Dear Members

Please see below the notice for this year's AGM and the call for 
nominations for the Vice-Chair and two Trustee vacancies. The nomination 
forms are also attached. If you are interested in getting more involved 
in ALT, here is your chance!  

The following elected Trustees will be continuing to serve into the 
new year after the AGM:

 Linda Creanor (Chair elect)
 Tom Franklin
 Dawn Leeder
 John Phelps
 Jane Seale (President elect)

- and the following co-opted Trustees will also continue:

 Paul Bacsich
 Cathy Ellis
 Robin Mason

The new Vice-Chair and two other Trustees will be elected by secret 
ballot over the Internet. The result will be sent to all members before 
the AGM. 

NB: All members will be sent an email with instructions on how to use the 
secure Internet ballot site. It is vital that you inform us by Friday 28 
April if your email address has changed or will change in the coming 
month. Email: [log in to unmask] 

Information about the Trustee role is at 
http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/trustee_role_2006.pdf

Take a look at the ALT website to see the things that committee 
members have been doing in the past year. For example, the documents
section contains ALT responses to national consultations:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/documents.html

If you have any queries about standing for election or nominations, 
please contact me: [log in to unmask]
Remember the deadline is TUESDAY 30 MAY.

This AGM notice and nomination forms are on the web site at:  
http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/agm_notice_2006.pdf

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

All ALT members are invited to attend 
the thirteenth Annual General Meeting
to be held at
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
on Wednesday 6 September 2006, 10:00-10:30

In accordance with the ALT Constitution adopted on 26 June 1997 and 
amended in 2000, 2002 and 2005 
(http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/constitution2005.pdf), the business of the 
Annual General Meeting shall include:
a)	the election of Trustees;
b)	the election of the Vice-Chair;
c)	approval of audited accounts;
d)	decisions on any resolutions of which six weeks' notice has been given 
to the Secretary in writing.

The quorum for the AGM is twenty-five members. Individual members and 
representatives of member organisations each have one vote.

Nominations are invited for the following Trustee vacancies:

1)	Vice-Chair of the Association (who becomes Chair, then President in 
successive years) to serve three years.
2)	Trustees to serve three years (two vacancies).

The Trustees will join the Central Executive Committee, which will 
appoint the Treasurer, Secretary, Chairs of Committees (i.e. Membership 
Services, Publications, Further Education, and Research) and others as 
necessary, from among the elected members or by co-option.

For more information on the role of Trustees go to 
http://www.alt.ac.uk/documents.html 
- under "Internal documents relating to the workings of ALT".

Ballot process
The ballot for all Trustee vacancies will be conducted over the Internet 
and the result will be communicated to members before the AGM. All 
members will be sent an email with instructions on how to use the secure 
Internet ballot site. It is vital that you inform us by Friday 28 April 
if your email address has changed or will change in the coming month. 
Email: [log in to unmask] 

Eligibility
Election is open to individual members of at least 12 months' standing by 
the date of the AGM. Trustees coming to the end of a first three-year 
term are eligible for re-election. (The maximum continuous period of 
membership for a Trustee is six years.) Please use the nomination forms 
attached.

Deadline for nominations
All correspondence, nominations (see form overleaf) and items for the 
agenda should be marked "AGM" and sent to:
 Rhonda Riachi, Director
 Association for Learning Technology
 Gipsy Lane, Headington 
 Oxford OX3 0BP, UK
to arrive by 5pm on Tuesday 30 May 2006. 

Items may be submitted by post or by fax to: 01865 484165.  For enquiries 
please call 01865 484125 or email: [log in to unmask] 

--
  Rhonda Riachi, Director
  Association for Learning Technology
  Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK.
  Tel: +44 (0)1865 484125   Fax: +44 (0)1865 484165
  Email: [log in to unmask]   URL: http://www.alt.ac.uk/
  Registered Charity Number: 1063519

  ALT-C 2006: 5-7 September, Edinburgh, Scotland
  http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2006
  
  ALT's email response policy: 
  http://www.alt.ac.uk/contact.html#Email




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