30th Nov.Event

[Guest guest]

Dear All,

After communicating with many of you(all of whom I find very inspiring), I

strongly feel like meeting each of you.

At times, it may be a fruitful idea to take the step of 'e-mail group' to a

higher level.If nothing else, then atleast this much surely remains the case

that if we meet each other in person once, then we can better understand each

other's views(atleast on that one ccassion), given the limitations of

e-mails.Also, who knows some more beneficial(to animals) associations/ contacts

might get formed during such an informal meeting!

Should we try fixing a time when we'll wait for each other right outside the

Animal Aid venue. . or something like that!

With Best Wishes,

Sonal

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I think that's a really good idea Sonal. Some of the people I've met

at the veganforum.com meetups in the last few years, I would consider

to be among my closest friends.

[Guest guest]

Hi Cherry!

So should I take it as that u r gonna come for sure?

Love,

Sonal

 

Cherry <cherry wrote:

I think that's a really good idea Sonal. Some of the people I've met

at the veganforum.com meetups in the last few years, I would consider

to be among my closest friends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

That's a good idea. I'd also be happy at some point to arrange another

veggie and vegan families meet up in the London area, would that be of

interest to you and your family whether or not we get to meet on 30th

November?

 

We will be there on the 30th but at such a big event we find it hard to be

certain that we will manage to meet you.

 

Are you coming with your family coming or just you on the 30th?

 

I've just sent you a new invitation to the VegparentsSE (I

invited you a few months ago but I don't think you joined)?

 

It might be another good group for you to join and to organise a meet up

because most of us are in London and the SE rather than all over the UK as

people are on this group. I am looking for more people to coordinate

vegfamilies meet ups elsewhere in London and the SE as I can only do West/SW

London.

 

I've suggested before for people on this group that they should say where

they are so that they can more easily link up and meet with others in their

area, so I totally agree with you on wanting to meet more like-minded

people.

 

 

 

Lesley (Hampton TW12)

 

 

 

_____

 

On Behalf Of

sonal -

15 November 2008 07:46

vegan group

30th Nov.Event

 

 

 

Dear All,

After communicating with many of you(all of whom I find very inspiring), I

strongly feel like meeting each of you.

At times, it may be a fruitful idea to take the step of 'e-mail group' to a

higher level.If nothing else, then atleast this much surely remains the case

that if we meet each other in person once, then we can better understand

each other's views(atleast on that one ccassion), given the limitations of

e-mails.Also, who knows some more beneficial(to animals) associations/

contacts might get formed during such an informal meeting!

Should we try fixing a time when we'll wait for each other right outside the

Animal Aid venue. . or something like that!

With Best Wishes,

Sonal

 

 

Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now.

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi, Lesley!

I and my friend did some more leafletting today, this time accompanied by my 3

yr. old twins!

Regarding my keenness to meet like minded people, I always prefer to do so

while I m entirely on my own, without having my kids around to be looked

after.Today's activity was rather an exception--since I had simply no option but

to take them along.

I'll join the grp. suggested by you.

I live in IG1 1TX area(Ilford)

The reason for suggesting 30th event as a place for 'Hi-hello, etc.' was that

most of us would be going there in any case, so why not try at the same time to

atleast 'see' each other; also since the venue is so much relevant to our

ideology , may be we are able to have some real meaningful conversations ,

alteast among few of us, for eg., may be while visiting some particular stall

together, etc...

With Regards,

Sonal

 

Lesley Dove <Lesley wrote:

That's a good idea. I'd also be happy at some point to arrange another

veggie and vegan families meet up in the London area, would that be of

interest to you and your family whether or not we get to meet on 30th

November?

 

We will be there on the 30th but at such a big event we find it hard to be

certain that we will manage to meet you.

 

Are you coming with your family coming or just you on the 30th?

 

I've just sent you a new invitation to the VegparentsSE (I

invited you a few months ago but I don't think you joined)?

 

It might be another good group for you to join and to organise a meet up

because most of us are in London and the SE rather than all over the UK as

people are on this group. I am looking for more people to coordinate

vegfamilies meet ups elsewhere in London and the SE as I can only do West/SW

London.

 

I've suggested before for people on this group that they should say where

they are so that they can more easily link up and meet with others in their

area, so I totally agree with you on wanting to meet more like-minded

people.

 

Lesley (Hampton TW12)

 

_____

 

On Behalf Of

sonal -

15 November 2008 07:46

vegan group

30th Nov.Event

 

Dear All,

After communicating with many of you(all of whom I find very inspiring), I

strongly feel like meeting each of you.

At times, it may be a fruitful idea to take the step of 'e-mail group' to a

higher level.If nothing else, then atleast this much surely remains the case

that if we meet each other in person once, then we can better understand

each other's views(atleast on that one ccassion), given the limitations of

e-mails.Also, who knows some more beneficial(to animals) associations/

contacts might get formed during such an informal meeting!

Should we try fixing a time when we'll wait for each other right outside the

Animal Aid venue. . or something like that!

With Best Wishes,

Sonal

 

 

Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now.

 

 

[Guest guest]

Quite understandable, and often this is also my preference, but I also have

veggie and vegan friends who are single parents and who may rarely have the

luxury of meeting other veggies and vegans other than at a vegfamilies

get-together.

 

 

 

I have also felt that it is important not only for the parents, but also for

the children who are being raised veggie or vegan to be able to feel that

they are part of the veggie community and to make friends around their own

age from a similar background. It can help to strengthen their vegetarian or

vegan identity as they get older if they have that support as it will help

them to feel they are not alone (and they often can be very alone and feel

very different in school where all their friends usually eat meat). It's

like any other minority group, we need to build strong local community for

us all and not only for families, but it is especially important for

families (also vitally important for veggie and vegan senior citizens to

have a supportive community to advocate for them if they become vulnerable).

 

 

 

From experience, I would strongly urge you to seek out other veggie and

vegan families around you, having some like-minded friends at the same stage

in life can be an absolute lifeline. Mine are older (15, 12 and 7) but I

remember how it was when they were younger, I never met another vegan, or

even another veggie just by chance, eg at mums and toddlers groups, so felt

I had to make an effort with vegfamilies gatherings.

 

This is something I feel very strongly about that we need to work more on,

building a more family-friendly veggie movement, while of course we also all

need time out from the children.

 

 

 

The two options for meeting other like-minded people are certainly not

mutually exclusive, it can be useful to do some of both.

 

We usually do get to see people we already know at the Christmas Without

Cruelty, and would love to meet you on the 30th, but not sure how we will

recognise you.

 

 

 

I should more than likely be there with the whole family, so we may not be

too hard to spot,

 

 

 

Lesley

 

 

 

 

 

_____

 

On Behalf Of

sonal -

15 November 2008 16:47

 

RE: 30th Nov.Event

 

 

 

Hi, Lesley!

I and my friend did some more leafletting today, this time accompanied by my

3 yr. old twins!

Regarding my keenness to meet like minded people, I always prefer to do so

while I m entirely on my own, without having my kids around to be looked

after.Today's activity was rather an exception--since I had simply no option

but to take them along.

I'll join the grp. suggested by you.

I live in IG1 1TX area(Ilford)

The reason for suggesting 30th event as a place for 'Hi-hello, etc.' was

that most of us would be going there in any case, so why not try at the same

time to atleast 'see' each other; also since the venue is so much relevant

to our ideology , may be we are able to have some real meaningful

conversations , alteast among few of us, for eg., may be while visiting some

particular stall together, etc...

With Regards,

Sonal

 

Lesley Dove <Lesley (AT) vegan4life (DOT) <Lesley%40vegan4life.org.uk> org.uk>

wrote:

That's a good idea. I'd also be happy at some point to arrange another

veggie and vegan families meet up in the London area, would that be of

interest to you and your family whether or not we get to meet on 30th

November?

 

We will be there on the 30th but at such a big event we find it hard to be

certain that we will manage to meet you.

 

Are you coming with your family coming or just you on the 30th?

 

I've just sent you a new invitation to the VegparentsSE (I

invited you a few months ago but I don't think you joined)?

 

It might be another good group for you to join and to organise a meet up

because most of us are in London and the SE rather than all over the UK as

people are on this group. I am looking for more people to coordinate

vegfamilies meet ups elsewhere in London and the SE as I can only do West/SW

London.

 

I've suggested before for people on this group that they should say where

they are so that they can more easily link up and meet with others in their

area, so I totally agree with you on wanting to meet more like-minded

people.

 

Lesley (Hampton TW12)

 

_____

 

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Behalf Of

sonal -

15 November 2008 07:46

vegan group

30th Nov.Event

 

Dear All,

After communicating with many of you(all of whom I find very inspiring), I

strongly feel like meeting each of you.

At times, it may be a fruitful idea to take the step of 'e-mail group' to a

higher level.If nothing else, then atleast this much surely remains the case

that if we meet each other in person once, then we can better understand

each other's views(atleast on that one ccassion), given the limitations of

e-mails.Also, who knows some more beneficial(to animals) associations/

contacts might get formed during such an informal meeting!

Should we try fixing a time when we'll wait for each other right outside the

Animal Aid venue. . or something like that!

With Best Wishes,

Sonal

 

 

Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now.

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Lesley!

I agree with you cent percent on whatever u've written here.I m also able to

understand u'r concerns which make u feel the importance of having veg. families

meet-up.With me the situation becomes slightly different since I m from a

country where there r indeed lots of veggies around already(though nt enough

vegans.So, may be I'll 've to work upon organising vegan families meet-ups there

once I return!).

With Regards,

Sonal

 

Lesley Dove <Lesley wrote:

Quite understandable, and often this is also my preference, but I also

have

veggie and vegan friends who are single parents and who may rarely have the

luxury of meeting other veggies and vegans other than at a vegfamilies

get-together.

 

I have also felt that it is important not only for the parents, but also for

the children who are being raised veggie or vegan to be able to feel that

they are part of the veggie community and to make friends around their own

age from a similar background. It can help to strengthen their vegetarian or

vegan identity as they get older if they have that support as it will help

them to feel they are not alone (and they often can be very alone and feel

very different in school where all their friends usually eat meat). It's

like any other minority group, we need to build strong local community for

us all and not only for families, but it is especially important for

families (also vitally important for veggie and vegan senior citizens to

have a supportive community to advocate for them if they become vulnerable).

 

From experience, I would strongly urge you to seek out other veggie and

vegan families around you, having some like-minded friends at the same stage

in life can be an absolute lifeline. Mine are older (15, 12 and 7) but I

remember how it was when they were younger, I never met another vegan, or

even another veggie just by chance, eg at mums and toddlers groups, so felt

I had to make an effort with vegfamilies gatherings.

 

This is something I feel very strongly about that we need to work more on,

building a more family-friendly veggie movement, while of course we also all

need time out from the children.

 

The two options for meeting other like-minded people are certainly not

mutually exclusive, it can be useful to do some of both.

 

We usually do get to see people we already know at the Christmas Without

Cruelty, and would love to meet you on the 30th, but not sure how we will

recognise you.

 

I should more than likely be there with the whole family, so we may not be

too hard to spot,

 

Lesley

 

_____

 

On Behalf Of

sonal -

15 November 2008 16:47

 

RE: 30th Nov.Event

 

Hi, Lesley!

I and my friend did some more leafletting today, this time accompanied by my

3 yr. old twins!

Regarding my keenness to meet like minded people, I always prefer to do so

while I m entirely on my own, without having my kids around to be looked

after.Today's activity was rather an exception--since I had simply no option

but to take them along.

I'll join the grp. suggested by you.

I live in IG1 1TX area(Ilford)

The reason for suggesting 30th event as a place for 'Hi-hello, etc.' was

that most of us would be going there in any case, so why not try at the same

time to atleast 'see' each other; also since the venue is so much relevant

to our ideology , may be we are able to have some real meaningful

conversations , alteast among few of us, for eg., may be while visiting some

particular stall together, etc...

With Regards,

Sonal

 

Lesley Dove <Lesley (AT) vegan4life (DOT) <Lesley%40vegan4life.org.uk> org.uk>

wrote:

That's a good idea. I'd also be happy at some point to arrange another

veggie and vegan families meet up in the London area, would that be of

interest to you and your family whether or not we get to meet on 30th

November?

 

We will be there on the 30th but at such a big event we find it hard to be

certain that we will manage to meet you.

 

Are you coming with your family coming or just you on the 30th?

 

I've just sent you a new invitation to the VegparentsSE (I

invited you a few months ago but I don't think you joined)?

 

It might be another good group for you to join and to organise a meet up

because most of us are in London and the SE rather than all over the UK as

people are on this group. I am looking for more people to coordinate

vegfamilies meet ups elsewhere in London and the SE as I can only do West/SW

London.

 

I've suggested before for people on this group that they should say where

they are so that they can more easily link up and meet with others in their

area, so I totally agree with you on wanting to meet more like-minded

people.

 

Lesley (Hampton TW12)

 

_____

 

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[@ <%40> .com] On

Behalf Of

sonal -

15 November 2008 07:46

vegan group

30th Nov.Event

 

Dear All,

After communicating with many of you(all of whom I find very inspiring), I

strongly feel like meeting each of you.

At times, it may be a fruitful idea to take the step of 'e-mail group' to a

higher level.If nothing else, then atleast this much surely remains the case

that if we meet each other in person once, then we can better understand

each other's views(atleast on that one ccassion), given the limitations of

e-mails.Also, who knows some more beneficial(to animals) associations/

contacts might get formed during such an informal meeting!

Should we try fixing a time when we'll wait for each other right outside the

Animal Aid venue. . or something like that!

With Best Wishes,

Sonal

 

 

Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now.

 

 

[Guest guest]

I'm really going to try to make it, but things might be a bit chaotic

as I'll be trying to meet up with lots of different people.

 

 

 

, sonal - <sonal_greens wrote:

>

> Hi Cherry!

> So should I take it as that u r gonna come for sure?

> Love,

> Sonal

>

> Cherry <cherry wrote:

> I think that's a really good idea Sonal. Some of the

people I've met

> at the veganforum.com meetups in the last few years, I would consider

> to be among my closest friends.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Well for my first ever vegan fayre type thing, I lasted ten minutes

and had to escape. Far, far, far too busy for me.

 

Hope everyone else who went enjoyed it, though.

 

But if never having been to anything like that in over a decade as a

vegan is not odd enough. Apparently for a while I was sat opposite

Ian McDonald, one of the longest standing members of this group, in

Archangel afterwards without realizing it. I would have introduced

myself had I known!

 

Michael.