Last MCL meeting, Bristol, 13th November 2004
Notes from AGM, London, 15th May 2004
The Vegan-Organic Trust's proposed Demonstration, Research and Education Centre
(15.12.04) MCL
has a new contact address: Please note that general enquiries
for MCL should now be sent to MCL, 105 Cyfyng Road, Ystalyfera, Swansea SA9 2BT, UK.
Subscriptions and
renewals are
handled by the Treasurer, Ireene-Sointu, and should be sent directly to her at
the address above (see also the subscription page).
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please see the information on the booklets page.
Thanks!
(13.10.04) MCL members’ meeting:
Our last meeting was held in Bristol on Saturday, 13th
November 2004. A
report will be available here soon.
(24.05.04
– updated 17.07.04) Notes from MCL’s Annual General Meeting, LONDON, 15th
May 2004:
MCL's
secretary, Peter Kempadoo, sent a letter expressing his apologies for being
unable to attend the meeting or to continue as secretary due to pressure of
other work. Peter confirmed that no business was outstanding. The meeting asked
for their thanks to be conveyed to Peter for the work he had undertaken on
behalf of MCL.
Ireene-Sointu
offered to act as contact for MCL and to deal with routine correspondence.
Others would assist as required.
There
were no questions about the annual financial report.
MCL’s
booklets will be reviewed starting next year. Thanks were expressed to Veggies
for their invaluable work in keeping the stocks of MCL publications, sending
out orders and taking materials to all the events they attended.
Elaine
Garrett advised that she had started the review of leaflets as agreed at the
last meeting in November. Efforts had been made to use plenty of material from
Kathleen's original leaflets, whilst updating the factual content where
necessary.
Bronwen
Lee advised that there are now 36 addresses on the contacts list.
A
report from the Vegan-Organic Trust was circulated to those present – this gave
assurances that the proposed centre would express the vegan message clearly.
The meeting agreed that the grant to VOT from MCL could be rolled forward, on
the same terms as before, for a further two-year period without any need to add
any additional clauses. It was agreed, however, that the report from VOT should
be appended to the agreement.
The
list of events Veggies will attend will be included in New Leaves, with a request
for help to run a table. Veggies always take MCL stock wherever they go.
Patrick
Smith mentioned the European Social Forum, which had grown out of the World
Social Forum and anti-globalisation movement. The WSF had taken place in Mumbai
in January and had attracted over 100,000 visitors. The WSF has emerged as a
global and grassroots alternative to the G8 - its theme is "another world
is possible". Business at the social forums is conducted through reaching
consensus. The ESF will take place around Alexandra Palace, London, in October
this year and has indicated it would welcome input from groups representing
compassionate lifestyles. It was agreed this would be an excellent opportunity
for MCL to spread its message. Many parallel sessions take place that give a
great opportunity for grass roots involvement.
Groups can suggest topics for debate via the website and like-minded
groups get linked together. For more information the website is http://www.mobilise.org.uk/view/ESF/WebHome
(see also the July edition of New Leaves).
Graham
Burnett advised that he is featured as a vegan-organic gardener in this new
book coming out in June – Allotment Folk.
It
was agreed to keep the frequency of meetings to 6-monthly at the moment, with
the next meeting taking place in Bristol on Saturday, 13th November (details
will be provided later).
Thanks
to all who attended and all who contributed to the meeting.
(15.04.03) Kathleen
Jannaway, co-founder (with her husband Jack) of the Movement for
Compassionate Living, passed away peacefully on 27th January 2003.
Click here for our biographical tribute and
photographs.
(23.01.03) Visit the Vegan-Organic Trust web site for information on the proposed vegan and vegan-organic Demonstration, Research and Education Centre. www.veganorganic.net/trust.htm
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