--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante no_reply@ > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Instead of temporarily moving 100 Mother Divine onto the MUM > > > campus > > > > and using the already-built trailer park for 500 of its > > originally- > > > > intended pundit-occupants, Bevan and John want you to give > > > generously > > > > to build another pundit campus -- not surprisingly, 250 people > > who > > > > pledged to donate once the pundits got here are keeping their > > > hands > > > > in their pockets: > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Preparing for 1000 Vedic Pandits > > > > > > > > http://invincibleamerica.org > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > Though the stated aims are different, is this incessant > fundraising > > > at MUM really any different than that which goes on at any > > > university? How do Stanford and Harvard get their billion dollar > > > endowments? People wake up one day and decide, Gee I guess I'll > > make > > > a substantial contribution to my alma mater...? Nope- it is the > > same > > > kind of deluge of mailings, phone calls, fund raising events > that > > > occurs at MUM. Kind of a big yawn, dont'cha think? > > > > > > > ************* > > > > It's clear that all schools do incessant fundraising, so I don't > have > > a problem with that. It's just that I find the decision to not use > > the original pundit campus for the pundits when they finally > showed > > to be irrational, and so apparently do 250 people who pledged to > > support the pundits, but are not kicking in as promised. > > Agreed- I am not advocating that those people who pledged pay > either. > > > > Mother Divine could easily move onto campus for a while, and a > > facility that is better suited to their numbers (100) could be > build > > in VC, freeing up the original VC trailer park for 500 pundits. > This > > new MD facility should be able to be built for ~$1 million, maybe > > even stickbuilt for that price? The original pundit campus cost > $2.2 > > million to build, so using it for pundit housing saves a lot of > > money, and MD should have a better facility than they are now > using. > > Bevan's argument is that all the pundits should be together, but > > since the original pundit trailer park is on 40 acres, there is > > plenty of room to put another similar trailer park on the same > site, > > to accomodate the 1000 they are talking about bringing in. The > > recently-arrived trailers (so far they have enough housing for 120 > > pundits) on the 80 acre site can be used for Purusha or other > groups, > > or even MD. > > > Sounds like a fundraising ploy to me.
Just keep that land and buildings comming, OK?
