Hooooooowdy folks,
We are now 34 days away from DH4. Lot's of things happening, so I'll try to keep this as short as possible:
Last day to register: Nov 30th
Passport and Visa
- If you don't have a passport yet, go to the post office RIGHT AFTER READING this email and apply for one. No passport, no DH4, no fun!
- If you don't have your visa yet, please go ahead with the procedure on http://www.eta.immi.gov.au/. While it should only takes 5 minutes and 20 Australian Dollars to apply for a visa online, your case might have to be reviewed by an immigration officer manually, which requires you to follow the steps listed here: http://www.ahc-ottawa.org/visa/etareferrals.html. So, better do it now, just in case there are any delays.
Promotion
- Have you guys seen the DH4 postcard in the last issue of Nha Magazine? Well, look out for the January/February issue of Nha Magazine, where we will have an entire article on MLTTVNLD as well as DH3 and DH4.
Raffle Results Announced
The raffle drawing already took place, so check whether you have won:
Getting involved
Ah... I am glad you asked. Here are things you can and SHOULD get involved in
- At the conference, it is a tradition for each delegation to perform a skit, a song, a performance, a quiz or do something for during the nightly activities. This is your opportunity to shine as an American Idol, the Last Comic Standing or whatever you want. If you have great ideas or want to participate, simply shout out and get in touch with the lovely liaisons below.
- The IT team is working on the DH4 Opening Ceremony Slideshow right now and we need many volunteers FROM AROUND THE WORLD to record us a specific clip for us that we try in incorporate into the slideshow. If you have a digital video camera and can volunteer to provide this clip for us, please contact nguyentriminh@yahoo.com. This is your opportunity for 2 seconds of fame and fortune.
- DH3 in San Diego gave birth to the idea of the North American Vietnamese Student Associations. Well, at this year's NAVSA conference in Chicago, Celine Nguyen wrote a theme song called "Making Hope a Reality" for the NAVSA conference, that we all loved so much that we have promoted it to be the official DH4 North American delegation song. Before I send the sheet music to everyone, we will revise the lyrics a bit (wanna volunteer to revise the lyrics, shoot us an email). But be prepared to practice at home.
Mailing Lists
dh4_northamerica@yahoogroups.com has been a loose mailing list with people who are interested to go to DH4. After the registration deadline passes by the end of this December, we will make this an internal, but open mailing list with ONLY registered attendees. That's when we can start chit-chatting and getting to know each other, as we are getting ready for.... ahh... the event we've been waiting for for the last 2 1/2 years... sniff, sniff.
In addition to the above-mentioned North America delegation mailing list, we are in the process of creating another mailing list containing ALL registered attendees from around the world. That's where we will inform all attendees about the details about the conference.
I got a question
Great, we love questions. Simply ask your hot and sexy liaisons:
34 days until Finding Nemo!
Minh T. Nguyen
Fourth International Vietnamese Youth Conference
North America Committee