Agenda

The ALIA 2001 National Policy Congress will be held on Friday 7 December and Saturday 8 December 2001 at Rydges Lakeside, Canberra. Ian McCallum will be the facilitator.

Friday 7 December 2001
8:30am - 9:00am	Registration Arrival tea and coffee	Foyer
9:00am - 9:05am	Welcome and introductions Alan Bundy	Plenary venue
9:05am - 9:10am	Objectives of National Policy Congress 2001 Ian McCallum	Plenary venue
9:10am - 10:30am	Review of progress from National Policy Congress 2000 Jennefer Nicholson, followed by discussion	Plenary venue
10:30am - 11:00am	Morning tea and coffee	Foyer
11:00am - 12:30pm	Issues of significance for National Policy Congress 2001 Ten representative groups present their views of key issues that remain to be addressed (5 min each), followed by general discussion	Plenary venue
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch	Foyer
1:30pm - 3:00pm	ALIA's Action Plan for 2002 Jennefer Nicholson presents the current plans for 2002 and discusses the current membership and financial position, followed by general discussion	Plenary venue
3:00pm - 3:30pm	Afternoon tea and coffee	Foyer
3:30pm - 5:00pm	ALIA's agenda for 2002 - integration of 2001 Review, 2002 Issues and 2002 Action Plan Group discussion based on outcomes from discussions earlier in the day	Plenary venue and Break-out rooms
5:30pm	Bus leaves for ALIA House	Front of Rydges Lakeside
5:45pm - 7:00pm	Reception at ALIA House Drinks and nibbles, meet the staff, see the property	ALIA House Foyer

Saturday 8 December 2001
8:00am - 8:30am	Arrival tea and coffee	Foyer
8:30am - 9:45am	Recommendations from the National Policy Congress 2001 - Ian McCallum Framing of recommendations to the Board of Directors (including timing and approach to implementation)	Plenary venue Break-out rooms if necessary
9:45am - 10:15am	Morning tea and coffee	Foyer
10:15am - 11:45am	Career-long education for the knowledge age Presentation of issues by Naida Tattersall, followed by general discussion	Plenary venue
11:45am - 12:10pm	ALIA awards framework Presentation by Jennefer Nicholson	Plenary venue
12:10pm - 12:30pm	Core value statement - and how it may link to ALIA's foundation statements (Statement on Free Access to Information and Statement on Professional Conduct) Introduction by Alan Bundy, followed by general discussion	Plenary venue
12:30pm - 12.35pm	Closing remarks Alan Bundy	Plenary venue
12:45pm	Light luncheon	Foyer

The timetable may be altered in order to come to resolution on issues that are, in the opinion of the NPC, close to resolution.

Papers for the National Policy Congress

National Policy Congress 2000 - delegates are referred to documents at http://www.alia.org.au/governance/nac/2000/
Brief update on each NPC 2000 recommendation - will be distributed prior to the NPC
Jennefer Nicholson's presentations - will be provided as handouts at the NPC
Sources of income and expenditure - will be provided as handout at the NPC
Membership statistics - will be provided as handout at the NPC and as overhead (graphic)
Naida Tattersall's presentation - will be provided as handouts at the NPC
Draft Core Values Statement - will be provided as handouts at the NPC
Statement on Fee Access to Information - may be provided as handouts at the NPC
Statement on Professional Conduct - may be provided as handouts at the NPC
List of delegates

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