Theos-Talk Archives (October 2009 Message tt00227)

The International President is always elected by the members by a direct
vote. Last year an ultra secret attempt was made by a quartet of General
Council members to take away the voting rights of the members and take over
the appointment of the International President by the General Council
members.

Due to the good luck of TS and its members, it was discovered in time and
with the help of theos-talk, the information was broadcast before it was a
fait accompli. Members were shocked and dismayed and could not believe what
the quartet was trying to do. The timing of the move and the players
involved was also very telling. Many saw this as a backdoor attempt to seize
control of the president and the TS by a small group of GC members.

There was neither a quick and open apology from the quartet nor was it
withdrawn by the quartet. Many members continue to be very vigilant because
due to the continued secrecy surrounding the matters of general council who
knows if they are waiting for another opportunity to attempt it again. Once
it is done, we will see the beginning of the end of TS as we know it. You
can read a msg I posted here. The link is:

<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/45870>

MKR

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Thuan Do <dothuan@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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> What is "disenfranchise members world-wide"
> Thanks,
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> Do Thi Thuan
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> --- On Sat, 10/31/09, MKR <mkr777@gmail.com <mkr777%40gmail.com>> wrote:
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> From: MKR <mkr777@gmail.com <mkr777%40gmail.com>>
> Subject: Theos-World Volunteers and TS
> To: "theos-talk" <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com<theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>
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> Date: Saturday, October 31, 2009, 6:58 AM
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> Recently there have been some discussions in Internet about need for
> volunteers to help theosophical organization and it is a very important and
> interesting topic. Anyone who reads the history of TS knows it is the
> dedicated volunteers who are responsible for building up the organization
> world-wide.
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> Today we have Internet which provides contemporary and archived information
> about the going ons in the organization. For anyone to get committed and
> volunteer their time and money, they need to be convinced about the
> objectives and ideals of the organization and a very high degree of
> confidence in the leaders.
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> Anyone who Googles or Bings Internet and reads what went on since the start
> of last yearâs election, and the continued lack of transparency will make
> potential volunteers confused and make them wonder what is going on. What
> is
> most shocking to the lay men and women is the secret attempt to
> disenfranchise members world-wide and make the president a puppet and thus
> control the TS and its valuable assets and treasury.
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> What is also striking is the disconnect between the talk and the walk and
> lack of unity and the cleavage in the membership of the General Council.
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> Unless the situation is fixed quickly and unity is brought about and the
> confidence level in the leaders, scholars, elders, clairvoyants of TS is
> rebuilt, it will be very hard to find real committed volunteers. I hope
> some
> of the leaders are reading what is going on here on this list and other
> Internet forums.
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> We all hope things to change soon for the better.
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> MKR
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