"moja noa James" - "My name is James", added by james_de_souza
Timeline - Beginnings - Feb 2000 to May 2002
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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