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25th World Vegetarian Congress 1979, Loughborough, England
right: Maxwell Lee who will be taking over as Secretary of the IVU on the retirement of Brian Gunn-King. Maxwell is a very active member of the VSUK having been the Chairman of the Publications Sub-committee for 8 years, and a Council Member for most of that time. He often organises speakers' courses and naturally takes a great interest in the magazine! He is a senior lecturer in Geography & Environmental Studies at Manchester Polytech. Photo: VSUK staff. Minutes
of a meeting of the International Council of I.V.U, held at 18b, Munzelerstrasse,
Hannover, West Germany, on Saturday, 31st May and Sunday, 1st June,1980
Minutes
of a meeting of the International Council of I.V.U. held at the Movenpick
Hotel, Edwin-Scharff-Haus, Silcherstrasse 40, Neu-Ulm, West Germany,
on Satturday 11th and Sunday,12th July, 1981. 26th World Vegetarian Congress 1982, Neu-Ulm, West Germany Mr.Maxwell Lee is investigating the possibility of obtaining discount rates on party travel from the UK to Ulm. If you are interested please send an SAE to him as soon as possible: 10 Kings Drive, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 6NQ, on the understanding that there is unlikely to be any reply from the Airlines before march. However, Mr.Lee needs to hear from you at an early stage in order to estimate the demand.
. . . Mr Maxwell Lee, were re-elected to their respective offices. The Hon.General Secretary's Report Minutes
of a meeting of the International Council of I.V.U. held at the Edwin
Scharff-Haus, Neu-Elm, West Germany, 23rd July,1982 Minutes
of a meeting of the International Council of I.V.U. held at the University
of Maryland, Catonsville, U.S.A. on the 9th and 10th July, 1983 27th World Vegetarian Congress 1984, Baltimore, USA Mr Maxwell Lee (re-elected) Hon Secretary Hon.General Secretary's Report Hon.Treasurer's Report Minutes
of a meeting of the International Council of I.V.U. held at the University
of Maryland, Catonsville, U.S.A. on the 31st July, 1984. Minutes
of a meeting of the International Council of the International Vegetarian
Union held at the Hotel Antony, Cervia, Italy on 30th August, 1985.
(during European Congress) From The Vegetarian (Vegetarian Society UK) March/April 1986: MINUTES
OF A MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF I.V.U. HELD AT THE INDIAN
CULTURAL CENTRE, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM ON 15th FEBRUARY, 1986. 28th World Vegetarian Congress 1986, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia
. . . Mr.Maxwell Lee and his wife were also present at the welcome supper party and discussed with Mr Maglaic a possible Congress to be held in Yugoslavia in a few year's time. Mr Maglaic enjoyed a guided tour of Parkdale the following day courtesy of Mr Lee and particularly enjoyed seeing the library and the many vegetarian books from the last century. . . Hon.General Secretary's Report Hon Treasurer's Report MINUTES
OF MEETINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF I.V.U. HELD AT VARIOUS TIMES
DURING THE WORLD CONGRESS OF I.V.U. AT THE CROATIA HOTEL, CAVTAT, YUGOSLAVIA
FROM 25th MARCH TO 3rd APRIL, 1986 Minutes
of meetings of the International Council of the International Vegetarian
Union held at the Hotel Fiesta Americana, Guadalajara, Mexico on 1st
and 2nd August, 1987. 1988 - World Vegetarian Congress in Mexico cancelled. Minutes
of a Meeting of members of the International Council and represetatives
of the Israeli Vegetarian Society at the Kfar Maccabiah Hotel, Ramat
Gan, Israel on 1st April, 1989. Minutes
of a meeting of the International Council of the International Vegetarian
Union held at the Cultural Centre, Ostwald, Strasbourg, France on 14th
August,1989. (during European Congress) 29th World Vegetarian Congress 1990, Tel Aviv, Israel Hon.General Secretary's Report Hon Treasurer's Report and Accounts Minutes
of meetings of the International Council of I.V.U. held during the World
Vegetarian Congress at the Kfar Maccabiah Centre, Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv,
Israel from 17th - 24th April,1990. Minutes
of meetings of the International Council of I.V.U. held during the World
Vegetarian Congress at Chester College, England on 28th & 29th July,
1991. (during European Congress) Minutes
of meetings of the International Council of I.V.U. held during the World
Vegetarian Congress in Madras, India from 5th - 10th January, 1993.
31st World Vegetarian Congress 1994, The Hague, Holland Hon.General Secretary's Report Hon.Treasurer's Report Minutes
of meetings of the International Council of I. V.U. held at various
times during the World Vegetarian Congress in The Hague, The Netherlands,
from 7th - 13th August, 1994. Minutes
of a meeting of the International Council of I.V.U. held on 25th July,
1995, at the Congress of the Furopean Vegetarian Union held in Bratislava,
Slovak Republic. Minutes
of a meeting of the international Council of I.V.U. held on 7th &
8th August 1995, during the Vegan Festival held at the San Diego State
University, USA.
32nd World Vegetarian Congress, Johnstown USA, 1996
Hon.General Secretary's report Without growing financial support IVU would not be able to do these things. It was desirable for the post of Hon.General Secretary to be replaced by a full time paid General Secretary and for the regional organisations to be strengthened and provided with resources. The Hon.General Secretary thanked everyone for their support during his time in the post which had not always been easy and had put increasing demands on his time during the period. The President, Mr Surendra Mehta, thanked Mr Lee most sincerely for all his efforts over a long period and paid thanks to Sylvia Lee who had helped and supported her husband during his period of office. He mentioned how harmoniously he and Mr Lee had worked together.
There being only one candidate for the post of President, Mr.Howard Lyman, and one candidate for the post of Deputy President, Mr Maxwell Lee, the President, Mr Mehta, declared them both elected unopposed. Mr Maxwell Lee stated he looked forward to continuing to work for world vegetarianism, albeit in a different role. He felt there was much to do and wished his successor, Mr Francisco Martin, well in his task. The President, Mr Mehta, stated he had known Mr Lee since 1979 and spoke of his role in both the British and international vegetarian movements. He felt Mr Lee was sincere and hard working and he had moved the vegetarian movement forward during his period of office as Hon.General Secretary. He felt that the combination of Howard Lyman and Maxwell Lee leading IVU would move international vegetarianism higher and higher. Minutes
of a meeting of the International Council of 1.V.U. held at various
times during the world vegetarian congress held at the University of
Pittsburgh, Pitt-Johnstown Campus, Pennsylvania, USA. Minutes
of IVU Council Meeting, 20th September 1997, Hotel Gardesano, Bussolengo,
Italy. (during European Congress)
33rd World Vegetarian Congress, Chiang Mai, Thailand 1999 Mr Maxwell Lee and Mr Kevin Pickard contested for election. Mr Maxwell Lee was elected President by a large majority.
A meeting of the International Council was held on Sunday,
3rd January, 1999 at 2 p.m. at the Lotus Pang Suan Kaew Hotel Chiang
Mai, Thailand. The
second session of the IVU Council was held on Friday 8/1/99 at 1.30
at the Lotus Pang Suan Kaew Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand. 34th World Vegetarian Congress, 2000, Toronto In the absence of the IVU Chair (Maxwell Lee), the Deputy Chair, Kevin
Pickard, took the chair and welcomed the attendees. In the new constitution (1999), the positions of President and Deputy
President were eliminated and those of Chair and Deputy Chair were created.
Maxwell Lee and Kevin Pickard respectively were elected to the new positions.
The list of proposed Fellows . . . was read out, including the number of years of service for each. The names are: . . . Maxwell Lee (UK), . . .
right: The opening ceremony, Maxwell speaking as President of the host society, VSUK Elected to the IC at the 35th WVC - . . . Maxwell Lee The minutes of the International Council meetings at this Congress were never completed. Maxwell attended the 2nd meeting having been re-elected. Maxwell was unable to attend the 36th Congress in Brazil, November 2004, and did not stand for re-election to the International Council, though he remained a Fellow of IVU. He died suddenly, early in 2005.
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Minutes
of the International Council meeting of I.V.U. at 09.30 hrs. on Tuesday
28th August 1979
right:
At the Conference table, left, Ulrich Schröter - Deputy President,
centre, Gordon Latto - President, right, Maxwell Lee Hon.General Secretary.
The Mankar Memorial Award can be seen in the foreground. 
right:
The photograph shows Milan Maglaic touching glasses with Maxwell Lee.
Chairman of the Council of the Vegetarian Society (bottom centre) at
the party in Mr. Aaron's home. Photo: Courtesy of Chester Observer.
(1982)![[Maxwell G. Lee]](../../congress/wvc96/maxwell_lee.jpg)
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photo from the Johnstown Cybercafe
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The Officers and some Council Members of the IVU, from left: Pornthep
Srinarula (Thailand), Hiren Kara (India), Francisco Martin (Spain),
Kevin Pickard (Canada), Maxwell Lee (UK), Saurabh Dalal (USA), Sigrid
De Leo (Switzerland), Patricia Carney (USA), Howard Lyman (USA), Hildegund
Schovien (Germany), Surenda Metha (India). 
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World Vegetarian Congress