What we’re about
Island Lesbian Social - Building our Lesbian Community - Meetup is OUR private social networking site for all lesbian women living within our beautiful Lower Vancouver Island area. Our private Lower Vancouver Island Lesbian Meetup has approx 470 members:)
We're PRIVATE, welcoming of all lesbian women living here locally. Early in 2011, Jacqueline founded our "Island Lesbian Social" Meetup, organizing a few lesbian outdoors walks and several lesbian dinner restaurant events. Cheryl continued this loving commitment for three more years, organizing monthly Island Lesbian Social restaurant/ private home dinner events. Since May 2016, Ev is and has been Volunteer Organizer for Island Lesbian Social - Building Our Lesbian Community -- Meetup.
The Goal of Island Lesbian Social - Building Our Lesbian Community - Meetup is to provide/ promote/ encourage a range of small in-person local lesbian gatherings, ideally with our own private residence or own table at a restaurant or theater, as well as more often "rainbow flocking" as a lesbian group to a fun, local public event.
PLEASE NOTE: For those not yet "out"/ completely "out", there are a several emotional-safety features within our island Lesbian Social Meetup site:
1. Our Event Titles (which have limited letters) incorporate brief phrases to help guide readers, such as "LESBIAN", "Lesbian-oriented", or "Lesbian-friendly", or simply "PUBLIC event";
2. We do NOT publish phone numbers nor personal emails. (Instead, please use our Meetup's Personal Message System -- top left corner on each Member's Profile - to contact another member);
3. Our Events will list sufficient detail within the Event Description that you, as our Island lesbian Social Meetup member, will have a good feel for the environment and participants.
4. You must post a photograph of your face on your Member's profile, so we're able to recognize you at a local event -- AND you are able to recognize our other Island Lesbian Social Meetup members who have RSVP'd they are also attending a particular event.
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If you want to go to one of our Island Lesbian Social Meetup events, please add your "yes" RSVP to that event. Most of our Island Lesbian Social Meetup events are small (5-12) events and your "yes" RSVP reserves your spot -- and helps the event host(s) prepare for these events.... And, when we list lesbian-women-friendly public events on Island Lesbian Social Meetup events, your RSVP helps us find each other at those lesbian-women-friendly public events:)
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Annual Membership Dues are $5 each year, to help with the associated costs of running and maintaining our Island Lesbian Social Meetup (My personal credit card gets charged by $130 every 6 months as your Volunteer Organizer; I deeply appreciate your timely annual $5 dues - the price of a coffee to you:) ) .
A current and identifiable profile photo is required to join and be an Island Lesbian Social member (we like to see who we're meeting and it helps us find you at Meetups -- another reason why when you RSVP to an Event it really helps everyone:) ). This also helps maintain the security of our respectful-to-all group.
Island Lesbian Social - Building Our Community - Meetup is technically a small business owned by Ev Andrews, helping to build and support an upbeat, welcoming, lesbian-women-welcoming local community:)
Let's get Out and Proud ... and welcome with love and compassion ALL of our Island Lesbian Social Meetup members, including those who may not yet have begun their "coming out" journey:)
Please contact me, Ev, via Personal Message on this Island lesbian Social Meetup site, of you have any questions or suggestions:)
Volunteer Organizer
Ev