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Convention Catering
A convention catering, by the word “convetion” in the sense of a
meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at a pre-arranged place
and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest. The
most common conventions are based upon fandom, industry, and
profession. Fan conventions usually feature sales, people dressed up as
their favorite characters, and guest celebrities. 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.
Conventions also exist for various hobbies, such as gaming or model
railroads.
In the technical sense, a convention is a meeting of delegates or
representatives. Often times organizations which are 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 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 slang for convention (as in "DEF CON" a hacker gathering similar to Hackers on Planet earth).
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