quantité suffisante de kilomètres sur ma feuille de vol et souhaite dès maintenant limiter mes voyages au strict nécessaire.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;Pour ma part, je continuerai ma collaboration avec HIC auprès du bureau régional d’Amérique Latine et tout particulièrement dans deux des centres d’intérêt de notre coalition: &lt;st1:personname productid="la Production Sociale" st="on"&gt;la Production Sociale&lt;/st1:personname&gt; de l’Habitat, et le Droit à &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="la Ville.￼" st="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;la Ville.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;Dans l’espoir que ce gigantesque défi lancé dans notre travail par l’état actuel de notre monde, son impact sérieux sur l’habitat populaire et l’augmentation des inégalités et de la pauvreté mobiliseront nos désirs de participer activement et dans les délais impartis à ce processus électoral et ainsi contribuer à la consolidation de notre coalition et à l’accroissement de l’impact social de notre travail.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;Fraternellement vôtre, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;Enrique Ortiz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Président de HIC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;----------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;Ciudad de México, abril 16, 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;PRES.09.07&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;ASUNTO: Elecciones de Presidente de HIC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;De: Presidente de HIC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;Para:  Miembros de nuestra Coalición&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;Estimados miembros de HIC:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;El próximo mes de mayo concluye el período de 4 años para el que fui elegido como Presidente de HIC.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;Como ya estarán informados por las comunicaciones de la Secretaría General, se dio inicio al proceso electoral con la conformación del Comité Electoral que preside Alejandro Florián y la apertura de un blog con la información básica relativa a este proceso.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;El propósito de este comunicado es invitar a todos nuestros miembros a participar activamente en un proceso que es de la mayor relevancia para el desarrollo futuro de nuestra coalición. Al respecto les pido considerar lo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;siguiente:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;1.- Hoy el contexto global en el que se desarrollan las actividades de HIC exige fortalecer nuestros objetivos estratégicos: Apoyo y fortalecimiento de los procesos populares, incidencia en políticas públicas y fortalecimiento de nuestra coalición.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;Para alcanzar mayor eficacia y resultados en los dos primeros se requiere trabajar activamente en el fortalecimiento interno de nuestra coalición y sus alianzas estratégicas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;La reciente evaluación de HIC, referente y oportunidad para fortalecernos, muestra deficiencias y falta de cooperación entre los diferentes cuerpos orgánicos de la coalición y mucho por hacer para trabajar realmente como Coalición Internacional articulada.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;Estos hechos exigen elegir un(a) presidente(a) conocedor(a) de HIC, de sus organizaciones, sus estilos de trabajo y sus potencialidades. De alguien que, pese al carácter honorario de la presidencia de HIC, tenga la disposición, la posibilidad y los apoyos necesarios para trabajar intensamente en la orientación de nuestro trabajo, en la representación formal de la coalición, en la construcción de puentes de entendimiento y colaboración entre las diferentes regiones y comités temáticos y en la consolidación del proceso de renovación de nuestro Consejo y otras instancias de conducción.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;Para el logro de estos propósitos necesitamos que nuestro(a) presidente(a) sea reconocido(a) ampliamente por nuestra membresía  y que cuente con una sólida legitimidad gracias al voto mayoritario de las organizaciones que conforman nuestra coalición. Para ello se requiere de nuestras organizaciones miembro:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;* Ponerse al corriente en cuotas, requisito indispensable para ejercer sus derechos electorales;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;* Proponer candidatos(as) y asegurarse de que presenten su plan de trabajo teniendo en consideración los resultados de la evaluación y el perfil que difunda el Comité Electoral;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;* Votar oportunamente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;El trabajo comprometido del Comité Electoral es fundamental a este propósito.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;2.- Aprovecho la oportunidad para agradecer el apoyo que tuve de muchos de ustedes durante mi gestión como Presidente de HIC y comunicarles mi decisión de no participar como candidato a un segundo período al que, de acuerdo a nuestra constitución, tendría derecho. Agradezco profundamente las postulaciones realizadas proponiéndome para un nuevo período, mismas que me fue necesario rechazar debido a las siguientes razones:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;* La necesidad de dar oportunidad en la conducción de HIC a otros(as)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;asociados(as) más jóvenes pero con experiencia, nuevas ideas y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;dispuestos(as) a trabajar intensamente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;* Abrir la posibilidad a otras regiones, ya que América Latina está ampliamente representada en el Consejo y es sede de nuestro actual Secretariado General.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;* El(la) Presidente(a) de HIC debe viajar a todas las regiones y tener una presencia activa en los foros internacionales. Tras 19 años de viajes constantes para HIC creo haber cumplido mis horas de vuelo y hoy debo limitar en mucho mis salidas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;Por mi parte seguiré colaborando con HIC en apoyo de la Oficina Regional para América Latina y en dos temas de interés para nuestro colectivo: La Producción Social del Hábitat y El Derecho a la Ciudad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;Espero que el gran desafío que imprimen a nuestro trabajo las condiciones mundiales, sus graves impactos sobre el hábitat popular y el incremento de la desigualdad y la pobreza movilicen nuestra voluntad para participar activa y oportunamente en este proceso y contribuir así al fortalecimiento de nuestra coalición y a una mayor potenciación e impacto social de nuestro trabajo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;Fraternalmente,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;Enrique Ortiz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;Presidente de HIC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;EOF/rpc*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-1342993602482181792?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/feeds/1342993602482181792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=423038761396262822&amp;postID=1342993602482181792&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/1342993602482181792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/1342993602482181792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/04/hic-presidents-address.html' title='HIC President´s Address'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-1789060855750405141</id><published>2006-04-18T06:32:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-18T06:41:27.976-07:00</updated><title type='text'>HIC President´s Address</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;English - Español&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;***************************&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;(versión en Español más abajo)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;***************************&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Mexico City, April 16, 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;PRES.09.07&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;SUBJECT: HIC Presidential Elections&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;From: HIC President&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;To: All HIC Members&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Dear HIC members:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Next month, May 2007, the 4-year period for which I was elected HIC President will conclude.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;As you have already been informed through General Secretariat communications, the electoral process has been initiated with establishment of the Electoral Committee presided by Alejandro Florián and the opening of a blog with basic information on the process.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The purpose of this letter is to invite all of our members to actively participate in this process which is exceptionally relevant for the future development of our Coalition. In this spirit, I ask you to consider the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;1.- Today, the global context within which HIC activities are developed demands we strengthen our strategic objectives: support and strengthen popular processes; influence public policies, and strengthen our coalition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;To achieve optimum effectiveness and results in the first two of these objectives, we must actively work to internally reinforce our coalition and its strategic alliances.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The recent HIC evaluation -reference and opportunity to strengthen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;ourselves- revealed deficiencies and lack of cooperation between the different structural bodies of the coalition, and a large amount of work to do in order to truly function as an articulated International Coalition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;These facts demand we elect a president who thoroughly knows HIC, its organizations, its working styles, and its potentials. Despite the honorary character of the HIC presidency, its president must have the necessary time, support system, and dedication to work intensely in the orientation of our work, formal representation of the coalition, construction of bridges of understanding and collaboration between the different regions and committees, and consolidation of the process of renovation of our Board and other directive bodies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;To achieve these goals, we need our president to be broadly recognized by our membership and to enjoy solid legitimacy thanks to the majority vote of the member organizations. For that purpose, we need each of our member organizations to do the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* Update payment of their annual fees, which is an indispensable requirement in order to exercise their voting rights;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* Propose candidates and make sure that they present their proposed working plan taking into consideration the results of the HIC evaluation and the profile distributed by the Electoral Committee;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* Vote on time according to the schedule distributed by the Electoral Committee.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The committed work of the Electoral Committee is fundamental to this purpose.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;2.- I take this opportunity to say thank you for all the support I received from many of you during my term as HIC President, and I communicate my decision to not participate as candidate for a second term as our constitution allows. I am profoundly grateful for the proposals made to postulate me for a second term. Nevertheless, it is necessary that I turn them down for the following reasons:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* The need to open to others the opportunity to assist in the steering of our coalition: someone younger but with experience, new ideas, and willingness and ability to work intensely on our behalf.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* To open the possibility to other regions, given that Latin America is already broadly represented in the Board and home to our current General Secretariat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* The HIC President must travel to all the regions and maintain active presence in the international forums. After 19 years of constant travel on behalf of HIC, I think I have maximized my flight mileage and from now on I wish to strictly limit my travel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;For my part, I will continue to collaborate with HIC in support of the Regional Office for Latin America and in particular in two areas of interest for our coalition: Social Production of Habitat, and the Right to the City.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;I hope that the immense challenge posed on our work by the current state of our world, its grave impacts on popular habitat, and the increase of inequality and poverty, will mobilize our will to actively and timely participate in this process and thereby contribute to reinforce our coalition and to achieve the greatest potential and social impact of our work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Fraternally yours,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Enrique Ortiz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;HIC President&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;EOF/rpc*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;(see Word version attached)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;***************************&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;(English version above)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;***************************&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Ciudad de México, abril 16, 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;PRES.09.07&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;ASUNTO: Elecciones de Presidente de HIC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;De: Presidente de HIC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Para:  Miembros de nuestra Coalición&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Estimados miembros de HIC:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;El próximo mes de mayo concluye el período de 4 años para el que fui elegido como Presidente de HIC.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Como ya estarán informados por las comunicaciones de la Secretaría General, se dio inicio al proceso electoral con la conformación del Comité Electoral que preside Alejandro Florián y la apertura de un blog con la información básica relativa a este proceso.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;El propósito de este comunicado es invitar a todos nuestros miembros a participar activamente en un proceso que es de la mayor relevancia para el desarrollo futuro de nuestra coalición. Al respecto les pido considerar lo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;siguiente:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;1.- Hoy el contexto global en el que se desarrollan las actividades de HIC exige fortalecer nuestros objetivos estratégicos: Apoyo y fortalecimiento de los procesos populares, incidencia en políticas públicas y fortalecimiento de nuestra coalición.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Para alcanzar mayor eficacia y resultados en los dos primeros se requiere trabajar activamente en el fortalecimiento interno de nuestra coalición y sus alianzas estratégicas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;La reciente evaluación de HIC, referente y oportunidad para fortalecernos, muestra deficiencias y falta de cooperación entre los diferentes cuerpos orgánicos de la coalición y mucho por hacer para trabajar realmente como Coalición Internacional articulada.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Estos hechos exigen elegir un(a) presidente(a) conocedor(a) de HIC, de sus organizaciones, sus estilos de trabajo y sus potencialidades. De alguien que, pese al carácter honorario de la presidencia de HIC, tenga la disposición, la posibilidad y los apoyos necesarios para trabajar intensamente en la orientación de nuestro trabajo, en la representación formal de la coalición, en la construcción de puentes de entendimiento y colaboración entre las diferentes regiones y comités temáticos y en la consolidación del proceso de renovación de nuestro Consejo y otras instancias de conducción.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Para el logro de estos propósitos necesitamos que nuestro(a) presidente(a) sea reconocido(a) ampliamente por nuestra membresía  y que cuente con una sólida legitimidad gracias al voto mayoritario de las organizaciones que conforman nuestra coalición. Para ello se requiere de nuestras organizaciones miembro:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* Ponerse al corriente en cuotas, requisito indispensable para ejercer sus derechos electorales;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* Proponer candidatos(as) y asegurarse de que presenten su plan de trabajo teniendo en consideración los resultados de la evaluación y el perfil que difunda el Comité Electoral;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* Votar oportunamente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;El trabajo comprometido del Comité Electoral es fundamental a este propósito.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;2.- Aprovecho la oportunidad para agradecer el apoyo que tuve de muchos de ustedes durante mi gestión como Presidente de HIC y comunicarles mi decisión de no participar como candidato a un segundo período al que, de acuerdo a nuestra constitución, tendría derecho. Agradezco profundamente las postulaciones realizadas proponiéndome para un nuevo período, mismas que me fue necesario rechazar debido a las siguientes razones:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* La necesidad de dar oportunidad en la conducción de HIC a otros(as)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;asociados(as) más jóvenes pero con experiencia, nuevas ideas y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;dispuestos(as) a trabajar intensamente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* Abrir la posibilidad a otras regiones, ya que América Latina está ampliamente representada en el Consejo y es sede de nuestro actual Secretariado General.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;* El(la) Presidente(a) de HIC debe viajar a todas las regiones y tener una presencia activa en los foros internacionales. Tras 19 años de viajes constantes para HIC creo haber cumplido mis horas de vuelo y hoy debo limitar en mucho mis salidas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Por mi parte seguiré colaborando con HIC en apoyo de la Oficina Regional para América Latina y en dos temas de interés para nuestro colectivo: La Producción Social del Hábitat y El Derecho a la Ciudad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Espero que el gran desafío que imprimen a nuestro trabajo las condiciones mundiales, sus graves impactos sobre el hábitat popular y el incremento de la desigualdad y la pobreza movilicen nuestra voluntad para participar activa y oportunamente en este proceso y contribuir así al fortalecimiento de nuestra coalición y a una mayor potenciación e impacto social de nuestro trabajo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Fraternalmente,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Enrique Ortiz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Presidente de HIC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;EOF/rpc*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-1789060855750405141?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/feeds/1789060855750405141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=423038761396262822&amp;postID=1789060855750405141&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/1789060855750405141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/1789060855750405141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/04/hic-presidents-address_18.html' title='HIC President´s Address'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-3599308529486516193</id><published>2006-04-17T11:37:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-17T11:52:01.431-07:00</updated><title type='text'>These are the HIC members that have nominated a candidate</title><content type='html'>&lt;table str="" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 526px; height: 234px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;col style="width: 197pt;" width="262"&gt;  &lt;col style="width: 135pt;" width="180"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl24" style="height: 12.75pt; width: 197pt; font-weight: bold;" height="17" width="262"&gt;Member   Name&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl24" style="border-left: medium none; width: 135pt; font-weight: bold;" width="180"&gt;Name of   Representative&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25"  style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;font-family:arial;" height="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;AITEC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25"  style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Katherine Coit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25"  style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;font-family:arial;" height="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Sathi All For   Partnerships&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25"  style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Shivani Bhardwaj&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25"  style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;font-family:arial;" height="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Young Muslims   Association&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25"  style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Abdul Hamid Slatch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25"  style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;font-family:arial;" height="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;PLANACT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25"  style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Nellie Agingu-Lester&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25"  style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;font-family:arial;" height="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;ENDA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25"  style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Malick Gaye&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25"  style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;font-family:arial;" height="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;FUNDASAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25"  style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Edin Martinez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25"  style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;font-family:arial;" height="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Asociación de   la Vivienda Económica - Centro Experimental de la Vivienda Económica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25"  style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Cristina Bosio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25"  style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;font-family:arial;" height="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;National   Housing and Homelessness Network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25"  style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Michael Shapcott&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-3599308529486516193?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/3599308529486516193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/3599308529486516193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/04/these-are-hic-members-that-have.html' title='These are the HIC members that have nominated a candidate'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-7539897591073869242</id><published>2006-04-17T11:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-17T11:48:45.739-07:00</updated><title type='text'>These are the HIC members that have nominated a candidate</title><content type='html'>&lt;table str="" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 531px; height: 234px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;col style="width: 197pt;" width="262"&gt;  &lt;col style="width: 135pt;" width="180"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl24" style="height: 12.75pt; width: 197pt; font-weight: bold;" height="17" width="262"&gt;Member   Name&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl24" style="border-left: medium none; width: 135pt; font-weight: bold;" width="180"&gt;Name of   Representative&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt; font-family: arial;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;AITEC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Katherine Coit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt; font-family: arial;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Sathi All For   Partnerships&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Shivani Bhardwaj&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt; font-family: arial;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Young Muslims   Association&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Abdul Hamid Slatch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt; font-family: arial;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;PLANACT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Nellie Agingu-Lester&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt; font-family: arial;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;ENDA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Malick Gaye&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt; font-family: arial;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;FUNDASAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Edin Martinez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt; font-family: arial;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Asociación de   la Vivienda Económica - Centro Experimental de la Vivienda Económica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Cristina Bosio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style="height: 12.75pt; font-family: arial;" height="17"&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" height="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;National   Housing and Homelessness Network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="xl25" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Michael Shapcott&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-7539897591073869242?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/feeds/7539897591073869242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=423038761396262822&amp;postID=7539897591073869242&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/7539897591073869242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/7539897591073869242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2006/04/these-are-hic-members-that-have.html' title='These are the HIC members that have nominated a candidate'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-3170579021843526539</id><published>2006-04-17T10:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T15:46:35.096-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Presidential Forum: Discuss, respond, tell others what you think...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VnecmyBncN0/RiUFa7exStI/AAAAAAAAAVM/xsY18SRxQ64/s1600-h/HIC+logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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Every HIC member and friend is invited to leave a comment and to join in the discussion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;All comments must have proper identification otherwise they will not be published.&lt;br /&gt;Need help posting a comment? &lt;a href="http://www.hic-net.org/blog/how_to_make_a_comment_in_hic_blog.doc"&gt;click here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-3170579021843526539?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/feeds/3170579021843526539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=423038761396262822&amp;postID=3170579021843526539&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/3170579021843526539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/3170579021843526539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/04/presidential-forum-discuss-respond-tell.html' title='Presidential Forum: Discuss, respond, tell others what you think...'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VnecmyBncN0/RiUFa7exStI/AAAAAAAAAVM/xsY18SRxQ64/s72-c/HIC+logo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-7099107507393919839</id><published>2006-03-22T10:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-28T09:44:40.036-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Why doesn´t my nomination/comment appear immediately?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;All comments/nominations are reviewed in order to insure that they follow &lt;a href="http://hic-net.org/document.asp?PID=279"&gt;HIC Presidential Election criteria&lt;/a&gt;. Therefore all messages, before appearing online, are revised strictly in regards to the &lt;a href="http://hic-net.org/document.asp?PID=279"&gt;criteria&lt;/a&gt;. All messages should appear online within 24 hours or less, depending on office hours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have any questions about your nominations/comments, please contact juan@hic-net.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-7099107507393919839?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/7099107507393919839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/7099107507393919839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2006/03/why-doesnt-my-nominationcomment-appear.html' title='Why doesn´t my nomination/comment appear immediately?'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-297895252876869676</id><published>2006-03-09T07:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-26T11:40:33.519-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Who can be nominated?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Those that are to be nominated must have been a member of HIC for at least 3 years and must be in good standing (active and having paid dues).&lt;br /&gt;For further details, please review the excerpts from the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://hic-net.org/document.asp?PID=279"&gt;Guidelines for Electoral Processes of HIC President and Representatives to the Board&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Paragraph 16.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Eligible candidates to HIC President shall be representative of a Coalition Member organization in good standing for at least three (3) years at the time of the nomination.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.5pt 6pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Paragraph 17&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;span style=""&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;The Candidates for the position of HIC President shall be nominated by a minimum of five (5) Members of the Coalition in good standing for at least one year at the time of the nomination, and based in any region. "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-297895252876869676?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/297895252876869676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/297895252876869676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/03/who-can-be-nominated.html' title='Who can be nominated?'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-7871994598457941777</id><published>2006-03-07T05:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-07T09:03:52.461-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What is a Call for Nominations?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;A &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;call to nominations&lt;/span&gt; is an invitation to the members of HIC to indicate the name of another member of HIC that they would like to propose as a candidate for these elections.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;According to the document &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://hic-net.org/document.asp?PID=279"&gt;Guidelines for Electoral Processes of HIC President and Representatives to the Board&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;once a member receives &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;5 nominations&lt;/span&gt;, they are elegible for candidature. This means that 5 different member organizations must post a nomination for the same person in order for him/her be considered for candidature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Paragraph 16.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;Eligible candidates to HIC President shall be representative of a Coalition Member organization in good standing for at least three (3) years at the time of the nomination.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.5pt 6pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Paragraph 17&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;span style=""&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;The Candidates for the position of HIC President shall be nominated by a minimum of five (5) Members of the Coalition in good standing for at least one year at the time of the nomination, and based in any region. "&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Taken from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;a href="http://hic-net.org/document.asp?PID=279"&gt;Guidelines for Electoral Processes of HIC President and Representatives to the Board&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-7871994598457941777?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/7871994598457941777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/7871994598457941777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/03/what-is-call-for-nominations_07.html' title='What is a Call for Nominations?'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-1120928022193738372</id><published>2006-03-06T09:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-28T09:45:09.571-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How has the right to nominate?</title><content type='html'>The &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Right to Nominate&lt;/span&gt; is given to all those HIC members that are in good standing with &lt;a href="http://hic-net.org/constitution.asp"&gt;HIC membership criteria&lt;/a&gt;. Since the election happened to be in such proximity to the renewal of &lt;a href="http://hic-net.org/joinFees.asp"&gt;HIC Membership Dues&lt;/a&gt;, the HIC Board decided to allow all members that had their 2006 dues in order to be able to participate in &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;nominating &lt;/span&gt;candidates, however &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;in order for them to vote, all members must have their 2007 HIC membership dues in order&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In short, the Right to Nominate is given to all members who:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;have payed their 2007 membership fees&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;payed their 2006 membership fees&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;If you have any questions about HIC dues, you can find further information &lt;a href="http://hic-net.org/joinBenefits.asp"&gt;here &lt;/a&gt;or by sending a mail to &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;juan@hic-net.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-1120928022193738372?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/1120928022193738372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/1120928022193738372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-has-right-to-nominate.html' title='How has the right to nominate?'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-6855385860449767321</id><published>2006-03-06T08:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-28T09:43:52.944-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What is HIC Username?</title><content type='html'>When a member becomes a member of HIC, they are issued a username and password to access the website. If you do not have this information, please send an email to &lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;juan@hic-net.org&lt;/span&gt; with your inquiry. Remember to include your personal name and organization's name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/02/steps-to-nominate-1.html"&gt;return to nominate page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-6855385860449767321?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/feeds/6855385860449767321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=423038761396262822&amp;postID=6855385860449767321&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/6855385860449767321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/6855385860449767321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/03/what-is-hic-username.html' title='What is HIC Username?'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-3657395344559497807</id><published>2006-03-05T18:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-07T10:02:09.799-08:00</updated><title type='text'>HIC Election Events</title><content type='html'>&lt;table class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 0.5in;"&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.95in; height: 0.5in;" valign="top" width="91"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9;"  lang="ES-CL" &gt;March   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9;"  &gt;9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9;"  lang="ES-CL" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 4.5in; height: 0.5in;" valign="top" width="432"&gt;   &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Call        to Nominations begin&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;HIC        Bulletin sent out informing about coming elections&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Il        Postino Mailing List begins weekly reminders&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.95in;" valign="top" width="91"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9;"  lang="ES-CL" &gt;March   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9;"  &gt;12&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 4.5in;" valign="top" width="432"&gt;   &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Individual        mails sent with blog address &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9;"  &gt;(if you do not receive this        email, please notify the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:gs@hic-net.org"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9;"  lang="ES-CL" &gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;General Secretariat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9;"  &gt; at &lt;a href="mailto:gs@hic-net.org"&gt;gs@hic-net.org&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.95in;" valign="top" width="91"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9;"  &gt;April 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 4.5in;" valign="top" width="432"&gt;   &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Call        to Nominations end&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Nominee        Campaigning&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.95in;" valign="top" width="91"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9;"  &gt;May 19&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 4.5in;" valign="top" width="432"&gt;   &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Voting        begins&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.95in;" valign="top" width="91"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9;"  &gt;June 28&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 4.5in;" valign="top" width="432"&gt;   &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Voting        ends&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.95in;" valign="top" width="91"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9;"  &gt;June 29&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 4.5in;" valign="top" width="432"&gt;   &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Aperture        for any appeals begin&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.95in;" valign="top" width="91"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9;"  &gt;August 29&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 4.5in;" valign="top" width="432"&gt;   &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Appeal        possibilities end&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-3657395344559497807?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/3657395344559497807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/3657395344559497807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2006/03/pablo.html' title='HIC Election Events'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423038761396262822.post-4886965771505089583</id><published>2004-03-07T05:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-07T05:40:56.495-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What is a Call for Nominations?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;A &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;call to nominations&lt;/span&gt; is an invitation to the members of HIC to indicate the name of another member of HIC that they would like to propose as a candidate for these elections.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;According to the document &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://hic-net.org/document.asp?PID=279"&gt;Guidelines for Electoral Processes of HIC President and Representatives to the Board&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;once a member receives 5 nominations, they are elegible for candidature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.5pt 6pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Paragraph 16.&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:7;"  &gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;Eligible candidates to HIC President shall be representative of a Coalition Member organization in good standing for at least three (3) years at the time of the nomination.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 2.5pt 6pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Paragraph 17.&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:7;"  &gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;The Candidates for the position of HIC President shall be nominated by a minimum of five (5) Members of the Coalition in good standing for at least one year at the time of the nomination, and based in any region. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/423038761396262822-4886965771505089583?l=hicelections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/feeds/4886965771505089583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=423038761396262822&amp;postID=4886965771505089583&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/4886965771505089583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/423038761396262822/posts/default/4886965771505089583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hicelections.blogspot.com/2007/03/what-is-call-for-nominations.html' title='What is a Call for Nominations?'/><author><name>HIC Board Forum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://hic-net.org/content/logo%20hic.jpg?0.5736296192637879'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
