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Welcome to ALARA's regular e-News of activities, events and information
for the Action Learning / Action Research Community.
Your contributions to this fortnightly bulletin are welcome. Please send any items to secretary@alarassociation.org
In this e-News:
- Annual General Meeting scheduled
- Brisbane Final Conversation for 2019
- Secretary assistance required
Apologies for the late distribution
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ALARA Annual General Meeting Scheduled
The 2019 Annual General Meeting of Action Learning, Action Research Association Ltd will be held on 5-18 December, 2019 (electronic) and 19 December (Zoom video conference). This Meeting will also incorporate the last Annual General Meeting of Action Learning, Action Research Association Inc.
Further details are available on the ALARA website, and members will receive emails about the agenda and proxy lodgement.
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Brisbane ALARA Conversation - A very ALARA Christmas!
The next event will be on 21 November 2019, when Jenna Mikus (QUT) will engage the participants in a discussion about what being "well" means to them, and Dr Sara Branch (Griffith University) will show how to use bottle-tops or buttons as an innovative tool to build relationships, open dialogue, and understand the shape of our community and our networks.
For more details, see this flyer. Two background papers about the bottle top activity which will be led by Dr Sarah Branch are also available: Bottle Top Protocol and Telling the Story with Bottle Tops.
Please bring drinks, a plate to share, and your bottle top collection.
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Publications
Members can access the Action Learning and Action Research Journal via the OJS website. Both the Journal and Monographs are available on the ALARA website.
The latest Monograph is by Eileen Piggot-Irvine, Wendy Rowe and Lesley Ferkins,entitled Thumbs Up for Action Research in Case Studies from the Evaluation Study of Action Research. It is available for ALARA Members on the Monographs page.
ALARA is seeking a print-on-demand service provider to replace Sydney University Press. Any suggestions or assistance in this pursuit would be welcomed - please contact Colin Bradley. Once ALARA has signed with a new provider, these publications will be available in hard copy.
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Secretary Assistance Requested
Action Learning, Action Research Association Ltd is seeking assistance in two roles, which could be performed by one or two people. These roles are Minute Secretary and Administration Support Secretary.
- Minute Secretary: The Minute Secretary may attend meetings of the Board (usually 11 per year), and does attend meetings of the Committees Group (between 6 and 10 per year) and the Annual General Meeting.
- Administration Support Secretary: The Administration Support Secretary supports the Board on all matters related to the general administration of ALARA.
Each role requires between about 2 and 10 hours per month. A full description of the work is available here. ALARA will consider applicants in a volunteer or paid capacity.
ALARA also have a number of important initiatives for which we are seeking assistance, such as developing a marketing plan, helping to create local networks or conversation events in any location where members wish to meet, approaching organisations that utilise Action Learning / Action Research that may wish to support ALARA and its activities, and developing relationships with organisations that will provide benefits to members and the wider Action Learning / Action Research community.
A description of the initiatives is available here. If you would like to discuss these roles or initiatives, or would like to undertake one or more of them, please contact ALARA (secretary@alarassociation.org or president@alarassociation.org).
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Call for papers for Action Learning and Action Research Journal
ALARA has published the Action Learning and Action Research Journal for 24 years, and you are invited to submit papers for the 2019 issues. Please visit the ALARj on the OJS site or see the submission guidelines on ALARA's website for more information.
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ALARA Monograph available
As well as the ALARA 7th Monograph, mentioned above, ALARA has published the 6th Monograph in its series: Beyond the boundary: Is there Something Called 'Real Knowledge'? by Davies, Shamshoum, Nyland and Clarke. The full Monograph is available via the Monograph's page.
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Other Events and Information
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Café IFAL Online Event
IFAL are holding another Cafe IFAL online event on 12th December 2019 - "Managing the Dilemmas Faced by Action Learning Set Facilitator". More information is available here.
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EURAM 2020 Conference - The Business of Now
The 2020 conference of EURAM (European Acadmey of Management) will be held in Dublin Ireland on 10-12 June 2020. The theme is The Business of Now: the future starts here. More information is available here.
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PRIA Youth Newsletter
PRIA has released the second issue of its online Youth Newsletter (October 2019) available here.
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Cocinando! Cooking with Action Research
Hilary Bradbury and AR+ released a new recipe book on Action Research. For more information about the cookbook, see here.
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Call for Nominations for Martha Farrell Award
PRIA has announced a call for nominations for the Martha Farrell Award. There are two categories - Most Promising Individual and Best Organization for Gender Equality. For more information, click here.
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WERA Focal Meeting Call for Submissions close 1 December 2019
Please click here for the Call for Submissions for the World Education Research Association (WERA) Focal Meeting to be held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain from 1 to 3 July 2020. WERA is an association of major national, regional, and specialty education research associations dedicated to sharing scholarship, developing networks, and mutually supporting capacity building.
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International Action Learning Conference 2020 - Action Learning and Social Action
The International Action Learning Conference 2020 will be held in Plymouth UK on 6-8 April 2020. Click here to download a brochure, or for more information visit here.
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Call for the Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC) 2020 Conference
The Call for the Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC) 2020 Conference is now open at their website. This conference takes place from 21th to 24th April 2020 in Copenhagen (DK). More information is available here.
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Special Issue of Action Learning: Research & Practice: Action Learning & Social Action
Submissions are invited for a Special Issue of Action Learning: Research & Practice to be published in Spring 2020. See here for more information.
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