The Auroville
Council has made a promising start, says Sindhuja, one of the new
Council members, “particularly considering that it consists of many
young people who have no previous experience in working in an
Auroville working group. The dynamics are catching up and it is
working out.” The Council is busy studying the revision of various
mandates and policies, such as those of the Housing Service, the
Funds and Assets Management Committee, the Entry Policy, the Friends
of Auroville policy and the mandate of the Residents’ Assembly
Service. “Some of them are quite outdated and do not reflect the
reality of today” she says. The Council has called various
individuals to give feedback and help rewrite the policies, after
which they will be submitted to the residents for approval. Another
challenging task of the Council, that of dealing with conflicts
between Aurovilians, is being handled together with Koodam, the
Auroville mediation centre.
“What hasn’t
worked as anticipated,”...
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