| Feb 2000 |
YLGS is set up in its first incarnation
First YLGS yahoo group is set up
Support from GoanVoice newsletter
Occasional social meetings held throughout year
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| May 2001 |
49 members on yahoo group
Mainly inactive yahoo group and members
Approximately 5 posts per month on group
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| Nov 2001 |
Say 1 Do 1 organise “Jump Around” in Holborn – publicised by YLGS
Attended by James D’Souza who contacts YLGS organiser and commits to getting involved and is added to yahoo group
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| Dec 2001 |
Suggestion of meeting regularly on last Friday of the month by James D’Souza: the monthly meet up is born
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| Feb 2002 |
First monthly meet up
5 young Goans attend
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| Apr 2002 |
Meet up in Charing Cross
6 young Goans attend
James D’Souza attempts to become moderator of first YLGS yahoo group to add people’s email addresses and get something going
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| May 2002 |
Monthly meet up in Langley’s goes completely wrong - young Goans refused entry
People who do come along end up in Maxwell’s, Covent garden
14 Young Goans attend: including Alison Braganza and Ruby De Souza
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| Jun 2002 |
Alison and James in regular contact and begin communicating with YLGS organisers to get yahoo group going
Small group of young Goans attends Help a Poor Child in Greenford
Monthly meet up in Los Locos, Covent Garden attended by 10 Young Goans
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| Jul 2002 |
Alison suggests setting up stall at Goan Festival 2002
...reformed.
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