Theos-Talk Archives (October 2009 Message tt00228)

Hi,

There was a proposal last year that would have, if accepted, removed the power of voting in the next president of the TS from the members.

See: http://www.squidoo.com/theosophical-organisation-08 

The proposal was never even discussed by the General Council because members worldwide protested.

Katinka

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Thuan Do <dothuan@...> wrote:
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> What is "disenfranchise members world-wide"
> Thanks,
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> Do Thi Thuan
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> --- On Sat, 10/31/09, MKR <mkr777@...> wrote:
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> From: MKR <mkr777@...>
> Subject: Theos-World Volunteers and TS
> To: "theos-talk" <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Saturday, October 31, 2009, 6:58 AM
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> Recently there have been some discussions in Internet about need for
> volunteers to help theosophical organization and it is a very important and
> interesting topic. Anyone who reads the history of TS knows it is the
> dedicated volunteers who are responsible for building up the organization
> world-wide.
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> Today we have Internet which provides contemporary and archived information
> about the going ons in the organization. For anyone to get committed and
> volunteer their time and money, they need to be convinced about the
> objectives and ideals of the organization and a very high degree of
> confidence in the leaders.
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> Anyone who Googles or Bings Internet and reads what went on since the start
> of last yearâ??s election, and the continued lack of transparency will make
> potential volunteers confused and make them wonder what is going on. What is
> most shocking to the lay men and women is the secret attempt to
> disenfranchise members world-wide and make the president a puppet and thus
> control the TS and its valuable assets and treasury.
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> What is also striking is the disconnect between the talk and the walk and
> lack of unity and the cleavage in the membership of the General Council.
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> Unless the situation is fixed quickly and unity is brought about and the
> confidence level in the leaders, scholars, elders, clairvoyants of TS is
> rebuilt, it will be very hard to find real committed volunteers. I hope some
> of the leaders are reading what is going on here on this list and other
> Internet forums.
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> We all hope things to change soon for the better.
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> MKR
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