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What we've been trying to do is set up our own account for direct donations,

>so that it can't go on bills. The paper work is done, but the hard work of

>getting donations is getting going

 

This is a good idea. We already have plenty of donations coming in for

"Adopt-a-cow", but it goes into bills. I will show your letter at our next

community meeting.

Why should the cows be less important than

>somebody having their washing machine bill or electric bill paid?

 

Well considering Srila Prabhupada discouraged dependence on such things,

after all you can wash clothes in a tub as I do, or burn an oil lamp, it

wouldn't be too hard to guess Srila Prabhupada's priority for money on the

farm, especially money donated in good faith it is going into cow-care. He

also said we should be scrupulously honest in our dealings with the public.I

think many donors would be angry that their donations are syphoned off

elsewhere, ys, niscala

 

 

 

>"COM: Ananda Maya (dd) SDG (Derrylin - Northern Ireland)"

><Ananda.Maya.SDG (AT) bbt (DOT) se>

>Ananda.Maya.SDG (AT) bbt (DOT) se, Cow (AT) bbt (DOT) se

>"Noelene Hawkins" <niscala99 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>, "COM: Cow (Protection and

>related issues)" <Cow (AT) bbt (DOT) se>

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>Tue, 2 Nov 99 12:07 +0000

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>Haribol prabhus,

>PAMHO AGTSP

>

>"Our farm here is supported by collections in the name of feeding the

>hungry, guest facilities, and donations in the name of feeding our poor

>orphans the cows, where it actually goes to paying our bills.."

>

>I think this has happened in most temples. Also it's more annoying when at

>the first chance of gaining favour with anyone, the cows are brought into

>it

>by a very rare visit etc. It's a pattern in gardening, farming and cow

>protection which I've seen for years. A big turnout for specific preaching,

>and mentioned in SB class, but practically no other real functional

>interest.

>

>What we've been trying to do is set up our own account for direct

>donations,

>so that it can't go on bills. The paper work is done, but the hard work of

>getting donations is getting going. Also we have been putting more emphasis

>on the Temple here, (who are really not financially in a good position)

>allocating they're funds better. So we tried to propose a percentage system

>according to priorities, and this did not get adopted. So we are now trying

>to come up with a weekly figure which would be reasonable and honest, so

>that the cows could be maintained, and their monies go into the cow kitty

>just like the other bills. This is also in it's early stages, but I think

>most temples should do this. Why should the cows be less important than

>somebody having their washing machine bill or electric bill paid? So we've

>been trying to work this system out with the Temple.

>

>The other thing which I am doing is trying to encourage people to make

>specific donations, by naming that this is for the cows. So that if the

>laxmi goes into the main ISKCON treasury, they're is little or no chance

>of

>it getting swallowed up on something else, which is a real problem. The

>difficulty is that there aren't many donations full stop. So maybe we

>(cowherders, or would be protectors) should have a collective lobby to make

>sure that each Cow programme has separate accounts, and that the individual

>temples prioritise the cows as one of their expenses, just like all their

>other ones. Otherwise, it becomes too easy to discount the programme, and

>shift a sense of responsibility or ownership onto others.

>ys

>

>

 

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