SOCKET : November meeting follow up info

Thanks to all of those who came along to the November Socket meeting.
PLUS an extra special Thank You also to Yvonne Lundon at BSL Transformations who provided a fantastic space.

To follow up some of the queries which were raised in the meeting:

• For information on the Angel fund, pls see this site for information about the Seed Co-investment fund at www.nzvif.com
• Re paid parental leave: 14 weeks was introduced in Dec 2005, and the extension to self employed 1 July 2006. Here is a link to the parental leave section of the DoL website.
• The Minister is writing to the Minister of Labour to raise the issue of PPL for volunteers returning home and we will advise you of the response in due course.
• The MWA Nominations Service website.