Direction of Management

[Guest guest]

A legal document, Direction of Management [for ISKCON], July 28, 1970,

drafted under Srila Prabhupada's guidance, states (in part):

 

2. His Divine Grace will select the initial 12 members of the GBC. In the

succeeding years the GBC will be elected by a vote of all Temple presidents

who will vote for 8 from a ballot of all Temple presidents, which may also

include any secretary who is in charge of a Temple. Those 8 with the

greatest number of votes will be members for the next term of GBC. ®r…la

Prabhup€da will choose to retain four commissioners. In the event of ®r…la

Prabhup€da's absence, the retiring members will decide which four will

remain.

3. The commissioners will serve for a period of 3 years, and they may be

re-elected at the end of this period.

 

 

In a letter of 8 November, 1974, Srila Prabhupada refers to this Direction

of Management for dealing with a managemental crisis in ISKCON.

 

After that there is no mention of it in the Vedabase.

 

Was it later retired? Was the system of TPs voting in GBCs ever adopted, and

if so how did it come to be rescinded?

[Guest guest]

Dear Bhakti Vikasa Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Thank you for your email.

 

For the details you would have to ask men on the GBC at the time. Giriraja

Maharaja especially might know some of the details but to my knowledge the

voting system was never adopted. My understanding is that at some point after

1970

Srila Prabhupada decided that GBC men should be permanent, at which point this

directive would have become obsolete even if devotees were aware of it.

I hope this meets you well.

Your humble servant,

Ranjit das

 

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In a message dated 9/16/2004 2:30:28 PM Eastern Standard Time,

Bhakti.Vikasa.Swami (AT) pamho (DOT) net writes:

A legal document, Direction of Management [for ISKCON], July 28, 1970,

drafted under Srila Prabhupada's guidance, states (in part):

 

2. His Divine Grace will select the initial 12 members of the GBC. In the

succeeding years the GBC will be elected by a vote of all Temple presidents

who will vote for 8 from a ballot of all Temple presidents, which may also

include any secretary who is in charge of a Temple. Those 8 with the

greatest number of votes will be members for the next term of GBC. zrIla

PrabhupAda will choose to retain four commissioners. In the event of zrIla

PrabhupAda's absence, the retiring members will decide which four will

remain.

3. The commissioners will serve for a period of 3 years, and they may be

re-elected at the end of this period.

 

 

In a letter of 8 November, 1974, Srila Prabhupada refers to this Direction

of Management for dealing with a managemental crisis in ISKCON.

 

After that there is no mention of it in the Vedabase.

 

Was it later retired? Was the system of TPs voting in GBCs ever adopted, and

if so how did it come to be rescinded?