Minutes of the Organizing Committee Meeting of
Nepal Fair 2008 London
(11 July 2008
)The preparatory meeting of the Organizing Committee of the Nepal Fair 2008 in London was held at the Embassy of Nepal, 12A Kensington Palace Gardens on 11 July 2008. This was a continuation of earlier meetings of 14 May and 13 June 2008. The following personalities, including Embassy officials, participated in the meeting:
Participants:
H. E. Mr. Murari Sharma, Ambassador, Chair
Mr. Anthony Wieler, Co-Chair
Mr. Damar Ghale, Co-Chair
Mr. Barry Jaynes, Coordinator (Trade and Investment UK-side)
Mr. Narendra Kandel, Coordinator (Trade and Investment Nepal-side)
Mr. Dhruba K.C., Coordinator, Tourism
Mr. Amol Gurung, Coordinator, Venue
Ms. Jeshika Chhetri, Representative, Limkokwing University
Mr. Ashish Pant, Coordinator, Publicity
Mr. Mahant Shrestha, Coordinator, Nepali Cuisine
Mr. Puspa Shrestha, Treasurer
Mr. Jhabindra Aryal, Co-Focal Point
Mr. Raja Ram Giri, Co-Focal Point
Mr. Arun Neupane, Representative, NBA
Mr. Ganesh Adhikari, Representative, Nepal Embassy
Mr. Khimanand Bhusal, Representative, Nepal Embassy
Proceeding:
The Co-focal Point, Mr. Aryal, distributed the agenda of the meeting and draft programme for the Committee's consideration. The Committee reviewed progress made so far in the preparations of the Fair. Co-Chairs and Coordinators made presentations on the progress made since the last meeting. Chairman Murari Sharma briefed the Committee on the efforts made by the Embassy to make the Fair a success.
After careful deliberation of the agenda, the program and the comments and suggestions coming from the participants, the Committee took the following decisions by consensus:
Decisions:
Appreciate the Chair's announcement that the Embassy of Nepal was increasing its contribution to the Fair at this stage from £1500 to £2336/42. The Treasurer of the Committee received the details of account (expenses and balance).
Deposit all the money collected for the Fair in a special account of the Embassy for the time being; and no financial commitment will be made without the decision of the Committee.
Devise a standard form to be completed by the interested parties to set up stalls in the Fair. The form shall be designed and approved within a week and posted in the Fair's website along with other information. Narendra Kandel shall prepare the first draft of the form to be circulated to all members of the Committee for comments and suggestions before approval.
Upload all relevant information of the Fair in its website including the press releases, minutes, details of Fair organizing committee, programme, etc. under their respective headings; Asish Pant agreed to update the website as and when it requires and post the information as soon as they are available.
Appreciate Mahanta Shrestha for confirming that the food stall of the Fair would be taken and becoming the first person to take the stall.
Request Co-Chair Damar Ghale to write his counterpart NRNAs based in the West Europe with a request to participate in the Fair and support for it; Mr. Ghale accepted the request and confirmed that he would do so.
Appreciate Dhurba K. C. for agreeing to provide necessary information to Fair participants from Nepal regarding travel, transport and accommodation.
Appreciate the agreement of Mr. KC to disseminate information about the Fair to all travel and tour operators in the United Kingdom.
Meet again on Wednesday 23 July 2008 at 18:30 hrs at the Embassy..
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