After a delay of more than a year, the Auroville community
has finally managed to select the members of a new Working Committee.
The history
It started in January 2014, when the residents were asked to
vote on a so-called Participatory Selection Process for the new members of the
Working Committee and Auroville Council. However, the vote failed as the
required quorum of 10% of the number of residents was not reached. As a
consequence, the term of office of the existing group members was extended.
March
The issue was again brought to the Residents’ Assembly at
the end of March. This time the residents were asked to vote for one out of
four possible selection processes. This time the Participatory Process was
accepted which implied that many tasks previously performed by the Working
Committee and the Auroville Council, would now be taken up by them together
with people from the larger community in order “to foster tran...
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