Rewire, thanks for your analysis and even though I've seen and heard of the gompas being built all over Ktm (with mainly the money that is being sent from the US/Japan/UK and other developed nations) I'm not trynna say that the Manang, Mustang or Sherpa organizations are better in anyway but the fact is that these organizations represent thousands of Nepalis here in the US and for the Nepal Council to involve only the "yes-men" with meagre influence even in their home cities on the issues of "Reform in Nepal" is outright negligence on their part...

Not to blame the Nepal Council but our own peeps:  As far as I see it all boiling down to, it's education and the coming in terms with modern technology.  Most of the orgs we have (Mustang, Manang, Tamang, Yolmo, etc.) that represent the majority are still in a time-warp.  Hardly anyone has a website or some means of contact that someon could use to research and find more on them.  Another point is that they stick together as they do not know about other such happenings (because they are not informed of such events as per my earlier reason in the previous line).  And also, not enough is being done by the other organizations and educated majority (such as the Nepal Council, ANA and its likes) to get the Reps of these neglected orgnaizations involved.  I feel that its about time that the educated peeps within these neglected orgs take an active stance on this issue and use their influence to sway any motion in the Nepal Council meetings which is their democratic right as they too care about the precarious condition their motherland is in today! 

On a financial note, these organizations have members who do a lot for their own community...In sajha it takes forever to raise $5K for someone deceased (even the deceased's local association or club is lifeless in this aspect)...But when someone of their community passes away, the neglected organizations raise $20K overnight!!  This was the case in the October 2007 tragedy when the Manang Samaj of NYC did that feat.  Also, The Sherpa Kyidug has raised $650K+ for their Sherpa Cultural Center in NYC.  The amazing fact is that this amount was all pledged in a year's time (that too only among the Sherpas in the US!!).  Even the people of lower Manang who numbered around 70 sent back around $90K for their gompas and to take care of their elderly peeps (these funds were collected within a few months back in 2004/2005)...Amazing ain't it!!  I don't see any reason why the vaious Nepali NGOs couldn't tap into this source for a change.

It takes money to help others in need and like you said the ANA and other such orgs have been a joke in that aspect even though they claim to have thousands of members.  I really think its about time the true voice of Nepalis in America should ring out and let all who don't know (or still ignore that fact) that we, the majority have finally arrived!!

BTW, apologies shirish.  The thread seems to have taken a life of its own now!