Thank you letter

Letter sent to all members of our community
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Rassemblement des Français des Caraïbes Sud

Election results for Consular Council of May 24, 2014

With the electoral campaign done, the 24 May elections allowed us to win 2 of the three positions to be filled. Our independent list has been the privileged one with 2 elected candidates, Daniel Duffaud and Hélène Lafaverge.

We wish to thank those of you who have given us their vote, without forgetting those who have renewed their trust in us.

Our team is listening to your concerns and will be happy to accompany you throughout the 6 years term. 

During the annual leave period we will prepare to use the new Consular Council system. The blog that we had opened for the campaign will be maintained and will now become the means of publishing information of interest to our community as well as our actions for their service.  Soon we will begin by publishing how to contact your representatives.

http://francaisvenezuela-trinite-saintelucie.blogspot.com/

We will resume our visiting hours at the French Embassy in Caracas the first Tuesday in October, as it has always been the case.  In the last quarter we will see together with the embassies of our riding how to bring local service to all the Islands and across Venezuelan territory.

Again we thank you for your trust and we will do our best to keep it.

Our pledge: a letter from G. Daniel Duffaud, RFCS list

RASSEMBLEMENT DES FRANÇAIS DES CARAÏBES SUD

Our pledge

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Dear fellow citizens

The reform of the representation for French citizens abroad has led to several changes in functionality: the previous delegate functions have been split between two new elected officials, and new districts have been created. This coincided with the desire to retire of Gabriel Lafaverge, delegate the most voted in the constituency of the Andes, after 17 years of loyal service to the community.

I thought a lot before agreeing to accept the challenge to try to replace him. Not only there was the honor to have been asked to, and the great responsibility that follows, but there is also the novelty of a system of Conseillers Consulaires (Consular Councilmen) which we do not yet know exactly how it will work, especially in a complicated riding like Venezuela, Trinidad and St. Lucia where there are not even reliable air links with Caracas. To accept the responsibility I decided to trust a family tradition of service to the French community in Venezuela and my own experience as a volunteer for several years in several healthcare organizations in the U.S.