News about VUNA

VUNA VIEWS - February 1998

News about VUNA

Who will pay the bills?

With a new Council in place and projects in the works, VUNA is set to promote vegetarianism as the millennium approaches--if only we could find a new treasurer! For over a year, VUNA has been calling for a volunteer to fill this important position from which Madge Darneille has announced her retirement. So far, the position remains empty and Madge has reluctantly agreed to stay on as Acting Treasurer. Once again, then, please consider volunteering for the job! The fundamental duties are to keep the books, track spending, and pay VUNA's bills, as well as to plan a budget for VUNA. You don't need to be a financial genius, but you should have some familiarity with bookkeeping; experience in preparing financial statements and budgets would be a most welcome asset. The job can be done where you are--no travel necessary.

VUNA's success in promoting a strong, effective, cooperative vegetarian movement throughout North America cannot happen without careful management of our limited financial resources. If you would like to be considered for this most important volunteer position, please contact Peter McQueen at 33 Karnwood Drive, Scarborough, ON CANADA MIL 2Z4, or e-mail him at: pmcqueen@interlog.com or call 416/757-5609. Isn't it about time Madge got to enjoy her retirement?

Big changes for VUNA on the World Wide Web

The Web site of VUNA has now taken its place under the umbrella of the International Vegetarian Union and can be easily found at: http://www.ivu.org/vuna very close to the Web pages for the European Vegetarian Union and the IVU. Simply browsing to www.ivu.org will take you to an easily navigated site with links to EVU, VUNA, and several IVU member organizations. Our site is benefiting from spiffed up graphics contributed by professional Web designer Bart Szyszka. The IVU Web page has an index of articles from IVU, EVU, and VUNA publications listed by topics and a growing collection of vegan recipes from around the world. The international nature of vegetarianism is apparent in the language options throughout ivu.org. A team of volunteer translators is working to get articles and recipes into as many languages as possible. If you are fluent in another language, you might consider offering your services for translation. One of Webmaster John Davis's goals is to make ivu.org a comprehensive and up-to-date Web resource for all kinds of vegetarian information.

What's going on with VUNA groups?

VUNA Corresponding Secretary Scott Williams plans to compile reports of notable activities of member societies so that VUNA Views can pass ideas and inspiration on to our readers. Scott may also give some recognition of new or renewed VUNA members. Send accounts of your group's (or your own) noteworthy activities to Scott c/o FARM, PO Box 30654, Bethesda, MD 20824 (e-mail: herbivorous@juno.com).

Maintained by Judy Miner jwminer@accessvt.com