Definition of convening | Bee Dictionary of English

Last week, convening in Honolulu, the group mustered its resolution and by a vote of 90 to 88 censured Soviet psychiatry for its political abuses.
Elections are promised within a year of "the convening of the third Party Congress," but no date has been set for that event.
Or the predecessor to the convening 12 authority.

The Winner of E3 2013 Is...
It only happens every few years -- when the planets align and the secret cabal of developers, publishers, manufacturers, and retailers convening in ancient, forgotten depths to speak to life a new generation of console gaming. We all knew this day was coming, as Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony riled up the throbbing mob of gamers [...]
June 12, 2013 - MTV
Grand jury to investigate collapse; City Council will, too
Seth Williams said he is convening a grand jury to investigate last week's fatal Center City building collapse.
June 11, 2013 - Philly.com
DA Gascon convening summit in NYC on smartphone thefts
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon is heading to New York this week for a summit with other law enforcement leaders and smartphone manufacturers to discuss an increase in cellphone thefts. Gascon and New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman are convening the meeting on Thursday with representatives from Apple, Google/Motorola, Samsung and Microsoft about how to curb the trend ...
June 10, 2013 - KTVU

Nouri al-Maliki in Forbes
After the political climate is cleared, we will call for the convening of a regional conference in which these countries that are keen on the stability and security of Iraq will participate,al-Maliki said.
Ban Ki-moon in New York Times
Any decision to convene parliament will be a clear repudiation of the Memorandum of Understanding, and an indication beyond reasonable doubt of ZANU-PF's unwillingness to continue to be part of the talks. In short convening parliament decapitates... Tendai Biti http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tendai_Biti&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHRkO36-3Sftj6xxZkiu3YuQZvuzA Reuters http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLK20548220080820&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGNwGblUDWD_fze0zp5sICX7n98xg Aug 20, 2008 22020 29552 convening We both agree that there is no time to lose, and therefore, I fully subscribe to your idea of convening such a forum in early December at the latest," Mr. Ban said in a letter to Mr. Sarkozy, according to Agence France-Presse.