Temple president search

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Thursday, June 19th, 2003

 

 

 

Dear Maharajas and Prabhus:

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

We are looking for a new president for our San Diego, California (USA) temple.

The temple is well-established, having been open since 1970. The Sunday feast

attendance is easily two hundred or more. Janmastami attendance is several

thousand. We have very beautiful Deities and are about to begin construction of

a brand new temple and cultural hall. The weather is rated as one of the best

climates in the world. We are only a two hour drive from the world-class Los

Angeles temple (New Dwaraka). Sannyasis and senior devotees visit often. We

have two college lunch programs distributing prasadam to over two hundred

students each day, three days a week. In short, it is a great place to live and

preach.

 

 

 

You can learn more by visiting our websites.

 

 

 

For the existing temple:

 

 

 

www.sandiegoharekrishna.org

 

 

 

For the new temple project

 

 

 

www.sandiego-newproject.org

 

 

 

Our current president has kindly agreed to focus on the fund raising for the

settlement of the Turley case (which is no small job) so we are in need of a

mature and kind-hearted devotee to oversee the day-to-day operation of the

temple, encourage the devotees in their sadhana, and to push the preaching

forward.

 

 

 

We can provide an apartment or a small house, use of a car, all utilities and

medical care via doctors and dentists in our congregation who are happy to

provide this service to the temple staff. Along with this we can provide a

monthly allowance for savings or personal needs.

 

 

 

a.. Here is what we are looking for

 

 

Regarding personal qualities, the service requires maturity, strong sadhana,

the ability to give class, as well as public speaking to a variety of

audiences. The person needs social skills; the ability to mix comfort-ably with

materially well-to-do people, City officials, parents of devotees, the

occasional college professor and the like. While being creative and energetic,

we need someone who is a team player, someone who is com-fortable with and

inclined to working with others, including senior devotees and Srila Prabhupada

disciples. Faith in ISKCON, its GBC sys-tem, and Srila Prabhupada's as our

founder-acharya, is a must. The ser-vice requires determination, flexibility,

and a sense of humor. The person must be first and second initiated and have

served in ISKCON for at least five years without interruption at some time in

their devotional career.

 

 

 

a.. Basic skills beyond the above

 

 

Simple computer skills (typing, e-mail, data entry, Quickbooks or Quicken

financial accounting) are required. We can teach these if the devotee doesn't

know them. The person needs to be able to drive a car but we can also teach

this if required.

 

 

 

a.. Trial period

 

 

The service will evolve in two phases. The first six month phase (detailed

below) is to ease the devotee into the role, to see if he is up to the job,

happy doing it, and the temple staff and local devotees are happy with him. Our

current president will still be in charge and our candidate, our

"temple-president-in-training" will serve as vice presi-dent. After six months,

if everyone is happy, this devotee will take on the job of full-time president.

Here is a break down of the duties for each of the two phases.

 

 

 

a.. Phase One: Vice-president

 

 

Train devotees

 

Make daily service schedules for the temple staff and volunteers

 

Attend and oversee morning program

 

Schedule class speakers

 

Organize preaching (Book distribution, weekly harinama, home programs, and

special classes)

 

Organize Sunday feast

 

Do some temple service personally (puja, cooking, purchasing, etc.)

 

Counsel devotees

 

Oversee building maintenance

 

 

 

a.. Phase Two: President (all the above plus)

 

 

Organize festivals

 

Fundraising

 

Staff meetings

 

Coordinate the Janmastami festival

 

Congregational preaching

 

Some accounting (the rest done by staff and volunteers)

 

Some legal matters (the rest done by staff and volunteers)

 

Oversee newsletter production

 

Oversee all departments (dinner program, gift shop, puja, kitchen, women's

ashram, men's ashram, etc.)

 

 

 

Being president means being on call to resolve the inevitable crisis management

situations when they arise.

 

 

 

a.. References Required

 

 

1.. Recommendation letter from your local GBC or a GBC member of your choice

2.. Recommendation letter from your local temple president or a well-known

sannyasi of your choice.

3.. Three other senior devotees we can contact for references.

 

 

a.. Contact Information

 

 

If you are interested, and have the above qualifications, please contact:

 

Badrinarayan dasa at bnarayan (AT) earthlink (DOT) net

 

Note: E-mail only, no phone calls please.

 

 

 

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