Guest guest Posted October 9, 2001 Report Share Posted October 9, 2001 Here's the URL: http://www.vegsource.com/event/photos.htm Looks like they had lots of fun! If you went, what did you think? Would you go again? Tammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2001 Report Share Posted October 10, 2001 Hello Tammy & other friends! First, thanks and congratulations to Tammy & Chris for initiating this wonderful veggie online community. In addition to our legendary love of eating, vegheads also love to talk, so it's always enriching (and not divisive!) to have more discussion groups over which we can exchange ideas with other carrot-munchers. Thank you, Tammy, for alerting us to the photos of the vegsource/Worldfest event in LA. There were several folks from the Bay Area who made the trip down to LA for the extravaganza, and I was among them. It was a tough decision to opt to go down to LA on the same weekend that the stellar World Vegetarian Day event was being held up here in SF, but a combination of factors -- the 2-day conference, the opportunity to table for PeTA, and some personal considerations -- cinched the deal, and I decided to go. The conference was FABULOUS. Each speaker was given sixty to ninety minutes to speak (and T. Colin Campbell spoke for 2 hours!); although I had seen most of the speakers before, the longer format was really useful in enabling the speakers to dive deeper into their areas of expertise. I actually have some notes kicking around here from the conference; if people are interested, I would happily post some of the really interesting portions. The slate of speakers included John McDougall, T. Colin Campbell, Howard Lyman, Robert Cohen, and John Robbins. All inspiring, interesting, brilliant, and enjoyable. I spent Worldfest tabling for PeTA. Consequently, I missed the main-stage-events entirely, but I did have very engaging discussions with endless streams of veteran activists, PeTA supporters, people entirely new to the movement, and others who had just stumbled into the park and wanted to know what was going on. It really was among the best tabling I've ever done in my life, with very little down time, and just hordes of people wanting information. It took a while to recover! With its Hollywood celebrities and veggie movers-and-shakers, Worldfest would certainly be a great place to take friends and family members whom you're trying to convert. The event combined the positive energy of an upbeat event with a lot of great information. Win-win! I would certainly think of going again next year, although I would be very tempted to run around to all of the cooking demos and talks, while letting someone else distribute literature. :-) Cheers, Alka > > Tammy [meowthunk] > Tuesday, October 09, 2001 8:13 AM > > VegSource Sept 2001 LA event photos > > > Here's the URL: > http://www.vegsource.com/event/photos.htm > > Looks like they had lots of fun! If you went, what did you think? > Would you go again? > > Tammy > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2001 Report Share Posted October 10, 2001 Thank you. - " Chandna, Alka " <alka.chandna Wednesday, October 10, 2001 2:54 PM RE: VegSource Sept 2001 LA event photos > Hello Tammy & other friends! > > First, thanks and congratulations to Tammy & Chris for initiating this > wonderful veggie online community. In addition to our legendary love of > eating, vegheads also love to talk, so it's always enriching (and not > divisive!) to have more discussion groups over which we can exchange ideas > with other carrot-munchers. > > Thank you, Tammy, for alerting us to the photos of the vegsource/Worldfest > event in LA. There were several folks from the Bay Area who made the trip > down to LA for the extravaganza, and I was among them. It was a tough > decision to opt to go down to LA on the same weekend that the stellar World > Vegetarian Day event was being held up here in SF, but a combination of > factors -- the 2-day conference, the opportunity to table for PeTA, and some > personal considerations -- cinched the deal, and I decided to go. > > The conference was FABULOUS. Each speaker was given sixty to ninety minutes > to speak (and T. Colin Campbell spoke for 2 hours!); although I had seen > most of the speakers before, the longer format was really useful in enabling > the speakers to dive deeper into their areas of expertise. I actually have > some notes kicking around here from the conference; if people are > interested, I would happily post some of the really interesting portions. > The slate of speakers included John McDougall, T. Colin Campbell, Howard > Lyman, Robert Cohen, and John Robbins. All inspiring, interesting, > brilliant, and enjoyable. > > I spent Worldfest tabling for PeTA. Consequently, I missed the > main-stage-events entirely, but I did have very engaging discussions with > endless streams of veteran activists, PeTA supporters, people entirely new > to the movement, and others who had just stumbled into the park and wanted > to know what was going on. It really was among the best tabling I've ever > done in my life, with very little down time, and just hordes of people > wanting information. It took a while to recover! > > With its Hollywood celebrities and veggie movers-and-shakers, Worldfest > would certainly be a great place to take friends and family members whom > you're trying to convert. The event combined the positive energy of an > upbeat event with a lot of great information. Win-win! I would certainly > think of going again next year, although I would be very tempted to run > around to all of the cooking demos and talks, while letting someone else > distribute literature. :-) > > Cheers, > Alka > > > > > > > Tammy [meowthunk] > > Tuesday, October 09, 2001 8:13 AM > > > > VegSource Sept 2001 LA event photos > > > > > > Here's the URL: > > http://www.vegsource.com/event/photos.htm > > > > Looks like they had lots of fun! If you went, what did you think? > > Would you go again? > > > > Tammy > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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