The 2012 UN Vesak Event team would like to thank :
Venerable Members of the Sangha, V.I.P's, MC's, Event Chairpersons : (Venerable Thich Tinh Dao - Melbourne Linh Son Buddhist Congregation, Venerable Cathy Evans - Tibetan Buddhist Society, Mrs Laura Chan - Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association Melbourne Chapter, Mr Michael Hoang- Quang Minh Temple)
RMIT Spiritual Centre and Chaplain Reverend Richard Murray, RMIT University Multi-Faith Chaplaincy for supporting our UN Day of Vesak and kindly offering the free use of the RMIT Spiritual Centre.
RMIT Property Services for supporting our UN Day of Vesak through kindly offering the free use of the RMIT Alumni Courtyard.
Dhammakaya Buddhist Temple of Melbourne for their financial support for the development of the musical score "Universal Love of The Buddha".
Quang Minh Temple for providing their community facility, all meals and catering free of charge for the 2012 United Nations Day of Vesak Fundraising Dinner and Vesak Day Laypersons Lunch Offering.
Quang Duc Buddhist Temple and Melbourne Linh Son Buddhist Congregation for providing the Vesak Procession flower floats.
Australian Interfaith Society and Interfaith Representatives.
Our Guests, Our Volunteers, Our Performers, everyone who kindly supported this event by attending the United Nations Day of Vesak 2012 Friendship Dinner.
Event Directors: Anita Carter and Frank Carter.
Creative Design Team: Done Soukchareun.
Finance Team Leader: Venerable Thich Phuoc Tan.
Fundraising Dinner Team Leader: Gerald Lim
Laypersons Lunch Offering Team Leader: Venerable Thich Phuoc Tan
Logistics Team Leader: Frank Carter.
Program Team Leader: Simon Kearney.
Publicity Team Leader: Gerald Lim.
Procession Team Leader: Ranjith Soysa.
Volunteers Team Leaders: Rani Hughes and Kim Lam
Sangha Lunch Offering Team Leader: Gerald Lim
Stalls Team Leader: Gwenda Robb.
Event sponsors : The Office of Multicultural affairs and citizenship, City of Melbourne, Clear Systems and other kind donors.
The many volunteers behind the scenes, performers, donors.
All Temples and Organisations listed below:
Australian Buddhist Kalyana Mitta, Buddhist Council of Victoria, Bo De Buddhist Temple, Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd, Buddha Light International Association and Fo Guang Shan, Buddhist Society of Victoria, Buddha Vihara Temple, Daham Niketanaya, Dhammadeepa Vihara Meditation Centre, Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association Melbourne Chapter, Dhammakaya Meditation Centre, Dhamma Sukha Meditation Centre, Dhamma Sarana Vihara, Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, Hoa Nghiem Buddhist Temple, Hue Quang Buddhist Temple, Jamchen Buddhist Centre, Lakhanda Media Centre, Lien Tri Buddhist Temple, Melbourne Linh Son Buddhist Congregation, Ordinary Mind Zen Melbourne, Phat To Buddhist Temple, Pho Hien Buddhist Temple, Quang Minh Temple, Shakyamuni Sambuddha Vihara, Sinhala Cultural and Community Services Foundation, T'ieu Dao Meditation Centre, The Khmer Buddhist Centre of Victoria, The Seon Centre, United Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation of Australia-New Zealand, Wat Buddharangsi, Yun Yang Temple Inc.
