ALLA Conference 2022 News Wrap Up: AGM, ALLA Awards, Social Media, and Hobart Hangs!

The ALLA Conference is a little over a week away!

Unfortunately our President David McDowell, will not be able to attend the Conference, but the ALLA(WA) Committee wish all our WA members who are attending a great Conference, particularly our WA Bursary recipients, National Fellowship recipients, and conference presenters.

We've compiled compiled some important ALLA Conference information below:

ALLA Ltd. AGM

The ALLA Ltd AGM notice was sent via Google Groups. The AGM will take place on Thursday, August 25th at 4.00pm – 5.00pm EST in Hobart as part of the 2022 ALLA Conference. A webinar link will be distributed for those not attending the Conference.

ALLA Awards 2022

Don’t forget to nominate a law librarian, law library service or publisher for the ALLA Awards 2022. Nominations close this Friday, COB, 19 August 2022. More information is available on this post here

ALLA (WA) Social Media

During the week of the conference, the ALLA (WA) Social media channels – Blog, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn – will be taking a bit of a break and letting ALLA National shine on all things ALLA Conference 2022. Checkout and use the #ALLA2022Hobart hashtag to join the conversation.

ALLA (WA) Members Heading to Hobart – Saturday Socials

At a loose end for what to do on Saturday morning after the conference?

Alice Hewitt (ALLA (WA) Social Media Coordinator) invites all WA Conference attendees to join her for a wandering breakfast through the Salamanca Markets, meeting at 8.30 at the Parliament House Gardens Roundabout (Corner Salamanca Place & Gladstone Street: see Google Maps Dropped Pin). Feel free to join to a ferry trip to Mona in the afternoon.

If you are interested in either, please contact Alice and she will provide you with details of her booked departure and museum entry times. You can contact her directly during the conference on Twitter @Schmalice or she can provide you with her mobile number if you don’t use Twitter.

Some Fun to Help Prep for Hobart

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