Theos-Talk Archives (July 2001 Message tt00327)

dalval14@earthlink.net wrote:
> But I have seen too many people who have been thrown out of
> ULT meetings for daring to offer interpretations which violate
> the party
> line, or ask the wrong kinds of questions, for me to believe its
> hype
> about being a "free association of independent students of
> theosophy".
> 
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> 
> DTB I really am curious about this "throwing out" of people.
> When, Where, Who and How?

I did not take notes. However, at least a dozen people who have come to
the New York Theosophical Society said, when we greeted them after the
meeting, that they were told to leave meetings of the ULT for asking the
wrong questions. Other than to defend the ULT as an organization which
believes in presentation rather than innovation, I never pressed for
details.

> Bart
> after I pointed out that, by New York State law, a not-for-profit
> corporation REQUIRES a board of directors, I was told that it
> STILL
> didn't exist.
> 
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> 
> DTB Bart you are confusing the fiduciary for the U.L.T. --
> THEOSOPHY COMPANY with the U.L.T. -- the THEOSOPHY COMPANY
> complies wit the requirements of both the State of NY and the
> Federal Govt. This is to my direct knowledge. If you were an
> "associate" and a "volunteer" you would know this first hand and
> not guess at it.

I never said that I was. And if the answer was so simple, why did
nobody tell me the first time? Also, as the Theosophy Company controls
the property, what keeps it from exercising authority over the members
(real, not rhetorical, question)?

Bart Lidofsky