July 30, 2024
NAG’s AGM for 2024 will be on Wednesday 2nd October in Birmingham at 11am. Please contact us for further details if you would like to attend.
We are looking for new Public Libraries Exec Members to join us for 2024/25; would you be interested in helping guide the direction of travel for NAG? Contributing to the discussion around how we can best serve our Membership and grow the organisation?
What’s the commitment?
The full Executive Committee meets three times a year via Zoom for 90 minutes (usually on a Monday) with one full day in-person meeting in October each year to kick off our planning.
We have sub teams within the committee and within those teams we have project groups who have the ability to plan and organise and report back to the full Exec. The number of sub team/project group meetings varies depending on what you sign up for, and you have the flexibility to step forward and back depending on your workloads. We use Discord to keep in touch in between meetings (a free tool similar to Microsoft Teams available via App or browser). You have the support of our two part time members of staff to deal with the day to day tasks and the background admin of events and bookings.
For physical events and meetings we offer full travel expenses to help enable our Exec members to attend. NAG Exec are also entitled to free places at our Seminar and Forum events and we can contribute to your travel costs if this is a problem for your organisation. We recognise that even the cost of NAG Membership itself can be a barrier for your organisation, therefore we offer free membership in exchange for your time serving on Exec.
You initially join NAG for a three year block with the option to stand again for a second three year block but then you must stand down for at least a year before rejoining.
If you would like an informal chat about the possibility of joining NAG Exec, we would be happy to put you in touch with existing committee members who would be glad to share their experience. Just contact the NAG office using the footer details as usual.