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Originally it was talked about for the July 4 weekend. Then it was shifted to the April 6 weekend. Now it has been finalized for the last weekend in May, the Memorial Day weekend.
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The primary reason for this shift that was made today is that tens of Nepali students in the Mid-West talked to Chandra Prakash Sharma about it during his recent swing through the region. They said April will be during their Spring semester. They will not be able to come. But if the convention were to be held at the beginning of summer, that would be the best time for them. They could be done with their studies, and come to the convention before they go off for their summer jobs.
There are several advantages to this shift.
(1) It will be warmer at the end of May. That is officially the first weekend of summer.
(2) School will be over. School facilities become possible venue options.
(3) The young crowd is the largest at any convention. It is only right that they are being listened to. They are the ones who flock to the concert in large numbers, for example.
(4) It was the youth that drove the April Revolution in Nepal. They were at the forefront. They did all the strategic thinking. They took care of the logistics.
(5) Nepal is a young country. More than 40% of the people are less than 14 years old.
(6) You do not better honor the April Revolution by holding the convention in April. You honor through the guests you invite from Nepal. You honor it through the programs you do. You honor it by reenacting the April Revolution on a small scale at the convention.
(7) But this is not a political convention. It is designed to be a festival. We are going to do extensive market research to cater to the different groups of people.
(8) If the constituent assembly elections were to be held "before May 2006," we might not have been able to get many of the guests from Nepal. Now chances are the convention date is for after the elections.
We are also zeroing in on the venue options. Right now we are looking at a cluster of three places.
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The official decision on the venue has not been made yet. We are just looking. And we are still open to other options.
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Chandra Prakash tells me work on this convention is going to refine me in the face time department. I look forward to it.
Costs
The initial idea was to have a flat fee of $35. Then the idea was to have a fee of $25, and charge separate for the concert and so on. Then we went back to the flat fee idea.
Now I am looking at the facilites, and looks to me like we might not be able to do the flat fee thing.
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There is a large hall, 790 capacity, and a small hall, 200 capacity. And we will be looking at rooms for 100-150 for the forums. You can not push the 790 limit or the Fire Marshall gets mad at you. So even to follow that law, we have to sell separate tickets for the three evening events.
How about this?
$35 registration gets you the button. You need that to buy any or all of the following. (5,000 max)
$10 for Inauguration Ceremony (790 max)
$15 Cultural Show (790 max)
$20 Concert (790 max)
We would also need to look for a dance club in the area.
LaGuardia is 10 minutes from Times Square.
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