NounSingular convention Plural conventions convention (plural conventions)
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Related termsFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest. The most common conventions are based upon industry, profession, and fandom. Trade conventions typically focus on a particular industry or industry segment, and feature keynote speakers, vendor displays, and other information and activities of interest to the event organizers and attendees. Professional conventions focus on issues of concern to the profession and advancements in the profession. Such conventions are generally organized by societies dedicated to promotion of the topic of interest. Fan conventions usually feature displays, shows, and sales based on pop culture, often with people dressed up as their favorite characters, and guest celebrities. Conventions also exist for various hobbies, such as gaming or model railroads. Conventions are often planned and coordinated, often in exacting detail, by professional meeting and convention planners, either by staff of the convention's hosting company or by outside specialists. Most large cities will have a convention center dedicated to hosting such events. The term MICE - meetings Incentives Conventions and Exhibitions - is widely used in Asia as a description of the industry. The Convention ("C")is one of the most dynamic elements in the M.I.C.E. segment. The industry is generally regulated under the tourism sector. In the technical sense, a convention is a meeting of delegates or representatives. The 1947 Newfoundland National Convention is a classic example of a state-sponsored political convention. More often, organizations made up of smaller units, chapters, or lodges, such as labor unions, honorary societies, and fraternities and sororities, meet as a whole in convention by sending delegates of the units to deliberate on the organization's common issues. This also applies to a political convention, though in modern times the common issues are limited to selecting a party candidate or party chairman. In this technical sense, a congress, when it consists of representatives, is a convention. The British House of Commons is a convention, as are most other houses of a modern representative legislature. The National Convention or just "Convention" in France comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly which sat from September 20, 1792 to October 26, 1795. Many sovereign states have provisions for conventions besides their permanent legislature. The Constitution of the United States of America has a provision for the calling of a constitutional convention, whereby delegates of the states are summoned to a special meeting to amend or draft the constitution. This process has never occurred, save for the original drafting of the constitution, although it almost happened in several cases. The US Constitution also has provisions for constitutional amendments to be approved by state conventions of the people. This occurred to ratify the original constitution and to adopt the twenty-first amendment, which ended prohibition. Con is a common abbreviation for convention, and some conventions (such as DEF CON and GenCon) use it in their names. From Wikipedia under the
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108px x 88px | 4.10kB [source page] piano dressing rooms and wheelchair accessibility are additional features of the theatre This room serves well for plenary meeting sessions or evening performances The conference rooms also separates into three distinct spaces for breakout board or committee sessions Each is equipped with partitions and comes with a panoramic view of Port From Yahoo Image Search: "convention" Wud you pay 75 to attend a Scrubs convention in the UK where you would have the potential to meet 6+ actors? Q. I'm currently formulating the UK's, and possibly the Worlds 1st Scrubs convention. Would you be willing to pay 75 to attend the con? for which you would get some free autographs, live stage talks and many more activities over the weekend. I'm looking to invite 6+ actors too it Asked by Doug Inman - Mon Nov 3 18:37:44 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. No i'm bored of scrubs. It's the same kind of humor over and over again. We had good times but it's peaked. Answered by Rocket Dog - Mon Nov 3 18:46:02 2008 How do convention volunteers invite guests? Q. There are a wide range of conventions from Sci Fi, anime, Horror, etc. They always have famous guests from that particular genre attending the event. But how did the people get in contact with those guests? Those conventions are run by every day people like you and me. How do they reach into contact with them to request if they would attend their convention? Their agents? Where would you locate the agents phone numbers? Please, if anyone knows or have tips please answer! Asked by hitomi k - Wed Sep 5 04:01:48 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. They contact the managers, publicists, agents. And they pay, too. Answered by roche_leonor - Wed Sep 5 20:44:59 2007 Can I be applicant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction?
Q. My country has just joined the Convention for Child Abduction in year 2009. My exhusband has absconded to Turkey with my kids in 2006. Turkey is a member since 2000, thus it has wrongful retention of my kids under this convention, but there is an Article 35 which states, as follows, so, am I able to be an applicant to this convention? Article 35: This Convention shall apply as between Contracting States only to wrongful removals or retentions occurring after its entry into force in those States. Asked by . - Wed Feb 4 23:25:02 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. No, you can't, I'm afraid. Since your current country was not a member when the removal occurred, the Convention does not apply. Richard Answered by rickinnocal - Wed Feb 4 23:31:59 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "convention" From Wikiquote under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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