TOPIC:

EAST MEATS WEST – A VEGETARIAN HISTORY

SPEAKER PROFILE:

VU Webmaster 1995 -
IVU International Council Member 1997 -
IVU Manager 2006-

Email: manager@ivu.org

JD was a pioneer of vegetarianism on the internet, having been actively involved since 1994. He maintained the first websites for VSUK, VIVA and EVU as well being involved with many others in the mid-90s. He built the first IVU website in November 1995. In 1997, at the Council meeting in Bussolengo, Italy, he was co-opted onto the IVU International Council, then in January 1999 at the World Congress in Chiang Mai, Thailand, he was elected as a council member. However, from January 1, 2000, he has been employed part-time as the IVU webmaster, and therefore resigned from the elected position – but has been co-opted onto all Council sessions in an advisory, non-voting, capacity.

In 2006 he was designated as IVU Manager, to include responsibility for members and supporters via the IVU Virtual Office, and the general planning and development of IVU. The last few years have seen some major reorganisations to enable IVU to maintain its leading role in world vegetarianism into the 21st century, including imporvements in financial and business links. He is particularly proud to have had the opportunity to support the first vegetarian congresses ever to be held in Africa, thanks to funds raised by IVU.

Throughout this time he has also been researching the history of IVU, partly for presentations at the centenary congress in 2008, along with general vegetarian history, all supported by members of the ivu-history email group. The results of this now run to about 10,000 historical files on the IVU website.

Over the years with IVU he has attended congresses and other events in many countries, including Brazil, China, Germany, India, Italy, Indonesia, Scotland, Singapore, Switzerland and Thailand.

* IVU Virtual Office – for the Annual Report 2006
* The EVU Cybercafe at Euro Congress 1999 (EVU News, 2000)
* Biographical notes – from the Thai99 Congress
* Cooking up a Storm in Cyberspace (IVU News 1998)
o Español – Levantando un revuelo en el Ciberespacio
* The IVU Cyberspace Domain (IVU News 1997)
o Italiano – Il Dominio della IVU nel Ciberspazio
* The EVU and the Internet (EVU News 1996)

* International Vegetarian Union – created the original site in November ‘95
* Vegetarian Society UK webmaster 1995-97 and 1999-2002
* Vegetarian Union of North America – webmaster 1997-99
* European Vegetarian Union – webmaster 1995-98
* Viva! webmaster July ‘95 – Jan ‘97
* Vegetarian Resource Group – helped create the original site in 1995
* Animal Rights Resource Site – involved with the early development of the site, 1995 (now animalconcerns.org).
* Vegetarian Pages – contributed a lot of the development for various sections, now sadly very out of date.

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VIDEO: EAST MEET WEST – A VEGETARIAN HISTORY

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