Open Vegan Association (draft)

Open Letter to Change the Business of Vegetarian Associations/Societies/Foundations/Unions.

To whom it may concern

Dear interested vegetarian consumer or leader of any Vegetarian Community around the globe!

The Open Vegetarian Association (OVA) idea/concept/draft is the first attempt, to bring all Vegetarian Organizations (Semi-Vegetarians, Vegetarians, [[Veganism|Vegans) worldwide (all continents) together with a few basic rules based on the view of an ethical consumer to work together on the #Agenda2030. Based on the idea of a Open society (concept from 1932) and Open data like Wikipedia, Veganwiki or similar Open Source or Open content projects.

Please join me and million other consumers to create

I'm a global citizen and traveled all continents and (+50 out of 193 UN member states). The concept is different but borrowed from The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers which has a totally different view/approach and is not associated with me.

Thank you very much!

[email protected] Global citizen, living in Asia

Reason

The existing organizations like

1. IVU (1908)
2. EVU (1988)
3. APVU (maybe this or next year?!)

and missing similar organizations on a global level on the continents like

1. North america
2. South America
3. Africa

Just to show what dilemma we have (if there are people, please get in contact with [email protected]). Their views and believes have no expiry date.

Requirements

• To become a member, you need to read, understand, sign and support the 17 specific UN SDGs actively with your actions
• Participate in the Vegetarian Progress Index
• The deadline or expiry date of this organization is 2030 (starting from 2015), there will be a follow-up organization, but for the time being this organization is for the Sustainable Development of the Vegetarian Community worldwide.
• Only

Goals

• Support Free Education for Vegetarians and interested parties (making $ not allowed), for e.g. providing access to Statistics in your Region
• This organization does not impact your local business / memberships or commercial activities as long as they actively support the 17 specific SDGs ($)
• Make regional events happen ($)
• Promote the Vegetarian Label as Universal Label for a plant-based diet ($)

($) simply allows everyone to charge or not to charge money for that specific topic.

Status

• Phase 1 (2015): Drafting the idea, I'm collecting inputs from various Organizations to learn and add more specifics to this Open letter which is distributed to all vegetarian organizations, which I can reach via E-Mail, Facebook over the Internet and also Offline in person. If you want to contact me, please send your message to [email protected] Thank you for your attention/interest!
• Phase 2 (2015): Planing, sorting the details I get from everywhere.
• Phase 3 (2015): Action, founding an International Association with at least 5 board members from different nationalities and continents.
• Phase 4 (2016): Review, look that we implement what was originally planned

See also

• Sustainable Development Goals
• The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers