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Issue No: 317, December 2015

The 'Active Residents Assembly' Intitiative

One of the strongest messages to emerge out of the Retreat discussions was the need to re-examine our present organizational structure, to make it more reflective of our core values and ideals and to strengthen the role of the Residents’ Assembly. The Governance Task Force took this up and made one of its first priorities the creation of an Active Residents Assembly (ARA). The ARA is open to all Aurovilians and Newcomers, and its members commit to reading relevant background material and attending regular meetings to build agreements and solutions for the community’s various problems and challenges. Although the ARA has no formal decision-making power, it is hoped that its work will increase the quality and participation in our Residents’ Assembly decision-making meetings. The ARA pays particular attention to the way they meet together as, in the past, community meetings have often been fraught with personal disagreements. ARA members agree on the need to create a spi...
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Levasseur Marc, 19th Dec 2015, 05.44 PM

thank a lot for your articles ,that is what i was looking for informations (and inspirations )in plus of the "AV news"Your magazine should be avalaible in all the guesthouses of AV so that the visitors and newcomers understand more what is AV and what the people are doing here;I will come to see you nextyear.
Marc

Issue No. 317, December 2015

  • Farewell Matters
  • Death and Dying - Do we need to talk about it?
  • About Testaments
  • The Mother and Sri Aurobindo on Death
  • Promoting Poor Girls' Education in the Villages
  • Project Beneficiaries
  • ALICE in STEM Land
  • Craftsmen of Chocolate
  • Twinning Auroville and Pondicherry as Fair Trade Towns
  • New Books
  • Saturday Market Reopens
  • The Residents' Assembly Service: Its Vision and Evolution
  • The 'Active Residents Assembly' Intitiative
  • Anand Agrawal (Passing)

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