--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Too bad that it's more of the same. Does John consider > what will happen if they raise the funds to complete > the buildings and the pundits still don't get their > visas? This very possible problem needs to be > addressed. The potential to destroy any remaining > goodwill is so great. > -Peter >
************** Another funny thing has happened with the numbers involved in the VC pundit project. Originally, it was said that the whole project, including support for the pundits for two years (at which time the farm was supposed to be providing all necessary revenue for pundit support) was ~$4.3 million, which would mean that the ~$2.2 already given by donors (not just pledges, actual cash in hand) was enough to have paid for nearly all of the construction costs of the pundit facility, and since the pundits are not here, there is no need for support money or the $250K for plane fare. Now (see press release below) Wynne is saying that construction alone will cost $4.5 mil, and they need $500K right away for the kitchen. But in the photo array of the pundit park, one of the photos shows a complete kitchen facility: http://vedicscholars.globalcountryofworldpeace.org/10.html and a larger kitchen next to the dining hall, both of which have already been built, evidently: http://vedicscholars.globalcountryofworldpeace.org/05.html It's not absolutely impossible that the TMO will be able to cobble together a group of 500 visa-eligible pundits out of the 300K said to be in training in India, but they would probably have to try to recruit from the Indian middle-class (which is where most of MUM's regular college students are from) instead of the poor and visa- ineligible families who are the source of nearly all the current TMO pundit youths in India. And I don't see a lot of middle-class families being crazy about sending their kids to be poor pundits -- maybe MUM will try a hybrid deal where the middle-class kids agree to come to VC for a combo of Vedic pundit training and academic work at MUM? > > > > > > > > http://vedicscholars.globalcountryofworldpeace.org/index.html > > > > OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT > > The Jefferson . Suite 314 . 1200 16th Street NW, > > Washington, DC 20036 > > > > "Absolutely marvelous." Maharishi, on seeing the > > glorious brochure > > showcasing the newly completely campus for 500 Vedic > > Scholars in > > Maharishi Vedic City in December 2004. > > > > Dear Vedic Scholar Campus Donor, > > > > When Raja Wynne asked a few months ago if the Vedic > > Scholars could > > join us in Maharishi Vedic City, Maharishi said we > > should wait until > > concerns of the parents in India lessened about the > > perils of > > international travel, especially to America. > > > > Now, today, we have some very exciting news to > > report: Raja Wynne > > was able to raise the question to Maharishi: Had the > > feelings > > changed sufficiently that we could begin to plan for > > the Vedic > > Scholars to come? > > > > Maharishi's response was extremely heartening. He > > said, "Yagyas have > > now begun in India, and as sattwa grows over the > > next two to three > > months, we could then think of the Vedic Scholars > > coming to > > America." > > > > And when Raja Wynne asked, for the sake of > > confirmation, if the plan > > for the Vedic campus continues to be as it has > > always been--a home > > for 500 Vedic Scholars--Maharishi confirmed, "Yes, > > the plan is as it > > has always been." > > > > Specifically, Guru Purnima will come in two or three > > months, a time > > which Maharishi said will mark the beginning of the > > descent of /Sat > > Yuga/--the age of positivity--and the end of /Kali > > Yuga/, the age of > > negativity. That means following the Guru Purnima > > celebrations may > > be the ideal time for the Vedic Scholars to come. > > > > We wanted to share this wonderful news and thank you > > again for your > > dedication to bringing the Vedic Scholars to > > Maharishi Vedic City. > > These 500 Vedic Scholars are only the beginning. > > Peace Palaces will > > soon be built throughout the country, and in every > > location there > > will be a large Celebration Ground for Vedic > > Scholars to perform > > Vedic recitations thee times a day. But the Vedic > > Scholar campus in > > Maharishi Vedic City will be the core from where the > > influence of > > sattwa will spread throughout America. > > > > Our team in Maharishi Vedic City has worked through > > the winter and > > now in the spring to complete every detail of the > > campus--final > > grading and seeding, fencing and porches, trees, > > flags and playing > > fields which are so important for the Vedic > > Scholars' enjoyment. > > > > Only one major facility on the Vedic Scholar campus > > still needs to > > be built: the kitchen. If we start immediately we > > can have the > > kitchen up and running by Guru Purnima--in time for > > the Vedic > > Scholars' arrival. > > > > We have done very well in building the campus > > economically and > > staying on budget. The total cost of the campus, > > including the > > kitchen, will be $4.5 million for over 100,000 > > square feet of space. > > This is only $9,000 per Vedic Scholar for everything > > each Scholar > > needs--housing, classrooms, dining, flying, study > > halls, playing > > fields, etc. The construction cost of dormitories > > alone at other > > universities is $70,000 per student. > > > > Fortunately, 50% of the cost of the campus is now > > paid. The rest has > > been bridge-financed through a short-term bond. We > > believe that once > > the campus is in use we will be able to refinance > > the bond with a > > traditional, long-term low-interest bank loan. > > > > To complete everything as planned, your support is > > very much needed! > > Especially: > > > > 1. If you have been contributing regularly to the > > Pandit project, > > your continued support is vitally needed now. > > 2. If you pledged to support the Vedic Scholars upon > > their arrival, > > please be prepared to give that support as soon as > > we receive > > word that they are coming. We will need a rapid > > influx of revenues > > to cover their airfare. > > 3. Finally, we need to immediately raise an > > additional $500,000 > > in donations to build the kitchen. (There is no bank > > financing > > available at this time.) It is obviously essential > > that we be > > able to feed the Vedic Scholars when they arrive! > > > > A new time is dawning in the world, and we thank you > > again for your > > great generosity. With your prompt attention and > > continued support, > > we can quickly complete the campus and welcome 500 > > Vedic Scholars to > > Maharishi Vedic City to bring the light of > > Veda--Total Knowledge--to > > America and the world. > > > > Jai Guru Dev > > > > John Hagelin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!' > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Make Yahoo! your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! 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