Theos-Talk Archives (September 2008 Message tt00363)

Dear Erica and Anand,

With your proposal we could probably have:

Greece - 140 members - 1 GC member 
India - 13,000 members - 92 GC members 
Rest - 17,000 members - 121 GC members 
Total GC members - 214

Or maybe we could have 1 GC member per every 500 members:

India - 26 members
Australia - 2 members
Brazil - 1 member
Cuba - 1 member
England - 2 members
Italy - 2 members
New Zealand - 2 members
USA - 4 members
Total GC members - 40

And other national sections should accept special demographic 
policies.

Do you know why former Yugoslavia felt apart? There appeared a 
politician who propagated the policy: 1 man 1 vote in federal 
republic composed out of 5 units. And, yes, he belonged to the larger 
nation in the federation and wanted to impose his views to others. 

This is very dangerous game! Be careful! The Theosophical Society is 
a society not a corporation! 

Best regards,
Anton


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Anand" <AnandGholap@...> wrote:
>
> General Council is the most powerful council responsible for the 
work
> of the TS. In this General Council, General Secretary of each 
section
> is given one sit and one vote. 
> India has 13000 members and Greek section has 140 members. Then how
> can you give equal powers to the General Secretary of India and the
> General Secretary of Greece ? Despite huge differences of membership
> under them, these two GS' enjoy equal decision making powers in the
> General Council. 
> This is another big mistake in present constitution of the TS.
> It is like giving equal powers to Bill Gates who holds millions of 
> shares in Microsoft and another person who might be holding ten 
shares
> of microsoft.
> Best
> Anand Gholap
>