Theos-Talk Archives (April 2008 Message tt00193)

Extract from the
RULES AND REGULATIONS
FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ASSOCIATION NAMED
`THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY', ADYAR, MADRAS

10. Election of President

Each member of the General Council, who is a General Secretary, shall 
be entitled to make three nominations and shall consult his Governing 
Body before making nominations.

...............................

Most probably GS of the TS in Argentina, England, Indonesia and 
Philippines have nominated both candidates.

Best regards,
Anton


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Jokela Petri <jokelap@...> wrote:
>
> Is there two general secretaries for england or what?
> At least England is on the both list for Radha and John.
> 
> PJ
> 
> 
> MKR kirjoitti:
> >
> > Those who have been following the messages here now have some 
idea of what
> > went on prior to nominations for International President using the
> > unsubstantiated ruse that Radha Burnier is in bad health 
physically and
> > mentally.
> >
> > Early this month two examining doctors declared her fully fit 
both 
> > mentally
> > and physically, the truth has come out in spite of various well 
known
> > theosophical names associating themselves with the false 
information. 
> > None,
> > including Algeo, seems to have talked to Radha Burnier directly 
asking her
> > about her health before they nominated John Algeo.
> >
> > It appears that the origins of the current election maneuverings 
seems to
> > have had its origin in 2006 when John Algeo had a hand in 
changing the
> > International Election procedure to include the names of the 
> > individuals who
> > nominate the candidates.
> >
> > It is a well-known technique perfected in the TS elections in the 
USA to
> > influence the gullible and uninformed membership to vote for 
those 
> > supported
> > by active players and politicians. In recent issue of the 
Theosophical
> > Messenger in USA, it states in the front page:
> >
> > ""But, I'am not familiar with the candidates!" Since this is a 
big country
> > and you may not personally know the candidates on the ballot, we 
have a
> > system of nominators. Each candidate is listed with a set of 
nominators -
> > others in the Society who vouch for or support that candidate. 
When you
> > recognize the names of one or more of the nominators, you can 
feel more
> > certain about your vote."
> >
> > So when you look at the Ballot for International President, you 
will 
> > see the
> > list of nominators which is expected to sway the gullible and 
uninformed
> > members. While Algeo may continue his silence about his role in 
> > engineering
> > his candidature, if we do not hear from him as to what he did or 
did 
> > not do,
> > all we cannot but come to the conclusion that we see his 
invisible hand
> > behind the happenings nothing happened overnight. So for the 
welfare 
> > of the
> > TS, I hope he will come clean and enlighten us all.
> >
> > Here is the list of nominators for the International President 
Election:
> >
> > Radha Burnier:
> > Keshwar Dastur
> > D K Govindaraj
> > Conrad Jamieson
> > Surendra Narayan
> > General Secretaries of:
> > East & Central Africa
> > West Africa
> > Argentina
> > Brazil
> > England
> > India
> > Indonesia
> > Mexico
> > Philippines
> >
> > John Algeo:
> > Mary Anderson
> > Gabriel Suarez
> > Terezinha Kind
> > Joy Mills
> > Kim Dieu
> > General Secretaries of:
> > Argentina
> > Belgium
> > Cuba
> > England
> > Finland
> > France
> > Germany
> > Indonesia
> > Italy
> > Netherlands
> > New Zealand
> > Philippines
> > Portugal
> > Spain
> > Sweden
> > United States
> >
> > ===xxx===
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
>