navco august 2010
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NAVCO NEWSLETTER
This year Annual General Meeting the new 2010 -
2013 Village Council Leaders at this assembly the
delegate from the village councils District
Association of Village Council (DAVCO) will
elect the new President for the National
Association of Village Councils (NAVCO). This
article describes the election process in detail base
on the guidelines of the Village Council Act.
Each Village has the right to send one village
council member to attend the NAVCO annual
General Meeting. Each community also has a right
to send one member to the Annual General
Meeting, but that person will not have the right to
vote at the meeting.
A new President of NAVCO will be elected at the
Annual General Meeting. The only persons who
are eligible to be President are the six new
members of the NAVCO Board of Directors who
are not the Presidents of their DAVCOs. The six
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
NAVCO AGM ELECTION PROCEDURES
NEW NAVCO BOARD MET
PRESIDENT REMARKS ON DAVCO
ELECTIONS
NAVCO AGM 2010 HIGHLIGHTS
individuals eligible to be president are:
Mr. Hilario Mess – Cayo District
Mr. Orlando Dawson – Belize District
Mr. Aldeir Lima – Orange Walk District
Ms. Paula William – Toledo District
Mr. Carlos Arana – Corozal District
Mr. Charles Leslie – Stann Creek District
Mr. Orlando Dawson is the current President.
Under the NAVCO Regulations, the President is
elected by 12 persons from each DAVCO. These 12
persons were elected at each of the recent DAVCO
Annual General Meetings and are the 12 persons
who also are members of each DAVCO board of
Directors.
In some cases, some village councils have more
than one person who is a member of a DAVCO
Board of Directors. Even though each village
council is limited to one representative at the
NAVCO Annual General Meeting, anyone who has
a right to vote for President can also attend the
meeting. Even if a village council has more than
one representative who can vote for the NAVCO
President, no village council may have more than
one vote on any matter other than the vote for the
President.
AUGUST 2010
Volume 5
Con’t pg. 2
NAVCO AGM ELECTION
PROCEDURES 2010
NAVCO AGM DATE SET FOR OCTOBER 2ND
, 2010
Page 2
NAVCO Newsletter
NAVCO AGM ELECTION
PROCEDURES 2010
At last year’s NAVCO Annual General
Meeting, a resolution was passed to increase the
number to 24 persons from each District who
could vote for President. The Ministry of Labor,
Local Government and Rural Development,
which was responsible for any changes to the
NAVCO Regulations, did not have an
opportunity to amend the regulations to include
the change to 24.
Therefore, the number from each District who
can vote for President remains at 12.
Unfortunately, during the Toledo District
Annual General Meeting, 12 persons, in
addition to the 12 DAVCO Board members,
were selected to vote on the NAVCO President.
These 12 extra individuals will not be eligible
to vote for President, but each of them should
attend the meeting if he or she has been selected
by his or her village to attend the Annual
General Meeting on behalf of his or her village
Council.
NEW DAVCO PRESIDENTS
MET AT NAVCO
“STRENTHENING LOCAL
GOVERNANCE TO ENHANCE NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT”
The six newly elected DAVCO Presidents met for
the first time and were sworn-in as the NAVCO
Board of Directors on August 6, 2010 by Mr. Marion
Lewis, RCDO Belize District.
After some discussion and budget constraints the
new board set the date for the upcoming NAVCO
Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2010, a one day
event on Saturday October 2, 2010, at the George
Price Centre in Belmopan from 7:30am – 4:00pm.
Detail forth coming in the next newsletter.
Peace Corps Volunteer Sandra Yamakishi presented
the roles of Peace Corp at NAVCO. Peace Corps
volunteers from United States come to Belize to help
develop and train Belizeans in capacity–building and
sustainability of skills and practices. The volunteers
are not to replace staff or Belizeans but to transfer
skills. The goals for NAVCO include:
To facilitate and establish an operational
DAVCO office for each of the districts;
To strengthen the NAVCO office operations
Train the staffs
To train and facilitate DAVCO leaders on
office operations
Redesign of the NAVCO website
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The National Association of Village Councils is
fulfilling one of its objectives, supporting women in
leadership position. NAVCO is pleased to announce
the election of two women as Presidents: Mrs.
Idollyn Adolphus of Cayo District Association of
Village Councils, and Ms. Coronada Viafranco of
the Stann Creek District Association of Village
Councils. These women now join the Board of
Directors of the National Association of Village
Councils. In addition, two other women have been
appointed to vice-president of the Orange Walk and
Belize District Association of Village Councils.
Congratulations to all these women.
All these election went well with the exception of
two. The Belize District Election for President was
to extend influence by political interference.
Nevertheless, the election was democratic, and we
respect the General Assembly. In the Orange Walk
District while in the past the election was done by
zone to allow equal representation for all villages,
the zones were eliminated and election was carried
out without using the zones. Whether this was a
decision taken by a single individual or the General
Assembly is still not clear. However, what is clear,
we cannot continue to have DAVCO Elections using
different standards.
CONTACT INFORMATION
NAVCO OFFICE:
Address: Agriculture and Trade Show
Grounds, P.O. Box 648, Belmopan,
Belize, Central American
Telephone: 822-02053
Fax: 822-0192
Email Address:
New forthcoming email address on
Microsoft Outlook:
Website: http://.www.navco.org.bz
Ms. Jacklin Ingram:
Mr. Hilbert Lopez:
Mr. Orlando Dawson
COMMENTS ON THE RECENT DISTRICT ASSOCIATION OF VILLAGE COUNCILS 2010 ELECTIONS
Con’t pg. 4
By: NAVCO President, Mr. Orlando Dawson The National Association of Village
Councills takes this opportunity to
congratulate all the Presidents and
members of the District Association of
Village Council on their victories. There
are obstacles in the horizon but only by
working together can we overcome these
obstacles.
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NAVCO Newsletter
RECOGNITION OF THE NEW VILLAGE
LEADERS 2010 – 2013
GUEST SPEAKER
GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS
ELECTION OF THE NAVCO PRESIDENT
EXHIBITOR SHOW ROOM
This year marks the 29th
Anniversary of our
Independence and the 212th
Anniversary of the
Battle of St. George’s Caye.
For more on the 2010 September Celebration
visit their website:
http://www.septembercelebrations.com
Official Opening ceremony of the
September Celebrations will be held at
St. George’s Caye on August 29th
, 2010
St. George’s Caye Day – September 10,
2010 (PUBLIC & BANK HOLIDAY)
Belize’s Independence Day – September
21, 2010 (PUBLIC & BANK
HOLIDAY)
NAVCO ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
Individual Highlights:
NAVCO Office Hours
Contact Information
DAVCO /NAVCO
NAVCO Resource Room
Calendar Event
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
BEAUTIFUL BELIZE!!!
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NAVCO Office Hours
Office Opening Hrs.
Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 pm.
Office Asst: Jacklin Ingram
Monday, Wednesday Friday at:
NAVCO Office
Tuesdays & Thursdays at Cayo DAVCO
Secretary: Jacklin Ingram
Office: Georgeville Village
Opening Hrs: 8:30am – 2:30pm
NAVCO RESOURCE CENTRE Opening Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm Computer access, personal
training on Email available
Reading of News Articles
Access to Spanish & English
Village Council Acts
Access of Village Council Acts
on DVD
Government, NGO’s and
Villages Information
Quote of the Month:
“Honesty is the 1st chapter in the book of
wisdom.”
- Thomas Jefferson