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| hello |
Posted
on 15-Oct-01 07:39 PM
Why is the dashain party $15,
some people are college students who find this amount ummm pricey
If someone couild explain this, thanks
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| maya |
Posted
on 16-Oct-01 04:05 PM
hey I agree with you.
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| Krishna |
Posted
on 16-Oct-01 10:15 PM
I think 15 dollars is a lot of money to charge for a gathering. Is GBNC charging 15 dollars to show it's monopoly on the Nepali community in Boston? I think it is the organizers duty to answer such questions when asked by the community why it has to be so expensive.
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| KOKO |
Posted
on 17-Oct-01 11:11 AM
For 5.99 you can have a full course buffet in any Indian restaurent.
Maybe you could have student discount with valid student id.
maybe charge a little extra for professionals to give students a break.
I'm sure y'all remember how broke you were during college days.
How about getting a sponser to share costs . Put up their banners at the event.
Or even get the city hall involved, after all we are residents of Boston.
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| chahalpahal |
Posted
on 17-Oct-01 02:09 PM
GBNC is a non-profit organization. I don't think it is planning to make money out of this party. So far that I know, the dinner itself at the program costs 8.00 a plate. The entertainment cost that GBNC has to pay to the city of Cambridge, the cost for the two security personnels from MIT that the GBNC needs to pay $50.00/hour (this is required by MIT), the cost for sound systems and the cost for beverages all adds up too. When I went to Losar party in New York, I paid $40.00 and I heard the New Yorkers also charged 30.00 for Deep Shrestha's concert (ours was $15.00).
my two cents....
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| NK |
Posted
on 17-Oct-01 03:41 PM
Thank you chahalpahal (god you have a long name!) for giving us the breakdown. People always seem to be surprised at the dinner price. For once a year I think we should be able to shell that much dough, don't you think? It is nothing compared to the satisfaction we get after seeing all those familiar and not so familiar faces. Even if we have to endure a 4 hour long "cultural program" I say "hey it is worth it!"
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| hello |
Posted
on 17-Oct-01 04:22 PM
thanks for your support
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| dahahaha |
Posted
on 17-Oct-01 04:25 PM
My question is why are they doing it on SUNDAY?
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| Ha Ha |
Posted
on 17-Oct-01 06:13 PM
$15.00 is almost like letting you in for Free...
don't be a lovhi ko badho kuvindo, kha na lagayuo chichindo....
yes, there are definatley ways to do it cheaper... for $less than $ 1.00 - by serving boiled potatoes with a grain of salt... in the subway... (especailly the green line stops)...
$15.00 charged by the GBNC is peanuts.... its absolutely nothing... so students. and lovis get over it - you should be doing more to support your gbnc organization.
go GBNC... down with these lovis...
yes, you may get buffet for cheaper... but... are your 'fathers the indians' going to throw you a dashain party too for the same price...
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| somerville |
Posted
on 18-Oct-01 03:34 AM
dahahaha dasain is being held on sunday, because according to the info i got, people who usually work on the weekends (fri, sat) cannot come and celebrate. so ithis year's dasain is especially for those who have not been able to attend before.
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| Koko |
Posted
on 18-Oct-01 11:17 AM
Are you guys saying that all those Nepali people that cannot afford $15 can forget about coming to this gathering ?? THats quite a turn around from previous policies. Gbnc was very accomodating in the past. are you trying to say if you cannot afford it don't come ??? Gbnc being an organization would have more outreach than a single individual working minimum wage and going to school full time. wHAT GOOD IS AN ORGANIZATION IF IT CANNOT ACCOMODATE ITS OWN PEOPLE ?
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| nobody |
Posted
on 18-Oct-01 11:34 AM
%age of people who would like to have these get-togethers on Saturday as compared to Sunday? How about a poll on that one, Moderator?
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| chahalpahal |
Posted
on 18-Oct-01 11:35 AM
koko,
Thoughts from an individual does not represent the GBNC organization.
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| Koko |
Posted
on 18-Oct-01 11:46 AM
well then, where is GBNC's response ?
Or they are just going to give us the silent treatment.
Is GBNC FOR THE PEOPLE ?
I thought this was a party FOR THE PEOPLE..
But if you cannot make it affordable FOR THE PEOPLE what good is it ?
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| Prem |
Posted
on 18-Oct-01 12:31 PM
Ko ko, shut the f...off!!! Didn't ho ho already explain you why it's 15 dollars?
Dude, it's very embrassing arguing on 15 bucks. I'm student myself. I can afford. Anyone can afford it. You're just being an ass hole.
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| deep |
Posted
on 18-Oct-01 12:41 PM
ooye bro kasto defend gareko ho yesto... I think 15 dollars is expensive for a middle class working guy like me. So gotta think about it.. Well but the other thing is dashain comes once and spending 15 dollars for it is not to be counted as expensive....We all spend that much amount in Cig and unnecessary stuffs so it's a fair deal ....
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| Koko |
Posted
on 18-Oct-01 01:56 PM
Mr Prem
It might not be a big deal for you but to some people it is. I have no problem paying it. But Iam talking about the ones that cannot, is Gbnc going to do something about it. I remember how it was when I was in college that is why I am supporting these people. If an organoization like GBNC does not recognise this them who will ???
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| Geda das |
Posted
on 18-Oct-01 02:42 PM
To all those who can't afford $15,
GBNC Dashian party entrance fee waivers available at the follwing website:
www.GedaKha.com
Please apply with pp size photos.
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| Koko |
Posted
on 18-Oct-01 04:44 PM
I gues all you smartasses have forgotten your calculator days when you had to convert every price into Nepal currency for everything. I thought the whole reasion for having gbnc was to help people in need. If it is not doing so, then what good is it?? People tend to forget where they came from pretty frequently, they need to be reminded that not everyone financial situation is all that. Its like saying Nepali people without money need not bother GBNC. Is that how GBNC wants to portray itself ????
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| nobody |
Posted
on 18-Oct-01 04:51 PM
$15 is what people pay for cover @ lansdowne street, or 3 packs of cigarette or 3 drinks! And we do that, don't we?
If it can't be afforded, it should be avoided. Nobody will be committing a sacrilege by not attending. Even back at Nepal where most of us come from, there were a lots of thing we wanted to do, but couldn't afford them, so what did we do?
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| Ha Ha |
Posted
on 18-Oct-01 05:59 PM
koko,
we are not in Nepal are we? so face reality... and becoeme a smartass and not a kanjusass...
so how much do you think the cover charge should be ?
if hundred people show up with $2.00 and the cost of food alone cost $8.00 how do you expect GBNC to provide anything... ?
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| dahahaha |
Posted
on 18-Oct-01 08:39 PM
Thanks Somerville,
There are people who work on sundays as well, and then monday is a working day. BUT I get your point. (I wish they had done it on saturday).
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| HELLO |
Posted
on 18-Oct-01 09:03 PM
hey dais and didis, calm down, and be peaceful for dashain, i just wanted to bring up the topic, not start a war. okay
namaste
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| Koko |
Posted
on 19-Oct-01 01:16 PM
Haha & Nobody
Nobody, how many guys do you know that came from some village in Nepal go straight to Landsdown as soon as they get here? Maybe your world revolves around landsdown but not everyone.... GOT IT ??
Haha, look before you leap. I didn't say I have a problem(I am paying the $15) but Iam talking on behalf of the people that cannot afford it. Is GBNC going to help them or say you can go to hell, GBNC don't care. That is my question. I don't give a horse's ass what you think ??
HELLOOOOO GBNC ARE YOU THERE ???
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| NK |
Posted
on 19-Oct-01 01:31 PM
Koko,
your concern for the disadvantage people is admirable. how many are there that you know of, who cannot pay the cover charge? Maybe we can all chip in and pay for their dinner. who are these people who cannot pay 15 dollar once a year? do they work? do they go to school? do they go to school and work? are they disable therefore they cannnot work? I am not saying 15 dollar is too little or too much. all i am saying is once a year, if you are proud to be a nepali and see other nepali face and eat khasiko masu from a nice restaurant, then it is worth it. after all price is what you get in return, right? it is market driven. 15 is not some arbitrary number GBNC thought in a spur of the moment and decide to charge for this event.
again, how many people do you think there are who are unable to pay? If you have some number then maybe GBNC can do something about it. let's work together rather than going at each other's throat.
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| Prem |
Posted
on 19-Oct-01 01:45 PM
Ko ko, SHUT UP!! Enough is enough.
GBNC doesn't give a damn to your stupid question.
It's already been decided and everyone agrees that the ticket price is quite affordable, and also very reasonable.
Let's move on. SHALL WE?
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| Humanga |
Posted
on 19-Oct-01 01:52 PM
Koko, Kaka, Dahahahaha, NK, Prem, Haha, Hihi, Hoho etc,
Yes $15 is too much. No $15 is not much. Yes, GBNC represents all Nepalese in Boston. No GBNC does not represent all Nepalese in Boston. Yes, all students can afford it. No, students can't. You can get all you can eat buffet at $5.95 at Indian restuarants. No, you can't. You talk too much. Shut up. You don't talk at all - are you dumb. GBNC is extorting money. No they are not.
Koko, Kaka, Dahahahahahah, NK, Prem, Deep, Haha, Hihi, hoho
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| NK |
Posted
on 19-Oct-01 01:59 PM
:-)
got your point, i am definitley moving on. are you?
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| Koko |
Posted
on 19-Oct-01 01:59 PM
Prem or Prem chopra
Did I say I am talking to you Punk ??? Why don't you mind your own business ? You had to be a smart ass, know it all didn't you ? Learn to mind your own business punk.
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| NK |
Posted
on 19-Oct-01 02:01 PM
that was a reply to Humanga.
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| Humanga |
Posted
on 19-Oct-01 02:02 PM
Koko, Kaka, Dahahahaha, NK, Prem, Haha, Hihi, Hoho etc,
Yes $15 is too much. No $15 is not much. Yes, GBNC represents all Nepalese in Boston. No GBNC does not represent all Nepalese in Boston. Yes, all students can afford it. No, students can't. You can get all you can eat buffet at $5.95 at Indian restuarants. No, you can't. You talk too much. Shut up. You don't talk at all - are you dumb. GBNC is extorting money. No they are not.
Koko, Kaka, Dahahahahahah, NK, Prem, Deep, Haha, Hihi, hoho
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| nobody |
Posted
on 19-Oct-01 02:16 PM
KoKo, I was a student and I am a student and I've lived on a >$25 grocery/wk. So don't give me the crap about who can afford it or who came from where! Nobody's is forcing you to come and definitely nobody is twisting your arm to get the $15. If I wanna have fun once in a while, I definitely know how much I can spend and where else I can save some so I can do what I want to do. And if I think that's still beyond me, I know better. If you missed the sarcasm in the $15 cover to Lansdowne, oh well... I smoke three packs of cigarette a day too plus three drinks at the bar is the minimum.
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| Prem |
Posted
on 19-Oct-01 02:58 PM
koko, now i'm gonna kick your ass. Give me the list of the people that you are advocating for.
I will request GBNC to let them get into the party with no charge.
Is that what you want? You cheap bastard.
Do you have any idea how much it costs to organzise the show like this?
I bet you don't know the shit.
I 'm gonna stick 15 bucks on your hairy ass and kick you inside the hall.
Just show up w/ the sign " I suck big time!!" how 'bout that?
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| Koko |
Posted
on 19-Oct-01 03:38 PM
ALL OF YOU IMMATURE IDIOTS
Gbnc is a social organization. If it cannot be sensitive to the needs of its own people, it might as well cease to exist. who gives a damn aboout what you can and cannot do, I am talking about the the villagers who has no one here. On minimum wage part time work on campus people. GBNC should give them a break. Not everyone is well to do. This is the whole problem with the Nepali people, that if it does not affect me I don't give a shit attitude. That is why no one wants to be the president of gbnc because of people like you's.
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| maya |
Posted
on 19-Oct-01 08:01 PM
hey people
why don't we stop right here and start wishing each other happy dasain and dipawali?
C'mon it's dasain for god's sake
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| dahahaha |
Posted
on 19-Oct-01 11:37 PM
Hey... this is amusing.
Those who are coming are coming those who aren't aren't.
Sometimes, people like me have no money in their pocket and they make casual statements on GBNC forum (by the way this was my first time, yah nice choice of name "dahahaha"). And also, I had put up a sentence that didn't have any $15 issue. I was just wondering why it was on SUNDAY.
maile ke paap gareyn?
Dasain ko sabai lai subha kaamana,
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| somerville |
Posted
on 20-Oct-01 03:25 AM
koko,
Please do not assume that gbnc does not care about people who cannot afford to go to the party. As u seem to care so much for the underprivelage nepalis in boston, why don't you list their names on your next posting as prem mentioned and i am sure gbnc wll notl charge them. gbnc is not exorting any money. in fact after paying off everyone they hardly make a profit, so i don't think you should judge the organizatiion so blatantly.
happy dasain
P.S dahahaha i think they did not get a hall on sat that's another reason for having the party on sunday
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| dahahaha |
Posted
on 20-Oct-01 12:02 PM
Yeah I get it somerville, happy dasain.
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| oohi_ashu |
Posted
on 22-Oct-01 08:30 AM
Just an observation here, NOTHING more.
Regardless of whether the original question was fair or not, it is sad and disappointing to see NOT a single ELECTED (last year) ko identifiably
real-name GBNC officer or a member of the so-called Board giving answer
to the question. (If I have overlooked something about this, then I would like
to be corrected.)
I say "sad" and "disappointing" because we Nepalis elect community leaders so that those leaders give us answers to our community-related questions. Sure, our questions may be stupid or minor: but we still want reliable answers!!
Also, sure, as their constituencies, we may agree or disagree with their answers, but the real-name leaders do community NO service by allowing random, fake-name wallahs to answer in public on their behalf.
Anyway, what's done is done.
I hope that the new GBNC administration does NOT -- in future -- shy away from any question of any nature related to GBNC. I further hope that the new administration will choose to answer those questions OPENLY, in public and thereby representing the best that GBNC has to offer to Nepalis worldwide.
These are my GENERAL remarks -- directed to all, and nobody in particular.
oohi
a friend of gbnc.org
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| NK |
Posted
on 22-Oct-01 09:59 AM
I agree with you oohi_ashu. to put it bluntly (i am not as diplomatic as you are) it was irresponsible for the E. Members to stay quiet. This whole site was born on behalf of the GBNC, and if I am not mistaken (correct me if I am wrong) the executive body of GBNC asked to put this site up and San did it. Now in the time of confusion (regarding the price of the event) GBNC executive body was silent. The absence of leadership was glaringly visible. Please GBNC executive member try to come out here and there and answer questions when it is directly concerns you. Just imagine if the Web Master just decides to not to do anything with this site from now on. A volunteer comes forward do something with the intent to follow the task through. People rely on it.
Hopefully you will not take this comment negatively.
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| Koko |
Posted
on 22-Oct-01 11:10 AM
And one more thing..
I cannot believe GBNC charged all the performes. Man how low they could stoop. These people practiced for weeks and performed for free and GBNC could not provide them a free meal ??? what sort of an organization is this ? does GBNC want slave labor? By the way Gbnc still has not answered my question. I guess they are all hiding behind their skirts and giving us the silent treatment. One question where does all the money go ? $15 a person, not paying the performers ? show me the money ???
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| Boston Basee |
Posted
on 22-Oct-01 11:28 AM
On the same thought, do GBNC excutive members, president have to pay for the GBNC organized events?
Is anyone EXCLUDED from the GBNC fees for the events?
Someone from GBNC should answer all these questions.
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| Dhiren Gurung |
Posted
on 22-Oct-01 02:12 PM
Dear Boston Friends,
Please accept my Namaste. Well !!! Actually, I am an outsider for Boston society but my younger brother Mr. Sachendra Gurung has had an affiliation with Boston Community. He has treasured many good memories with you guys ( Currently he is living in Texas !!), that's why I am just writing to show my little concern regarding issues of Charing $15.00 for Dashain party.
I think it entirely depends on how do you integrate that amount ? I mean, How much dough goes to organizing Dashain party and other social activities they might have in the near future. If it is meant solely for Dashain party then it is a bit too much for those who are still going to "Patsala". For those who have handsome amount of earnings, it's just a tips of an ice-berg for them.
Well !!! Anyway, to me, amount is a secondary thing as long as you enjoy Dashian party and exchange some lovely greetings with each other. Have a blast Dashian party to Boston Community.
well wisher,
Dhiren Gurung (:->)
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