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    <title>School Library Association of Victoria upcoming events</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:22:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>SLAV Committee of Management (7 Oct 2026)</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D5156"&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#5F6368"&gt;SLAV Committee of Management&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D5156"&gt;&amp;nbsp;meets on a regular basis throughout the year&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;to oversee the running of the association.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;For details on meeting locations, please refer to relevant emails or contact the SLAV office.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>SLAV Council Meeting (10 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#FF0000"&gt;SLAV COUNCIL MEETINGS 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;SLAV State Council meetings in 2026 will be held either at the Abbotsford Convent, or online.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are three meetings during the year that are held at the Abbotsford Convent:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Council Planning Day&lt;/strong&gt; - Feb 7&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Council meeting and the Annual General Meeting&lt;/strong&gt; - May 2&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Council meeting and Think Tank for future planning&lt;/strong&gt; - Oct 10&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;All other Council Meetings are held online and a link will be sent in the week prior.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For further details see the Council emails or contact the SLAV Office.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>About Reading, Books and Literacy series (22 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Oswald" color="#2E3192" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;img src="https://slav.wildapricot.org/resources/AboutSeries-READING_NewsLet_16x9.png" alt="" title="" border="0" style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Oswald" color="#2E3192" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Next session: 22 October,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Oswald" color="#2E3192" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4:3&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Oswald" color="#2E3192" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;0pm - 5:3&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(46, 49, 146); font-family: Oswald;"&gt;0pm - About Reading&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#2E3192" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;This session will focus on book clubs, shared reading, literature festivals and author visits and will include guest authors Fiona Woods and Shivaun Plozza.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join us for this session that will also include a segment on what is new and soon to be published, with Mia from the Sun Bookshop.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Oswald" color="#2E3192" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;About this new series&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 27px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Each session in the ‘About’ series, offers a practice-oriented deep dive into either reading, books, or literacy. You will gain practical, actionable insight and skills, that can be applied directly, to improve your school library or professional practice.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://slav.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Events/2026/2026%20ABOUT%20Series/2026%20ABOUT%20-%20Session%2001/2026-ABOUT-IntroToSeries.pdf" target="_blank" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Oswald" color="#FF6C00" style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;Click here for &lt;u&gt;future session dates&lt;/u&gt; and &lt;u&gt;information about this series&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;The meeting link remains the same for the series and will be emailed prior to the event.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://slav.wildapricot.org/event-6374890</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>SLAV Committee of Management (11 Nov 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#E54216"&gt;SLAV Committee of Management 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D5156"&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#5F6368"&gt;SLAV Committee of Management&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D5156"&gt;&amp;nbsp;meets on a regular basis throughout the year&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;to oversee the running of the association.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;For details on meeting locations, please refer to relevant emails or contact the SLAV office.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://slav.wildapricot.org/event-6463081</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>SLAV Conference Trade Exhibition - November 20 2026 (20 Nov 2026)</title>
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  &lt;h2 align="center"&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

  &lt;h2 align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://slav.wildapricot.org/resources/NoMessage2026ConfNL%20(1).png" alt="" title="" border="0" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

  &lt;h2 align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;SLAV Full Day Conference&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trade Exhibition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#252932"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Registration is open for the trade exhibition spaces at the SLAV November 20 2026 conference.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The package includes a space for company representatives in the exhibition area with a table, one or two chairs, room for two pull up banners and catering for one or two.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Registration cost - $750 for two representatives, $650 for one representative&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The package&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;does not&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;include:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Adding flyers or items to the delegate bag which is $295&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Selling resources or items from your exhibition table&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;To add items to the delegate bag only, complete the registration form and deliver bag insert to SLAV by November 6 2026. An address will be provided prior to the time.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Aptos, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SLAV Conference Trade Exhibition Cancellation Policy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Aptos, sans-serif"&gt;If SLAV cancels the conference event trade exhibitors will receive 100% refund.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Aptos, sans-serif"&gt;If exhibitors cancel more than 60 days prior to the event, they will receive a full refund because their place can be offered to someone on the waitlist.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Aptos, sans-serif"&gt;If exhibitors cancel within 60 days of the event, they will receive 50% of the refund, and 100% if their place is filled by another exhibitor.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Aptos, sans-serif"&gt;Within 30 days of the event there will be no refund unless their place is taken up by another exhibitor.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;More details will follow as they become available.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;To discuss your needs please contact slav@slav.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://slav.wildapricot.org/event-6645653</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>SLAV Annual Conference 2026 - School Libraries: Essential for Literacy (20 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;
  &lt;h2 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;img src="https://slav.wildapricot.org/resources/NoMessage2026ConfNL%20(1).png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;

  &lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#15535E" style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;November 20 - 8&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;.30 am to 3.30 pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#15535E" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
  Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(21, 83, 94); font-weight: 700;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(21, 83, 94); font-weight: 700;"&gt;Level 2&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Conference Rooms - Meeting Rooms 219 &amp;amp; 220&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-top:0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Members: $350.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-top:0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Non-Members: $485.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;div align="center" style=""&gt;
    &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://slav.wildapricot.org/resources/2026HandbookRGBDIGITAL.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;" color="#005D71" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Download the program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;img src="https://slav.wildapricot.org/resources/Pictures/Banners/vic_gov_acknowledgement_horizontal.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="567"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;h4 style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Booking terms and conditions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

  &lt;ul style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Payment must be received a minimum of seven days before the conference except by arrangement with SLAV.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Cancellation may result in an administration fee of 25%.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;No refunds available in the last seven days, however, substitute members may attend if from the same school.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2026 05:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>About Reading, Books and Literacy series (1 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Oswald" color="#2E3192" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;img src="https://slav.wildapricot.org/resources/AboutSeries-READING_NewsLet_16x9.png" alt="" title="" border="0" style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Oswald" color="#2E3192" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Next session: 22 October,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Oswald" color="#2E3192" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4:3&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Oswald" color="#2E3192" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;0pm - 5:3&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(46, 49, 146); font-family: Oswald;"&gt;0pm - About Reading&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#2E3192" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;This session will focus on book clubs, shared reading, literature festivals and author visits and will include guest authors Fiona Woods and Shivaun Plozza.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join us for this session that will also include a segment on what is new and soon to be published, with Mia from the Sun Bookshop.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Oswald" color="#2E3192" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;About this new series&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 27px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Each session in the ‘About’ series, offers a practice-oriented deep dive into either reading, books, or literacy. You will gain practical, actionable insight and skills, that can be applied directly, to improve your school library or professional practice.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://slav.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Events/2026/2026%20ABOUT%20Series/2026%20ABOUT%20-%20Session%2001/2026-ABOUT-IntroToSeries.pdf" target="_blank" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Oswald" color="#FF6C00" style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;Click here for &lt;u&gt;future session dates&lt;/u&gt; and &lt;u&gt;information about this series&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;The meeting link remains the same for the series and will be emailed prior to the event.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://slav.wildapricot.org/event-6374890</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>SLAV Council Meeting (5 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#FF0000"&gt;SLAV COUNCIL MEETINGS 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;SLAV State Council meetings in 2026 will be held either at the Abbotsford Convent, or online.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are three meetings during the year that are held at the Abbotsford Convent:&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Council Planning Day&lt;/strong&gt; - Feb 7&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Council meeting and the Annual General Meeting&lt;/strong&gt; - May 2&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Council meeting and Think Tank for future planning&lt;/strong&gt; - Oct 10&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;All other Council Meetings are held online and a link will be sent in the week prior.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For further details see the Council emails or contact the SLAV Office.&lt;/p&gt;

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