Your Opinion is Requested

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Dear Devotees,

PAMHO. AGTSP.

 

You have hopefully previously all had the chance to read the Directions of

Management Srila Prabhupada issued in 1970. In this document, Srila

Prabhupada:

 

1. Describes how he gathered the available temple presidents together and

ordered them to create a constitution for ISKCON.

 

2. How he chose the first 12 GBC members, as he was directed by the ad hoc

committee.

 

3. Those individuals are now known as "Executors" not GBC.

 

4. The GBC/Executors duties are described.

 

5. "The Sannyasis will suggest for opening new centers in suitable places

and the GBC will take action on it." (Indicating a clear distinction between

sannyasa duties and GBC/Executor duties).

 

6. Every three years, eight GBC/Executors are to be elected by the temple

presidents. After Srila Prabhupada's departure, four additional are to be

selected by the remaining Executors.

 

7. Removal of temple presidents can only be done with permission of the

congregation. (Nothing is said about the selection of temple presidents.)

 

8. Temples are not to be involved in publication.

 

Considering the apparent straightforwardness of this document (which you can

read in it's entirety at this address:

http://www.krishnagalleria.com/resources_archive/sp_on/GBC6.htm), I request

those who feel they have reasons or evidence as to why these rules should

not be followed, to come forward and explain their rationale. Please address

replies to GBC.Restructure (AT) PAMHO (DOT) NET, a public conference which you can join

yourself.

 

(By the way, if the web address above breaks into two lines in your email

reader, you will need to recombine it into two lines in your Web browser).

 

ADDENDUM addressed to the Bhaktivedanta Archives:

 

I have been told recently that this Direction of Management was hidden from

all devotees by a group of GBC members (or possibly the entire body) from

1975-1994. To your knowledge, is this true, and if so, do you have any more

info concerning it?

 

If anyone else has knowledge about the truth or falsity of this account, it

would be deeply appreciated. Obviously, if this version is correct, it would

indicate that the truly serious problems of ISKCON began before Srila

Prabhupada left and that the history of ISKCON would have been drastically

different if the contents of Direction of Management were known to the rest

of the Society.

 

Thank you for your cooperation.

 

Your servant,

Sri Rama das

 

[srirama.acbsp (AT) pamho (DOT) net]