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    The document discusses the management of ISKCON's holy site in Mayapur, India. It establishes a Mayapur Executive Board and Mayapur Administrative Council to oversee operations. Since 2016, these bodies have improved decision-making and granted permission to acquire 750 acres of land. To continue this progress, the document resolves that the Administrative Council will manage Mayapur independently and engage local residents to avoid remote interference. The Bureau supports developing Mayapur to international standards.

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    The document discusses the management of ISKCON's holy site in Mayapur, India. It establishes a Mayapur Executive Board and Mayapur Administrative Council to oversee operations. Since 2016, these bodies have improved decision-making and granted permission to acquire 750 acres of land. To continue this progress, the document resolves that the Administrative Council will manage Mayapur independently and engage local residents to avoid remote interference. The Bureau supports developing Mayapur to international standards.

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    Resolution by Indian Bureau

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    The document discusses the management of ISKCON's holy site in Mayapur, India. It establishes a Mayapur Executive Board and Mayapur Administrative Council to oversee operations. Since 2016, these bodies have improved decision-making and granted permission to acquire 750 acres of land. To continue this progress, the document resolves that the Administrative Council will manage Mayapur independently and engage local residents to avoid remote interference. The Bureau supports developing Mayapur to international standards.

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    WHEREAS Srila Prabhupāda founded ISKCON to consolidate efforts of spreading the mission of Lord

    Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and have for that purpose established Seven Purposes of ISKCON with following fifth
    purpose: “To erect for the members and for society at large a holy place of transcendental pastimes
    dedicated to the personality of Kṛṣṇa.”

    WHEREAS, Śrīla Prabhupāda envisioned Śrī Dhāma Māyāpur, the birth place of Lord Caitanya
    Mahāprabhu and the holy places of importance for all gauḍīya-vaiṣṇavas, as World Headquarter of ISKCON;
    “… one day this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement will change the world from the most dangerous condition; that
    is the wish of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and tomorrow we shall be celebrating the Lord’s Appeareance Day
    by laying down the corner-stone for our World Headquarters here at Māyāpur.” Letter to Caturbhuja dasa, 26th April
    1972

    WHEREAS the Bureau in its meeting on 08th March 2016 created the Mayapur Executive Board as the
    Top-Level Management Team by the following resolutions:

    Resolution 22A:

    It is resolved that pursuant to point number 2 of the Bureau resolution dated 8 March
    2016, the Bureau hereby reconfirms the membership of the MEB, which is Jayapataka
    Swami, Bhakti Charu Swami, Gopal Krishna Goswami, Bhakti Purusottam Swami, Anuttama
    Das, Hridaya Chaitanya Das, Dayaram Das, Basu Ghosh Das, and the current GBC Chairman,
    ex-officio.

    Voting: In Favor – 12, Opposed – 0, Abstain – 0

    Resolution 22B:

    The top management structure of Mayapur for the time being, functioning under the
    supervision of the Mayapur Executive Board (MEB) and as recommended by the MEB, is as
    follows:

    There shall be a Director or Co-Directors and there shall be a Mayapur Administrative


    Council (MAC).

    The Director or Co-Directors will be senior devotee(s) whose inspirational leadership is


    generally respected in the community. The Director or Co-Directors will be the public face
    of the Mayapur management and may make administrative decisions regarding ISKCON
    Mayapur in an emergency situation when the MAC cannot be convened on a timely basis.

    The Mayapur Administrative Council will be responsible for all managerial activities of
    Mayapur and will be primarily responsible to see that the administrative policies set by the
    Bureau and MEB are carried out. It will consist of a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 15
    member appointed by the MEB. Some of the MAC members may be ex-officio members in
    that their membership is due to their holding a particular position in the ISKCON Mayapur
    administration. It shall have the power to delegate administrative authority to individuals
    and groups as it thinks best. The MAC shall be chaired by individuals appointed by the MEB.

    The Director or Co-Directors and the members of the Mayapur Administrative Council will
    be appointed by the MEB. If it is designated that whoever is holding a particular position in
    the Mayapur administration shall be an ex-officio member of the MAC then the MEB alone
    shall appoint the individual to hold that position.
    WHEREAS since 2016 there has been noticeable improvement in the decision-making on Mayapur as
    well as implementation of decisions by the MAC and glaring example of which is grant of permission to hold
    750 acres of land in Sri Mayapur by the Govt. of West Bengal to ISKCON’s Sridham Mayapur Development
    Foundation which is crucial for the effective implementation of Srila Prabhupada;s desires for development of
    Mayapur a an International Centre;

    Whereas as Śrīla Prabhupāda always stressed on decentralization of management and in order to


    continue the good work with acquision of land & implementation of Mayapur’s masterplan which is only
    possible with stability & peace in Mayapur by effective implementation of Bureau’s Policy/Guidelines it is
    resolved as follows:

    RESOLVED THAT The Mayapur Administrative Council (or any other body/position/role/title created
    from time to time by the MEB/Bureau and entrusted with the regular managerial responsibility for Mayapur)
    shall always perform regular managerial activities without operational interference by either the GBC or/and
    the Bureau;

    ALSO RESOLVED THAT for effective and efficient performance of regular managerial activities all
    officers of ISKCON in Mayapur are appointed from amongst residents of Śrī Māyāpur, who are well
    experienced, proficient /acquainted with local manners and etiquette of dealing as well as faithful / loyal to Śrīla
    Prabhupāda. This is required in order to avoid the perils of remote-controlled management of Mayapur from
    elsewhere which has caused tremendous problems in the past;

    FURTHER RESOLVED THAT that the policy of engagement/hiring and terminating of such
    managerial officers be strictly in pursuant to the following standards:

    1. No Person on Student Visa/Tourist Visa/Business Visa be ever appointed to the position of MAC or any
    position equivalent to that of MAC;
    2. MAC members are strictly selected amongst Mayapur residents and a person should stay for 10 months
    in a year in Mayapur to be qualified as Mayapur resident;
    3. The Bureau or MEB shall have power to remove or terminate the services of a MAC member only after
    giving a show-cause notice to him in writing along with sufficient opportunity of being heard by MEB.
    Every decision of MEB concerning terminating a MAC member shall be in writing detailing the reasons
    for such termination. The Bureau shall be the appalate authority in this matter. While counting the votes
    on such appeal, the votes of those who happen to be on MEB shall be ignored. Further such members
    shall be dissuaded form undue influencing the remaining members of Bureau;
    4. MAC shall be solely responsible for Recruitment, Probation, Engagement, Assignment, Termination of
    services of all persons/volunteers/employees in Mayapur;
    5. MEB can engage consultants for any field of activity only with the unanimous acceptance of all MAC
    members;
    6. Any engagement of members of GBC society regd. in Mayapur shall be strictly with prior unanimous
    approval of members of MAC.

    Permission to hold 750 acres of land is the beginning of a beginning and therefore the Bureau gives its blessing
    to Mayapur Management to develop Sri Mayapur on par with international standards of cleanliness, sanitation
    & effectiveness in communication.

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