Guest guest Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 I haven't had much to do with the Vegan Society, but I've found their website ( http://www.vegansociety.com ) very useful in the past, especially as a resource to direct new vegans to. If they've done nothing else, that at least is a good thing! , peter VV <swpgh01> It is obviously a > > political agenda, and goes on to list positions and electoral > > candidates, but nevertheless, does paint a gloomy picture. What do you > > guys think? > > P.S. my wife typed this for me as it is a bit long for my two fingered > > skills - thanks love. > > > > The Valley Vegan.............. > > > > Peter H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 I agree, they have also introduced the vegan formula vitamins, which is helpful. The Valley Vegan............. gothcatz <gothcatz wrote: I haven't had much to do with the Vegan Society, but I've found their website ( http://www.vegansociety.com ) very useful in the past, especially as a resource to direct new vegans to. If they've done nothing else, that at least is a good thing! , peter VV > It is obviously a > > political agenda, and goes on to list positions and electoral > > candidates, but nevertheless, does paint a gloomy picture. What do you > > guys think? > > P.S. my wife typed this for me as it is a bit long for my two fingered > > skills - thanks love. > > > > The Valley Vegan.............. > > > > Peter H ~~ info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remember that the above is only the opinion of the author, there may be another side to the story you have not heard. --------------------------- Was this message Off Topic? Did you know? Was it snipped? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guidelines: visit Un: send a blank message to - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Declaration of interest: My name's on the letter. I'm one of the candidates it asks you to vote for. There are serious problems on the inside. We are bleeding staff, and morale is very low. This is reality, not some political grandstanding. People in the society are still doing some really good stuff, and I wouldn't want anyone to turn against the society itself, but we need to improve things. It's stayed around 4000 members whilst veganism has gone from fringe to (almost) mainstream. It's political in the sense that it's proposing a shared programme, and using the democratic structures of the society to change things, with candidates (Pender, Childe, Payne, and myself) and motions proposed alike. The full motions should really have gone out with the Annual Review, and it's only the fact that the Company Secretary, Stephen Walsh, decided to edit them that's forced us to pay for the message out of our own pocket. (I am a fan of Stephen's dietary and scientific work, but I really think that his call on this was unreasonable). 5 of the 12 current trustees, almost half the Council, have signed it. You could see it as a (rather short) minority Annual Report. You can tell the problems about staff retention are real because 11 former members of staff have signed it. Including 6 of the 8 who left this year. This year, Vegan Society elections are particularly important. Please vote in them. And please come to the AGM. peter VV wrote: > > It then goes on to list the names of the group that put the letter > together, and their positions and when they left. It is obviously a > political agenda, and goes on to list positions and electoral > candidates, but nevertheless, does paint a gloomy picture. What do you > guys think? > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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