Straw Voting in Mayapur is Done

[Guest guest]

CHAKRA (Mayapur, India) - February 13, 2001: The straw voting is done. Today

the GBC will hear a presentation on the Mayapur Project by Abhirama Prabhu.

 

So what was discussed during the straw voting?

 

A lot of topics came up which had been milled over by the subcommittees. The

main topics seem to center around GBC restructuring and guru reform. Should

the GBC completely reorganize itself yet again, or merely work on existing

structures to improve itself? Should gurus and sannyasis be on the GBC?

Should gurus and sannyasis be involved in any management at all? Should all

guru-daksina over $20,000 be turned over to an ISKCON centralized account?

 

Other topics included: Should the devotees in Spain be allowed to sell the

farm? Is it okay for the Paris temple to move nearer to the center of the

city? Because no cow reports were submitted in Mayapur or Vrindavan, should

the breeding of cows be stopped there or are there other remedial measures

that could be taken?

 

Each of these topics, and many others, were discussed in detail in the two

days of plenary meetings yesterday and the day before. Committee

facilitators presented the topics that were in their subcommittees, took

questions and heard comments from GBC members and guests. Then a straw vote

was taken by ballot.

 

The results of the straw votes and any comments that may have been noted

will go back to the subcommittees for further consideration and refinement

of the proposals before they are submitted again for a final vote. CHAKRA

does not know the results of the straw votes for each topic, but we will

report the final resolutions as soon as they are available.

 

The phone lines are not working in the GBC building, so I was unable to send

be a report yesterday. I have heard the phone lines are not working there

again today, making it extra difficult to send this report.

 

Yesterday was the appearance day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura

and the disappearance day of Srila Gour Govinda Swami. Devotees observed a

half day fast, and the morning session of the GBC adjourned early to

facilitate devotees attending the festival and pushpanjali.