Theos-Talk Archives (February 2005 Message tt00363)

Dear Bart
Why not set up a Body Corporate of all Theosophical Members, all have equal rights, all can attend board meetings, all can volunteer to be a member of the board for a 12 month period. There is no president, only a treasurer and a secretary. Agendas and Minutes are emailed to members, etc. 
Kon was saying that since the debunking of the President, the society has functioned, more efficiently and honestly

Cass
Bart Lidofsky <bartl@sprynet.com> wrote:

Jerry Hejka-Ekins wrote:
>>Essentially, you can only 
>>be a voting member of one Lodge, but the National Lodge is not a Lodge, 
>>but a discussion group.
> 
> Have the rules changed? Can one be a member of a Lodge and of the 
> National Lodge--even if you don't have a vote? 

Here are the rules, as I understand them:

1) You can only be a voting member of one lodge.
2) You can be a non-voting member of as many lodges as you want.
3) The National Lodge has no voting members (which means that, 
according to the bylaws at least, it is NOT a lodge, in spite of its name).

>>I wanted to expand that out, and create online 
>>"Lodges" specializing in a given topic (like Alan Leo's Astrological 
>>Lodge), but got a cold shoulder from National (not that we can't just go 
>>ahead and do it on our own).
> 
> Astrology is making a comeback. I would get in touch with some of the 
> better known astrologers, get their feedback, questions, anticipated 
> problems, organizational and substantive issues etc. and work with them 
> to put something together. If you do it that way, you won't have an 
> organization looking over your shoulder and giving you a hard time about 
> it.

I wasn't talking about astrology, per se; I was just using it as an 
example of something that happened in the past. Dedicated "lodges" 
could, for example, include discussion of ethical problems in developing 
technology, how to create a stronger and more effective international 
community, or, for that matter, inter-society networking.

Bart





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