{"id":35621,"date":"2025-05-01T11:03:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T01:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/?p=35621"},"modified":"2025-05-22T16:30:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T06:30:05","slug":"2025-ala-agm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/2025-ala-agm\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 ALA AGM"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-35651  alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/thumbnail_Bio-photo-902x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/thumbnail_Bio-photo-902x1024.jpg 902w, https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/thumbnail_Bio-photo-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/thumbnail_Bio-photo-768x872.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/thumbnail_Bio-photo-1353x1536.jpg 1353w, https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/thumbnail_Bio-photo-1805x2048.jpg 1805w, https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/thumbnail_Bio-photo.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<p data-start=\"96\" data-end=\"294\">The Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 16 May 2025, bringing everyone together to celebrate, reflect, and welcome new faces to the Board, while bidding farewell to those whose terms had ended.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"296\" data-end=\"527\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The 2025 AGM featured special guest Shelly Jones, Head of Programs at The Zahra Foundation, who spoke about the important role of adult education in recovery from family violence. 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