Direction of Management

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> 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 and if so how did it come to be rescinded?

 

Srila Prabhupada never activated the voting system. On about May 27th, 1977

when Srila Prabhupada asked for questions, one of the questions was how

GBC's would serve or be replaced. The exact wording is well known and in

vedabase, I can't remember verbatum now. But the result was Srila

Prabhupada said GBC's would serve for life and that the present system of

management would be continued. Upto that time the GBC had been appointing

additional GBC's and filling vacancies themselves and Srila Prabhupada would

give his blessings. That is the system which is followed since then

respecting Srila Prabhupada's desires.

 

Your servant,

 

 

Jayapataka Swami

 

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