The first convention he held in 1978 drew 1,000 people and every year it increases by 1,000, he said.

The 1957 convention drew 39 delegates and the 1958 convention only 13.

In 1999 the convention drew 5,410 registrations, people from all 50 states and 52 different countries were included.

According to the Association, the annual convention draws over 1,000 participants.

Environmental problems ignore borders, and the convention would draw the consequences on the basis of laws to be applied to all.

Last year the first convention drew so many visitors - nearly 30,000 - that fire marshals had to step in.

But the convention drew only 250 people, half the number it did in the early 1980's.

As the constitutional convention drew closer, the independence movement gained in strength.

The organizers say they expect that by 2000, the convention will draw 50,000.

But cracks are showing in the labor pillar as this convention draws to a close.