Dear PPN Members,

Galway County Public Participation Network (PPN) Secretariat Committee and Staff are delighted to invite you to attend the Galway County PPN Winter Plenary Event.

Please note the updated timings below and in attached poster. Please share widely. 
Event now ends at 8:30pm instead of 9pm, and exhibitors/refreshments/registration time is from 6:00-6:30 now instead of 6:45pm. Presentations start at 6:30pm. There will be a short break in the middle. And event ends approximately 8:30pm.

REGISTER HERE   or use the below web address
https://forms.office.com/e/HEANySakWa

Date: Tuesday 19th November 2024
Time: from 6pm until 8:30pm (Registration, Refreshments & Exhibitor Tables from 6:00-6:30pm)
Venue: Connemara Coast Hotel, Na Forbacha, Galway, H91 KX27.

Your Community Group/Organisation are registered members of Galway County Public Participation Network (PPN), and therefore it is strongly encouraged that your Group will be represented at the PPN Members’ Plenary events.

Please check your PPN Membership Info Here (to help you complete the event registration form correctly):
https://www.galwaycountyppn.ie/members-directory/ 

What to expect at the PPN Plenary:

• Refreshments, networking with other PPN member groups, loads of information for community groups.
• Funding and Financing opportunities for local groups.
• Information Tables from a wide variety of local and national organisations, service providers and Council staff.
• Guest Speakers: Ombudsman (Ombudsman.ie), funding programmes, opportunities for groups.
• PPN Updates from staff, Secretariat and Reps.
• Inputs from PPN member groups in the  Community & Voluntary, Environmental and Social Inclusion pillars.
• Have Your Say: members Survey, Votes and Approvals.

Full Agenda and list of Exhibitors and Guest speakers coming soon. See poster attached.

“The Plenary (the Membership and the Member Groups):
The Member Groups must be involved in all operational and local policy decisions of the PPN. The interests of the Member Groups are the main interests of the PPN, which means they set the agenda and influence the work programme of the PPN.
The Plenary (all the member organisations together) is the key decision maker of the PPN on operational issues and local policy focus for the PPN, meeting at least twice a year. Their role is to direct the operation of the PPN, setting overall PPN policy and processes, for example agreeing the annual Workplan, the Budget and so on. Decisions made between Plenary meetings must be presented for ratification (that is, approval) to the following meeting.
Each independent full Member Group has one vote in the Plenary. Plenary meetings are an ideal forum for Member Groups to meet and network and to hear about matters of interest to them. It is also a really important meeting for the PPN as a whole as it sets the direction for the PPN”.
(PPN National Handbook: https://www.galwaycountyppn.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PPN_Handbook.pdf )

We look forward to welcoming members of your PPN Group to the Plenary Event. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to get in contact with us at [email protected] .