Our Annual General Meeting
Saturday 23 January 2021
Thank you for attending the AGM. A recording of the event, along with answers to questions from attendees and copies of the presentation slides, will be uploaded to our Members’ Area soon.
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11.00am: Welcome and Opening address from Carol Homden, Chair of Trustees
11.15am: Address from Caroline Stevens, Chief Executive
11.30am: Approval of the minutes
11.35am: Explanation and adoption of the Accounts
11.50am: Ratification of new Trustees
11.55am: Questions from Members*Please be advised that we reserve the right to amend the agenda for the event.
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Please find a guide that will help you access the online event on the day. You’ll be able to find the link to join the event in the email/letter sent to you in the lead up to the event. Alternatively, please log into your online account and visit the ‘Members area’ where you’ll be able to find the link to join.
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Please see below for some important things to note about the day and how it will run:
- Firstly, this is the first time the National Autistic Society will be running a virtual AGM and, as such, it’s possible that there could be some unexpected delays or technical issues that we need to address during the live event. We apologise in advance for any delays that may occur and would like to thank you for your patience.
- As you may have seen, we offered delegates the opportunity to submit a question before the event. If you did this, these questions have been allocated to internal staff members at the National Autistic Society and you will receive a written response. There’s no need to ask your question again on the live feed. To reiterate, you will receive a written response to your question.
- During the event, you will see a live question and answer feed to the right hand side of your screen, where you’re welcome to submit questions. Event producers will be collating these during the event and any questions that are repeated or of a similar theme will be combined into one question. A member of the event team will read out the collated questions during the question and answer session at the end of event. Just to advise, we will answering all questions submitted throughout the event at the end.
- Please be advised that we will be allowing approximately 25 minutes for questions at the end of the event. In the event that we are unable to answer all submitted questions, we will draft a written response and publish these on our website after the event. Similarly, it could be possible that our speaking panel is not best placed to answer some of the questions that are received. If this is the case, questions will be allocated to appropriate members of the staff team at the National Autistic Society for a response after the event.
- As this is a virtual event, approval of last year’s minutes and ratification of trustees will not be considered via a show of hands. You should have received a webform to approve the minutes of our most recent meeting and to ratify the appointment of two new trustees in correspondence we sent you in the lead up to the event. A member of the event team will also share these forms in the live feed during the event.
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Q. I can’t find the link to join the event?
A. You should be able to find the link to join in the email/letter sent to you in the lead up to the event. Alternatively, please log into your online account or contact our team on membership@nas.org.uk.
Q. I haven’t registered yet but would like to attend. Can I still do this?
A. If you would like to register for the event, please email membership@nas.org.uk and a member of our team will be able to provide you with details on how to register.
Q. When will the minutes of the meeting and presentations be available on the website?
We are aiming to publish the minutes of this year’s meeting by the end of February.
Q. When will a recording of the event be available?
We are aiming to share the recording of the event by the end of February.
Q. I can’t log into the event.
Please find a guide that explains how to access the event on the day.
Q. I’ve logged into the event but cannot hear the speakers. Is there anything I can try?
We would recommend checking the volume on your PC or Laptop. Alternatively, please try leaving the event and joining again.
Q. The speaker cannot hear me?
We are using a platform called Microsoft Teams Live Events to host our Annual General Meeting. This platform works very much like a news broadcast and means that you will be able to see and hear speakers but not vice versa. However, there will be an online chat function where you can type any questions you might have.
Q. I have a question but I am unable to type this into the question and answer feed.
We apologise that you have been unable to use the question and answer feed. Please feel free to email your question to membership@nas.org.uk and we will allocate this to a member of staff to answer in the weeks following the event.
Q. Is there anybody I can contact for support on the day?
If you have any general queries on the day of the event, please email membership@nas.org.uk. Please be advised that our team will not be able to answer any specific technical questions.