Theos-Talk Archives (November 2008 Message tt00499)

Thanks for posting the message.

All of us who have read the analysis can clearly see for ourselves the
motivations behind the proposal. Add to it, the players involved and the
timing of the proposal. Above all, none of the dues paying members were
given even an inkling of the proposals. It was submitted in greatest secrecy
(none of the toiling members at the US HQ or International HQ knew about
them until they learnt about it from Internet.) It was to proposed to have
been taken up in the next meeting in December and approved. All of us would
have be shocked by the revelation after it is a done deal behind closed
doors.

We should thank the souls which had the wisdom and courage to bring it to
our immediate attention on Internet, but for which it would have been a
catastrophe for TS which was built up not by a clique sitting at the
computer keyboards but years of  sacrifices of many, many members over a
century not to mention the enormous  efforts of the many Adepts in launching
the TS, the success or failure will determine the salvation of the future of
Humanity, according to Them.

It is time to protest to our elected officials in our countries or regions
to stop the destructive move. And make changes so that it will never be
repeated by anyone in the future.

MKR

THERE IS NO RELIGION HIGHER THAN TRUTH



On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:20 PM, t_s_theosophist <THEOSOPHIST@webtv.net>wrote:

>
>
> PROMINENT BRITISH T.S. MEMBER COMMENTS:
>
> [ Dr.Edi Bilmora ]
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> The Message from Surendra Narayan is of such importance that I feel it
> necessary to underscore and emphasize the salient points of his address
> (included within "...").
>
>
> 1.  "The General Council today consists of about 36 members and this
> includes the 4 International Officers, 7 additional members nominated by the
> President and about 25-26 General Secretaries of National Societies /
> Sections.
>
> The International Directory which appears at the end of the October issue
> of the Theosophist has a list of 53 countries, including a few forming a
> group. Deducting 25-26 National Societies / Sections represented in the
> General Council through their General Secretaries, the remaining 26-27
> countries do not have General Secretaries and are not thus members of the
> General Council and will now not have any role in the election of the
> President, while today their individual members enjoy voting rights in
> electing a President."
>
>
> 2.  "On top of this, comes a proposed amendment providing that while the
> General Secretaries, who form a majority in the General Council, shall
> consult their Governing Bodies before casting votes for a Presidential
> candidate, they shall however vote according to their own judgment, and thus
> are free to override the views of their National Societys' Governing Bodies.
>
>
> A General Council which consists of about 36-37 members and does not have
> any place for about 26-27 countries which are not National Societies /
> Sections can elect a President by only about 18-19 of its members voting in
> favour of one particular candidate.
>
> Such a General Council is totally unfit to be given the power of electing
> an International President, which power and privilege has for a century now
> rested in the individual hands of its over 20,000 members worldwide,
> eligible to vote."
>
>
> 3.  "To say that today, when the world has shrunk into a global village,
> votes of members of the TS cannot be well informed is, to put it mildly,a
> strange statement!"
>
> 4.  "The Theosophical Society is not a multinational corporation with its
> CEO and narrow business interests. It is an international body which seeks
> to promote universal brotherhood, deeper understanding of life and its
> purpose and selfless service."
>
>
> As I have said before, the TIMING of a Rule change can say even more than
> its contents. The fact that this change has been proposed so very soon after
> the election speaks volumes.
>
>
> This Rule change, if implemented would run the serious danger of :
> A. disenfranchising our members and so engendering apathy
>
> B. leaving the election process wide open to lobbying, individual
> preferences and prejudices (rather than judgement) and power struggles
>
> C. creating conditions more akin to a dictatorship (however benign) than a
> wise democracy
>
> D. severing the web of spiritual connection between the President and
> members.
>
>
> I again oppose this rule change and fully support Mr Narayan's suggestion
> that:
>
>  the proposed amendments should be referred to all the members of the
> Society worldwide in the same manner as in an election of a President at
> present.
>
>
> With warm wishes and regards
>
> Edi Bilimoria
>
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