Theos-Talk Archives (May 2008 Message tt00300)

If you do not apply the same mentioned standard already on the level 
of Lodges that means that it wouldn't be applied to more than 90% of 
the offices in the Society and that you wouldn't have a natural 
growfth of capable officers from local to national and then 
international level.

Anton


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Erica Letzerich <eletzerich@...> 
wrote:
>
> Members of the International Council are the high officers.
>    
>   Erica
> 
> Anton Rozman <anton_rozman@...> wrote:
>           >But if we formulate as quoted above, it would break the 
principles 
> of freedom.<
> 
> Incompatible doesn't mean prohibited. For the purpose of 
> the "political hygiene" within the Society it should become an 
> ethical standard that one who is member or even officer in some 
other 
> organization should abstain to run for any office in the T.S. 
> 
> According to the Rules and Regulations of the Theosophical Society 
> you have only two types of officers: elected (Heads of Lodges, 
> General (Regional) Secretaries and President) and nominated (Vice-
> Presidents, Secretaries, Treasurers, on these three levels). So, 
> where it should be the boundary between low and high office?
> 
> Anton 
> 
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Konstantin Zaitzev" 
> <kay_ziatz@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Anton Rozman" wrote:
> > 
> > > Membership in Esoteric Section, Co-freemasonry, Liberal 
Catholic 
> > > Church, T.O.S., or any other organization is not incompatible 
> with 
> > > the membership in the Theosophical Society but it should be, 
> because 
> > > of conflict of interests and because of the need of one's 
> complete 
> > > dedication, incompatible with the eligibility for any office in 
> the 
> > > Theosophical Society. 
> > 
> > Not exactly. It is not incompatible with the membership in the 
> > Theosophical Society but should be incompatible with the highest 
> > offices.
> > But if we formulate as quoted above, it would break the 
principles 
> of 
> > freedom.
> > 
> > And does anybody know, is J.Algeo a member of E.S.? If not, he 
> would 
> > be the better choise.
> >
> 
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