ISKCON Law 501, 502 - Mayapur & Vrndavana

[Guest guest]

This will bear a lot more discussion. Sounds like a plan to close the barn

door a

year after you have enabled all the horses to escape -- very odd.

 

But, somehow I do have confidence that the deputy GBC's will be far more

conscientious about this than the GBC's have been.

 

However, I find another interesting point regarding what appears to be ISKCON's

standard operating procedure to make it hard to communicate with authorities:

I

note that the GBCs gave all the responsibility for hard work to the deputy

GBC's --

however, whereas all the GBC's are carefully listed with zones in the GBC

resolutions -- there is no corresponding list of Deputy GBC's -- which makes it

very difficult for members to communicate with deputies about different regions

of

the world. Sloppy management.

 

your servant,

 

Hare Krsna dasi

 

 

"ISCOWP (Balabhadra Dasa & Chaya Dasi - USA)" wrote:

 

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> MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ISKCON GBC SOCIETY

>

> SRI DHAM MAYAPUR, FEBRUARY 7 -19, 2001

>

> 501. [iSKCON LAW] Mayapur and Vrindavan Goshallas

>

> Whereas:

>

> - No proper quarterly reports have been sent to the Ministry of Cow

Protection

> and Agriculture from ISKCON Mayapur and Vrindavan;

>

> - GBC members are often overburdened with managerial responsibilities;

>

> - The GBC Body wishes to delegate responsibility to responsible devotees;

and,

>

> - There must be a system of accountability for ensuring that cows in ISKCON

are

> properly protected.

>

> Therefore it is resolved THAT: the following amendment be made to ISKCON Law

> concerning the procedure for collecting cow reports and sending them to the

> Ministry of Cow Protection and Agriculture:

>

> ISKCON Law 507, Section 3, Standard 14 now reads:

>

> "THAT the GBC meet quarterly (or designate a monitor to meet for up to 3 of 4

> quarters) with the project's cowherd and submit a cow protection report to

the

> Ministry of Cow Protection and Agriculture."

>

> ISKCON Law 507, Section 3, Standard 14 shall be amended to read:

>

> "THAT Temple Presidents are responsible to see that local Goshalla Managers

> send quarterly reports to the Ministry of Cow Protection and Agriculture. The

> local GBC Deputy/Deputies shall validate these reports by either personally

> visiting or appointing an accountable and reliable representative to do so."

>

> 502. [ACTION ORDER] Cow Protection in Mayapur and Vrindavana

>

> Whereas:

>

> - ISKCON is dedicated to cow protection;

>

> - The Minister of Cow Protection has not received any quarterly report from

the

> Vrindavan goshalla, and has received one out of eight from the Mayapur

> goshalla, in spite of repeated requests over the past 2 year period;

>

> - It is alleged that neither the Vrindavan goshalla nor the Mayapur goshalla

> have secured sufficient land for the ever-increasing number of cows;

>

> - The Ministry of Cow Protection's quarterly reports are necessary to

> accurately assess Vrindavan and Mayapur goshalla's standard of cow

protection.

>

> Therefore it is resolved THAT: Temple Presidents in Vrndavana and the Chief

> Executive Officers in Mayapur shall be responsible to see their local

goshalla

> managers send quarterly reports to the Minister of Cow Protection and

> Agriculture beginning April 30, 2001. It is the responsibility of the local

GBC

> Deputies to validate these reports by personally visiting or appointing an

> accountable and reliable representative to do so.

>

> If the Minister of Cow Protection and Agriculture does not receive reports

from

> either Vrindavan or Mayapur temples regularly during 2001, starting on the

> above date, then all breeding, purchasing, and acceptance of donations of

cows

> shall be stopped for the delinquent temple until proper compliance is met.

 

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