Theos-Talk Archives (May 2008 Message tt00490)

You are forgetting security, psyops are the best for
that.

 Anand for President!

Ps. beware of (en)lightning though, it will crush some
other peoples minds becoming incompetent succeeding
you later...


--- MKR <mkr777@gmail.com> wrote:

> Try to get the VP job. Then first set up a website,
> in all languages where
> there are a lot of members. Then get yourself a PhD
> certificate, you can
> obtain one from one of the on-line sources, very
> inexpensive. This is
> like honorary degrees. (In the minds of some, a high
> sounding title makes a
> lot of impression). Prepare couple of lectures with
> high sounding complex
> vocabulary and fuzzy logic. Everything should fly
> over everyone's head. (You
> can even create couple of CDs which can be sold
> during your travels.) Draw
> up a long-term plan to visit all the countries you
> will have get the
> nomination and votes from. Travel at the expense of
> TS. You also need to
> shake a lot of hands and kiss lots of cheeks. Then
> hire a political
> consultant to put final touches on strategies. You
> are very likely to be the
> next President. If I am still around, count on my
> vote.
> 
> mkr
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/12/08, Anand <AnandGholap@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >   Thanks for the information, it can be useful in
> next election. If I am
> > offered post of vice-president, I will accept it
> this time also in
> > order to complete those projects which are
> important for the progress
> > of TS and humanity.
> > Anand Gholap
> >
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "prmoliveira" <prmoliveira@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "Anand" <AnandGholap@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Do you know, what was the membership in
> India and in the rest of
> > > the
> > > > > world when John Coats was elected?
> > > > Pedro might be having statistics.
> > >
> > >
> > > According to the Annual Report of the TS for
> 1973, the year John
> > > Coats was elected president, the Indian Section
> had 7,821 members and
> > > the rest of the world had 24,448. Today,
> according to the 2007 Annual
> > > Report of the TS, the Indian Section has 12,444
> members and the rest
> > > of the world 16,570.
> > >
> > >
> > > > I think that in these difficult
> > > > times I should have become President of TS. I
> would have completed
> > > > digitization and given free to all people all
> the Theosophical
> > > > material. Also I would have promoted
> translation of Theosophical
> > > > material in one thousand languages. I will
> have promoted lodges in
> > > all
> > > > countries increasing membership to much higher
> level.
> > > > I did not have much attraction of power and
> had rejected many
> > > posts.
> > > > But I think in the interest of TS I should
> become President for some
> > > > years. Once important things are done, I will
> retire.
> > >
> > >
> > > Anand,
> > >
> > > It is not that difficult to become the President
> of the TS (Adyar).
> > > Here is what Rule 10 of the Rules of the TS
> says:
> > >
> > > "(c) Any member of the Society in good standing,
> having been a member
> > > for at least ten consecutive years imme­diately
> preceding his
> > > nomination, may be nominated."
> > >
> > > under item (d) the Rules say:
> > >
> > > "No nominee shall be included in the voting list
> unless supported by
> > > at least twelve nominations."
> > >
> > > The nominations are made by members of the
> General Council.
> > >
> > > So, if you have been a member for more than ten
> years and get twelve
> > > nominations from members of the General Council
> you become a
> > > candidate.
> > >
> > > The other detail is that you would need to win
> the largest number of
> > > votes in an election that includes voters from
> 54 countries.
> > >
> > >
> > > Pedro
> > >
> >
> > 
> >
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
> 
> 



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