Cow/Ag Reports Due

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Dear Janesvara Prabhu,

 

PAMHO. AGTSP.

 

> Obviously this is not a sick joke. At first I thought I was reading the

list

> incorrectly; that these were the places from which reports WERE received.

But,

> no, the list is of those places and GBCs from whom you have not received

> reports as required by ISKCON Corporate by-laws.

>

> Could you give us a list of those who HAVE complied with the laws.

 

Since we submitted the listing of ISKCON Farms (Nov. 2) not current with

Minimum Cow Protection Standard's GBC report forms we have received requests

for said forms from Gunagrahi das Goswami, Bhakti Raghava Swami, Rohini Suta

Prabhu, and Malati Prabhu. Those forms are being sent by e-mail today.

Bhakti-tirtha Swami has just sent his signed report today by post for Gita

Nagari and we have received the e-mail copy today. Otherwise there has been

no reports from the GBC coming to this ministry.

 

> Is there something MORE important than protecting the cows?

 

We have submitted proposals to the ISKCON Foundation and the GBC (Mayapur

meetings 2000) for a modest budget so a ministry representative can travel

to inspect ISKCON Farms and we can prepare literature for the education of

all devotees in reference to the philosophical and practical application of

cow protection within our movement. The word of mouth which we are

receiving is that there is no money for this ministry's service.

 

Your servant,

Balabhadra das

ISKCON Minister of Cow Protection and Agriculture

 

 

 

 

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Saturday, November 06, 1999 1:08 AM

Cow/Ag Reports Due

 

 

> [Text 2758440 from COM]

>

> On 02 Nov 1999, ISCOWP Balabhadra Dasa & Chaya Dasi - USA wrote:

>

> > At this date the Ministry of Cow Protection and Agriculture has not

received

> > reports

> > due June 30, 1999 and October 30, 1999 from the following ISKCON

communities

> > (GBCs are listed in parentheses):

>

>

> Obviously this is not a sick joke. At first I thought I was reading the

list

> incorrectly; that these were the places from which reports WERE received.

But,

> no, the list is of those places and GBCs from whom you have not received

> reports as required by ISKCON Corporate by-laws.

>

> Could you give us a list of those who HAVE complied with the laws.

>

> Perhaps action should be pursued in a legal manner which brings to bear

the

> legal responsibility of these non-profit charitable corporation officers

(GBC)

> who are not following the by-laws of their corporation. I could understand

one

> or two cases of non-reporting according to agreed upon laws but this gross

> wholesale negligence is criminal against the innocent cows who are

suffering

> at the hands/leadership of those who are receiving charitable non-taxable

> hard-earned donations from people who trust that their donations are

invested

> in such supremely high sacrifices (yajna) as cow protection/worship.

>

> Is there ever any acts of contrition from these so-called leaders? They

may be

> devotees, but they are certainly not leaders.

>

> Is there something MORE important than protecting the cows?

>

> Hare Krsna dasi got on my case, respectfully, about doubting whether this

> reporting would take place when I stated my doubts back in June of this

year.

> I relented and decided to give her time to convince me.

>

> The GBC is really not very convincing in their care about one of our very

most

> important Krsna-citizens, the cows.

>

> I would love to hear the excuses. Must be those damn ritviks taking up all

> their time again!

>

> The bullshit just keeps getting deeper and deeper and cows are being led

to

> the slaughterhouse from devotee farms now.

>

>