One World Fair - first meeting of the year!

As you know, the annual One World Fair is in November; but believe it or not, planning starts now! The first meeting of the organising group will be on Wednesday 1st April at 7.30pm in the Mitre, Oxford High Street. As Julia mentioned in her post a couple of months ago, we need a group of at least four or five people to get this event up and running, as well as, of course, a lot of help nearer the time.

For anyone who's new to the group, the One World Fair is our flagship event of the year, raising a lot of money for Oxfam's work, and, equally importantly, providing a space for groups working on international development, fair trade,the environment and justice issues to come together and reach a wider public with their campaigns, merchandise, and educational materials.

The workgroup is crucial to get the Fair off the ground. Meeting roughly monthly, it organises the venue and publicity, organising the café, and taking bookings from participant groups. This involves some bursts of work, but the load isn't too heavy! If you haven't been involved in running an event like this before, it's great experience of "project management", as well as a rewarding and hopefully fun activity. And if you've been in the group a while, maybe this year, this could be your thing?

Please let me know in advance of the meeting (if you can - but don't worry) if you plan to be involved - give me a call, or reply to this post. I look forward to hearing from you soon!