Day 270 - 28 Jun 96 - Page 18
1 copies of".
2
3 And then there is a list of various documents which appear
4 to have been -- some that were documents created by
5 McDonald's and others by anti-McDonald's protestors and
6 some other people as well, by the looks of things.
7
8 In the middle of page 23 or just below the middle it says:
9
10 "The subject of the fayre was raised and talked about but
11 not with any intention of making decisions owing to the
12 poor attendance at the meeting. John said that there were
13 very few members participating and to show willing I said I
14 would think about helping with the organisation of the
15 creche, this being apparently the one area which had not
16 already been allocated to any particular member of the
17 group."
18
19 Do you remember anything about this discussion now or
20 generally how you came to volunteer to do the creche?
21 A. Yes, I felt that to show that I was willing to
22 participate in the group activities, I would volunteer to
23 adopt some role in the coming fayre, but, I mean, I did not
24 really want to do it but I felt that I had to.
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26 Q. Why did you feel that you had to?
27 A. Well, I did not want anybody to be suspicious about me
28 and my circumstances, and to show that I was willing to
29 participate in group activities I volunteered to take some
30 participation in the coming event.
31
32 Q. Right.
33 A. I think that area of the creche, nobody else had
34 volunteered to do that, so I put my name forward to do it.
35 It was not so much allocation, as I have said in my notes
36 here, as people actually volunteering to take specific
37 areas of responsibility.
38
39 Q. You said that John said that there were very few members
40 participating. What was your impression about the
41 organisation of the fayre?
42 A. My impression was that it was proving very difficult to
43 get the thing together, to get the whole organisation of it
44 moving forward. There was not a lot of inspiration you
45 know, that sort of thing.
46
47 Q. "At 9.30 p.m. Jonathan left and said he had to go, said he
48 had a long journey home. For the next hour little else was
49 discussed and we just sat and read leaflets and circulars
50 from other organisations, topics of which include animal
51 liberation and talks on what to do about the Gulf crisis.
52 A periodical named Peace News, a copy of which is
53 enclosed."
54
55 If there had been anything about McDonald's, would you have
56 made a note of it?
57 A. Yes, I would have done.
58
59 Q. "At 10.30 the meeting closed but there was no move to the
60 pub as was the usual practice. John excused himself saying
