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BAT NHA OPERATION SCHEDULE Bat Nha's members have regular meetings and practices on every Monday. On other weekdays, Bat Nha has Buddhism classes, held from Tuesday to Friday from 10 am. to 11:30 am. with roughly five current attendees and expected future attendees for the new building at ten. Meditation Session is held every Tuesday and Thursday from 4:30pm. to 5:30 pm. Religious Practice is scheduled on every Wednesday and Friday from 3 pm. to 4:30 pm. Both Religious Practice and Meditation Session currently have about ten attendees for each section. Fifteen is the expected number of the future attendees. On regular Saturdays, there are three main activities, which are Saturday Class from 10 am. to 11:30 am., Vietnamese Class for Children from 1:30 pm. to 3 pm., and Volunteer Program from 3:30 pm, to 6 pm.,with current number of attendees at 15-15-15 and expected number of future attendees at 20-20-20, sequentially. From 10 am. to 11:30 am. of every Sunday is the Sunday Morning Session, from 1:30 pm. to 3 pm. is the Buddhism Class for Children, and the Sunday Afternoon Session occurs from 4pm. to 5:30pm. There are approximately fifteen attendees participating in each Sunday Morning and Afternoon Session, and about ten attendees joining the Buddhism Class for Children. 20 is the expected number of attendees for each Sunday activity once the new center opens. Most of the activities above are held in the worship hall with 2,057 usable square feet, except the Volunteer Program occurring at the courtyard, which has 3,700 square feet in total. Annually, Bat Nha has three big events including Vietnamese Lunar New Year, Buddha'sBirthday, and Mother's Day. Vietnamese Lunar New Year is celebrated depending on the Lunar Calendar of the year, usually in late January or early February. Buddha's Birthday is in early May, and the Mothers Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of the same month. Activities for all three events usually start around 10 am. They are mostly similar and include Traditional Ceremony for about one to two hours, Speeches of Master and Guest Speakers for roughly thirty minutes, and Traditional Performances for approximately from one to three hours. Most events' activities occur in the worship hall, except the Traditional Performances section, which may occur either In the worship hall or in the court yard. Buddha's Birthday is considered the biggest event of the year with roughly 100 current participants. 200 is the expected number of participants in the future at Buddha's Birthday event while 150 is the expected number of participants attending Vietnamese Lunar new Year and Mother's Day events, which currently attract roughly 80 participants.Participants come to each event in different times of the date, depending upon their activities of interest. That, therefore, helps Bat Nha more conveniently arrange parking for members and visitors. EXHIBIT 8 Page 1 of 3 31 C-24