National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) 

Ashling Hotel, Dublin: Friday 22 March 2024, 11am – 2pm

Registration is now closed.

We invite NALA members to an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the Members of NALA.

The EGM will take place on Friday 22 March 2024 at 11am – 2pm in the Ashling Hotel, Parkgate Street, Dublin 8, D08 P38N. We hope you can join us to give your opinion at this important meeting, and stay for lunch afterwards.

We are holding the EGM to ask you to:

• vote on two resolutions to accept, or not accept, two legal documents that have been updated. These documents set out our purpose and the basic rules for governance, and help guide our work. The documents are our:
  1. Constitution and
  2. Procedural Rules
• discuss NALA’s Draft Strategic Plan that we have been developing over the last few months. This is our plan of work for the next six years. Nearer to the EGM we will send you our Draft Strategic Plan.

Information webinar

To share more information about what to expect at the EGM, we held a Members’ Information Webinar on Tuesday 5 March 2024 at 11am to 12pm. A recording of it – with captions – can be watched back on YouTube.

Important EGM documents

These documents will give you all the necessary information for the EGM.

• Legal Notice: The legal notice for the EGM
• Summary of Changes: A summary of why we are proposing to update the legal documents and details of the changes
• Constitution:

– An updated version of our Constitution (Document A), this includes the changes we are proposing; and

– a copy of our Constitution which highlights all of the changes (Document B) we are proposing to make

• Procedural Rules:

– An updated version of our Procedural Rules (Document C) and

– the current version of our Procedural Rules (Document D)

• Code of Conduct for NALA Members (Document E): This is a new Code that Members will have to sign up to if the updated Constitution is accepted. This is standard practice in other membership organisations.

What to do next

1. Please read the above documents on our website.
2. If you would like more information, please attend or watch the recording of our information webinar.
3. Register for our EGM online by 5pm on Monday 18 March 2024.

You can also register by post if you would prefer by filling out the Booking Form and return by email to membership@nala.ie or post to us at Freepost, NALA, Sandford Lodge, Sandford Close, Ranelagh, Dublin 6. D06 YF65

Do you have a question or need help or documents?

If you have a question, need help or want the documents posted to you, please contact Michelle Reade, Governance and Compliance Officer. Michelle’s phone number is: 087 291 6383 or you can email Michelle at membership@nala.ie.

Thank you for your continued support and I look forward to our future communications and collaborations.

Colleen Dube

NALA CEO