1/29 Dinner/Meeting: Turn your resolutions into actionable solutions

January 6, 2009

We want to wish everyone a Happy New Year, and hope that 2009 will be a great year for advocacy & outreach in the Bay Area and with Bay Area Vegetarians, aka BAVeg aka Be-A-Veg BAVeg is run entirely by volunteers; we have no paid staff or offices. So, our continued operation really is dependent upon each one of us. Chris and I have been with BAVeg since its humble beginnings as "SFBAVeg" in October, 2001; we designed and built http://bayareaveg.org, including the custom Ultimate Guide, organized hundreds of events and activities, and incorporated it as a non-profit 501©(3). Through all of this, we have enjoyed working with many wonderful and dedicated people over these years on BAVeg's core principles of CARE -- Community, Advocacy, Resources, and Education.

This is a beginning of a new year, and we're in search of fresh ideas, energy and talent to help shape the direction of BAVeg for the future. So whether you're new or old BAVeg member, aspiring or experienced activist/volunteer, as long as you are interested in working with BAVeg to promote veganism, please join us for this dinner meeting on January 29th, 2009 at 6 pm at Udupi Palace restaurant in SF. This dinner meeting will be an opportunity to meet with other like-minded folks and discuss forthcoming projects and volunteer needs, outreach strategies and styles, and just network and socialize, too, all while enjoying delicious vegan food. Udupi is an all-vegetarian restaurant with many vegan selections of Southern Indian fare, including dosas and uthappam. And, unlike other SF restaurants, it is actually heated during the winter so we won't need to bundle up just to eat. Please see the event link below for more information or to RSVP. What: Volunteer & Activist Community DinnerWhere: Udupi Palace, 1007 Valencia St (21st St), San Francisco When: 1/29/09 Thursday, 6:00 pmHosts: Tammy & Chris, Bay Area Vegetarians co-foundersRSVP: http://www.bayareaveg.org/rsvp.htm?id=2046Full Details: http://www.bayareaveg.org/events.php?EID=2046#2046

So come join us ... Turn your resolutions to help animals, be more active, promote veganism, etc into actionable solutions! We look forward to meeting and working with you in 2009.

Cheers,Tammy and Chrisco-founders of BAVeg

Bay Area Vegetarianswww.BayAreaVeg.org

January 23, 2009

Hey Tammy and Chris and BAvg!I am finally getting around to saying that I'm excited about this event on the 29th! There are so many folks who were active in Prop 2 whom I've been missing and not seen, and quite a few folks on the BAveg list that I would love to meet who are involved in or interested in activism.

It will be difficult for me to get there from work by 6, but I am looking forward to this event and appreciate Tammy and Chris for initiating it -- and for all they/you! -- do and have done for animals and for the vegetarian community in the Bay Area over the years.

If you have ever thought, " I wish more people would be vegetarian, " please come to this dinner meeting!Nora

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Tammy, BAVeg <tammy wrote:

We want to wish everyone a Happy New Year, and hope that 2009 will be a great year for advocacy & outreach in the Bay Area and with Bay Area Vegetarians, aka BAVeg aka Be-A-Veg BAVeg is run entirely by volunteers; we have no paid staff or offices. So, our continued operation really is dependent upon each one of us. Chris and I have been with BAVeg since its humble beginnings as " SFBAVeg " in October, 2001; we designed and built http://bayareaveg.org, including the custom Ultimate Guide, organized hundreds of events and activities, and incorporated it as a non-profit 501©(3). Through all of this, we have enjoyed working with many wonderful and dedicated people over these years on BAVeg's core principles of CARE -- Community, Advocacy, Resources, and Education.

This is a beginning of a new year, and we're in search of fresh ideas, energy and talent to help shape the direction of BAVeg for the future. So whether you're new or old BAVeg member, aspiring or experienced activist/volunteer, as long as you are interested in working with BAVeg to promote veganism, please join us for this dinner meeting on January 29th, 2009 at 6 pm at Udupi Palace restaurant in SF. This dinner meeting will be an opportunity to meet with other like-minded folks and discuss forthcoming projects and volunteer needs, outreach strategies and styles, and just network and socialize, too, all while enjoying delicious vegan food. Udupi is an all-vegetarian restaurant with many vegan selections of Southern Indian fare, including dosas and uthappam. And, unlike other SF restaurants, it is actually heated during the winter so we won't need to bundle up just to eat. Please see the event link below for more information or to RSVP. What: Volunteer & Activist Community DinnerWhere: Udupi Palace, 1007 Valencia St (21st St), San Francisco When: 1/29/09 Thursday, 6:00 pmHosts: Tammy & Chris, Bay Area Vegetarians co-foundersRSVP: http://www.bayareaveg.org/rsvp.htm?id=2046Full Details: http://www.bayareaveg.org/events.php?EID=2046#2046

So come join us ... Turn your resolutions to help animals, be more active, promote veganism, etc into actionable solutions! We look forward to meeting and working with you in 2009.

Cheers,Tammy and Chrisco-founders of BAVeg

Bay Area Vegetarianswww.BayAreaVeg.org

-- " The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. " -Gandhiwww.chooseveg.com

" Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. " -The Lorax by Dr. Seuss