Friday, March 31, 2017

ISKCON GBC Resolutions (West Bengal) 2017 pt.1

ISKCON GOVERNING BODY COMMISSION SOCIETY

Registration Number S/74662 under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961

P.O. Shree Mayapur Dham, Dist. Nadia, West Bengal 741313

MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
SRI MAYAPUR DHAM, FEBRUARY 9 - 22, 2017

Go to 2017 Zonal Assignments

[PADA: OK so when the GBC made a big announcement in 1986, there are no more "guru zones," they simply repackaged this deviation as "Guru Zonal Assignments." What is the difference between the pre-1986 and post-1986 zonal guru's idea? Rocana keeps talking about "the former zonal guru days," that means he is not paying attention, they still have zones and none of this has been changed. Jayapataka swami for example is "the guru of West Bengal," and has been all along since 1978, because it his "Guru Zone."]


Section 100: APPOINTMENTS

101. GBC Officers and Members

1. His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami is elected GBC Chairman.
2. His Grace Madhu Sevita Das is elected First Vice-Chairman.
3. His Holiness Bhaktivaibhava Swami is elected Second Vice-Chairman.
4. His Holiness Gopal Krsna Goswami is elected GBC Secretary.
5. His Grace Revati Raman Das is elected as a full GBC member.
6. His Holiness Giridhari Swami is re-appointed as a GBC member.

102. Sannyasa Waiting List

[PADA: OK Srila Prabhupada said sannyasa should be suspended in January of 1977, because it has become a laughingstock. And yet the GBC went on to certify more than a hundred more sannyasas after 1977, and perhaps an equal number of so-called "initiating spiritual masters." Yep, in January of 1978 the GBC "appointed" 11 "pure devotee diksha gurus," after just being told they should not even appoint more sannyasas one year prior. These neophyte followers are not qualified for sannyasa, therefore, they are qualified to be full blown diksha guru acharyas?] 


* Ministry of Health and Welfare, Minister – Prahladananda Swami

Other member – Bir Krishna Das Goswami


[PADA: Oh boy, its Hrdayananda's pet fellow and co-Krishna West program leader, who is part of the GBC's program still. Bir Krishna says dhotis look like giant diapers, so he has to be the GBC's consultant on important topics? The GBC suspended Hrdayananda, but not his top generals? 

Prahladananda is one of the persons who helps write the "rules" for governing the acharyas, the acharyas will be censured, suspended, monitored, removed, even excommunicated. He is in charge of the parampara from God? And why is it that so many sick, elderly and dying devotees cannot get "health and welfare" benefits, but the elite guru sabha always does, including perhaps trips to Cedar Sinai hospital? 

And since the GBC gurus are getting sick oftentimes from "absorbing sins," and they were told by Srila Prabhupada they would get sick if they became premature diksha gurus and they absorbed sins without authority, why does the society have to pay for their deviations? They are getting sick due to violating the direct orders of the spiritual master, and we all have to pay for that?]

GBC-BBT Team 

Members – Badrinarayan Swami (Coordinator), Gopal Krishna Goswami, Sivarama Swami, Madhu Sevita Das, Hrdaya Caitanya Das, Praghosa Das

[PADA: Here is your list of changed books promoters ...]

* Guru Services Committee

Members – Anuttama Das (Chairman), Prahladananda Swami, Virabahu Das, Bhakti Caitanya Swami, Atul Krishna Das (Mayapur)

[PADA: Great, Virabahu's wife said we should all go to Narayana Maharaja, ummm, because he said all the GBC's gurus are bogus? Virabahu also said in his guru tattva book that 95 percent of the ISKCON sannyasas will fail, ok and these same folks are also promoted as acharyas. 95 percent of the successors to Krishna will fail?]

* ISKCON Property Office, Members – Current GBC Executive Committee, Kuladri Das (Convener-Secretary), Bhaktarupa Das

[PADA: Kirtanananda's right hand man, Kuladri, is in charge of things, still?]


* Sastric Advisory Council, 


Members: Urmila Dasi (Acting Chair), Drutakarma Das, Gauranga Das, Hari Parsad Das, Harideva Das, Narayani Dasi, Adi-purusa Das, Caitanya-caran Das, Sarvajna Das, Brijabasi Das, Krishna Abhishek Das.

[PADA: Is this the same Chaitanya Caran who is under investigation for saying Srila Prabhupada makes mistakes? Drutakarma told me personally, he cannot discuss the issue of the GBC's messiahs always falling down, its not his department. Its Yamaraja's department?]

* Finances


[PADA: Hmm, a long list which we could not detail herein, but fails to mention the $20,000,000 being spent to sue the ritviks? Isn't that expense bigger than the whole rest of their entire budget combined? Why is this expenditure missing from the budget? Why is an expenditure apparently bigger than all the rest of the budget combined, not even mentioned? And who is going to pay for the court case where the GBC's lackeys are being charged for criminal behavior in the Karnataka court? And why is this issue not mentioned?]

303: 2016 Child Protection Action

Whereas recent videos, publicity, and discussions have drawn particular attention to on-going problems at the schools in Vrindavan and Mayapur. These locations are both centers of historic Vaisnava worship and places that Srila Prabhupada envisioned to be exemplary centers of Krishna Conscious education, worship and culture. They should therefore be flagships of child and devotee care; not continued sources of concern or harm.

Whereas the ongoing problems in Vrindavan and Mayapur show that despite some genuine efforts, clearly not enough has been done. Local leaders, and perhaps the GBC itself, are not living up to the expectations demanded of them.
Whereas direct intervention is needed by the GBC to assure child protection within our ISKCON Society and Schools, and also satisfy the greater ISKCON community that the GBC is acting decisively.

Therefore, the following measures should be put in place regarding the Mayapur and Vrindavan schools. (We recognize that some of these measures may already be in place. Such progress is appreciated yet we list the full requirements below for proper documentation.)

Vrindavan School (Bhaktivedanta Gurukula & International School – BGIS)

Whereas, several months ago students of the Vrindavan school (BGIS) were sexually abused off site by a local perpetrator who is known to be a danger. The school pushed police authorities to have the alleged perpetrator, Devashish, arrested and a trial is proceeding. To push for the arrest and prosecution in a region where police are usually unwilling to take strong action is commendable.

Whereas, that any abuse could again occur in the vicinity of this school—despite the high priority of child protection we should expect there—is unacceptable. It demonstrates that the school did not have adequate measures in place to ensure the safety of its students.

Whereas, the Director of the ISKCON Child Protection Office has determined that child protection training, policies, and enforcement are inadequate within the BGIS.

RESOLVED:

The Vrindavan school (BGIS) is on notice for a minimum of one year from the date of the passage of this resolution. Within that time, the school must address the following mandates or be subject to a GBC discussion and possible decision to close its boarding school function. It is understood that some of these items may have been recently put into place. The GBC Executive Committee representative will be conducting an inquiry shortly after the conclusion of the midterm meetings to determine the progress and what additional steps are needed on the following mandates:

1. Administration

The Principal of the school must live full time in Vrindavan and work full time at the school.

The Principal must fulfill all qualifications required of such a post as established by the Indian Government, and have the appropriate educational background to oversee such a school. The Principal must undergo full CPO training, off site if necessary, at the school’s expense.

2. Within three months a full time Child Protection Officer must be engaged at the school.

a. The school will pay the salary of the CP Officer at a level appropriate to attract a qualified, well-trained person.

b. The Child Protection Officer is charged with ensuring the safety of the children at the school, and that they are protected from all forms of abuse. Any training, policies, or other programs that he or she deems necessary must be implemented by the Principal.

c. The CP Officer will be hired (or fired) with the advice and concurrence of the international CPO Director.

d. The CP Officer is accountable to the international CPO Director and school administration.

e. The CP Officer will file quarterly reports to the local administration, VEB, CPO, GBC EC, India Bureau EC, and the Principal.

3. Within three months, or at the latest one month after the hiring of the Child Protection Officer per above, the Principal must provide a detailed plan for ongoing child protection at the school, in consultation with the CP Officer and the International CPO Director, considering the school’s unique features and challenges.

4. The school will facilitate bi-annual inspections by the International Child Protection Director, or his or her representatives, and cover all the costs of such a visit. The first inspection should be conducted by January 2017. The visits shall last as long as needed, as determined by the CPO Director, and during that time the CPO Director shall have unhindered access to the school and to meet with students, administrators, parents, teachers, and other interested parties.

a. Any recommendations of the CPO must be undertaken by the school administrators within a time frame established by the CPO.

b. Failure to act on those recommendations will be reported to the GBC EC, and the ISKCON India Bureau, and may be cause for further probation or will subject the school to a vote of the GBC whether its boarding school functions, or the entire school, should be closed.

5. If the above steps are not in place within three months from passage of this resolution then all fund-raising for a new school campus shall be suspended, as determined by the GBC EC with the advice of the International CPO Director.

[PADA: Right, instead of spending money on fixing their school's problems (for example by hiring bona fide and qualified teachers) they are spending allegedly $20,000,000 suing the ritviks in the Delhi Supreme Court. And now they are saying they may have to close their schools due to lack of support, so its clear, they would rather spend money on lawyers than on hiring top notch people for their schools. 


That was the whole problem from the get go in 1978. 

And since the GBC promotes the worship of an illicit sex guru lineage, doesn't that mean they will attract perverts and sexual predators to take up posts (such as teachers) in their program? So they will NOT attract qualified persons under these circumstances?   

Of course the reason they are suing the ritviks is because, the ritviks do not promote the worship of the GBC's illicit sex with men, women and children gurus as their messiahs. The ritviks want to worship pure people and not deviants. Should we not keep these kinds of people, and not sue them and kick them out? 

Aren't the non-debauchee worshipers the people who should be placed into positions of authority, so they can weed out the worship of deviants and sexual predators? The ritviks also do not want to train up their children to worship an "illicit sex with men, women and children" guru program, so they have to be sued, banned, driven out and removed? How will they get qualified teachers if the teachers have to teach little children to worship a debauchee guru lineage? 

So anyone who does not promote the worship of the GBC's illicit sex with men, women and children guru lineage is sued and removed, then they wonder why they have so many deviants running around? If they are training people that acharyas are often engaged in illicit sex, then the whole society will be permeated with this problem, ... you become what you worship.]  

Mayapur Schools

Whereas, numerous problems and complaints have been directed toward the Mayapur Schools, and several recent CPO investigations and cases have been undertaken. Whereas, despite sincere attempts of the management to address child protection concerns, these have appeared inadequate to meet the many issues and problems associated with a very large community with multiple schools.

[PADA: Wow after all this time, there appears to be "inadequate resolution" to the child protection issue? Is this because the same jokers who created the mass molesting program in the first place, like Hrdayananda, Satsvarupa, Bhavananda, Hari Sauri, Jayapataka, Kirtanananda's right hand man Radhanath et al. ... are still in charge?]

RESOLVED:

1. Within 3 months the Mayapur Management is directed to reconstitute its Child Protection Team (CPT), as the current CPT objectivity may be compromised due to family affiliations. 


[PADA: Right, one Bengali family of crooks hires their other family members to be in charge of things, and the crookedness continues, and this has compromised the program. Duh! This was known what, a thousand years ago? You cannot have crooks in charge of the hiring, especially if they will hire their friends and relatives! Duh! They don't know this by now?]

The local CPT should be composed of parents and other concerned adults. It is recommended that teachers and administrators from the several Mayapur schools should participate and act as advisors, but shall not vote nor be the decision makers of the CPT.

[PADA: OK, so the  parents are going to advise but not vote, that's not good. How can anything be changed if the people who want change, and they know what needs to be done to change things, cannot vote to change it?] 

2. A full time Child Protection Officer must be engaged at the Mayapur community and schools within 3 months of the date of this resolution.

a. The local schools will share the costs the salary with the community for the CP Officer (proportionally as determined MAC with approval of the MEB) at a level appropriate to attract a qualified, well-trained person.


[PADA: Again, they are apparently spending $20,000,000 on lawyers and short changing money needed to get qualified persons to care for the kids, this is what they have done all along.]

b. The Child Protection Officer is charged with ensuring the safety of the children at the schools and community, and that they are protected from any abuse. Any training, policies, or other programs that he or she deems necessary must be implemented by the respective school’s Principal.

c. The CP Officer will be hired (or fired) with the advice and concurrence of the International CPO Director.

d. The CP Officer is accountable to the international CPO Director and local administration.

e. The CP Officer will file quarterly reports to the MAC, CPO, GBC EC, ISKCON Indian Bureau, and the Principals.

3. The International CPO Director or their representative shall visit the Mayapura schools a minimum of twice a year. Costs of the visit will be borne by the schools and community. During that time the CPO Director shall have unhindered access to all the schools located in Mayapura, and to meet with students, administrators, parents, teachers, and other interested parties.

Recommendations of the CPO must be undertaken by school administrators within the time frame determined by the CPO.

4. Failure to act on those recommendations will be reported to the GBC EC, and the Bureau, and may be cause for further action by the GBC including possibly ending boarding school functions, or closure of certain schools.

[PADA: Yep, they are going to close things down so they can have spare millions to sue the ritviks. Told ya! ys pd]

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