Posted by: shirish July 11, 2005
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I would like to take this oppurtunity to thank the organizing team on behalf of a non profit organization that I representated in Dallas. The responses we received were very prompt, thoughtful, organized and professional. Thank You Dallas for providing us a booth for the price of the non profit. Others: (totally personal views) These people were volunteers and without being the professional event managers/organizers did so much without being compensated, they should be commended and thanked. Of course, managing so many events and so many hundreds of people, things go wrong at times but some of them are excusable. Next time: Hire professional event managers ! The literary program was overcrowded by undisciplined kids. The parents did not have understanding of the meaning of the poetry recitation and lacked any control over their kids. The concentration and atmosphere were totally ruined with the unruly kids running, jumping around like monkeys. Next time: Get rid of kids and dont worry about the density of the attendee. It was ridiculous to see kids running around when interested few were trying to listen to a poem. How would you attract more people with such kind of environment? One thing I will accept is: The turn over was extremely low in the forums. Culprits: Some Speakers and moderators. The moderators were too moderate to allow the speakers to go in lengths with details and taking up others time. People lost interest with presentations that were intended to a very different crowd. This further accentuated thinning of density. Some presentors just read as if it was book reading kind of thing. Next time: Have alarm clocks and turn off the mike when time expires regardless of who is speaking or reading ! One presenter who was talking about uniting all the organizations, dissappeared after shifting his talk in the begginning. Was he not supposed to be there to listen to "Organizations in US: their roles and chalenges"? which was very apt for his topic ! Banquet: Was supposed to start at 6 pm and people were coming till 8:30 for the three course (?) dinner. How the manage could think that the dinner will be over in half an hour and get ready for the concert. Both the people who cared less for the time and the management who let them in for the sake of income were ridiculous. Next time: start in time, finish in time. No hanky Panky. I wont go to banquet anyway, its not worth 30 $ for that kind of food and round table and listening to some of the ridiculous people. Changing the price of momo: basic theory of supply and demand. But certainly because of the location of the hotel and those without any transportation facility and closure of the restaurent below had no choice. Alcohol was expensive and no doubt they sold for 37000$. There were numerous kids and grown ups alike who bought from outside. Next time: bring alcohol from home. Overall impression: These people have put lots of hard work and time. The level of passions can not be underestimated but showed their weakness at the time of execution. Next time: Hard work, devotion and well execution to avoid mass confusions.
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