“Fabulously inspiring,” was one of
the comments made after the General Meeting of May 28th, in which the
Study Group explained what it had been doing, and the proposed new
members of the Working Committee and Auroville Council introduced
themselves. The summer exodus notwithstanding, there was a large
attendance and the explanation and introductions were received by the
Aurovilians with quietness and maturity.
Yet it wasn’t all smooth sailing. The
Study Group explained that it had decided not to deal itself with the
feedback it had received from the community on the proposed new
members, as the Group felt it didn’t have the mandate to do so.
Instead, it had informed each of the new members about the feedback
they had received, without mentioning the source, and then left it to
the person to deal with it. Also, the other proposed group members
were informed about the feedback, and were asked if the person was
nevertheless acceptable to their group. This, perhaps predictabl...
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