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Issue No: 376, November 2020

The need to specify minimum conditions

Over the last few months, the functioning of the Funds and Assets Management Committee has come under fire. The members are accused of following a top-down approach, wanting to accumulate power, lacking efficiency, not delegating issues, refusing collaboration, showing no respect for others, providing insufficient basic communication, and being arbitrary in their decisions. Those who object to its functioning now propose that the constitution of the FAMC is changed. One of the most controversial issues is the Code of Conduct which was introduced in Auroville four years ago. Its opponents believe that it will, among other things, increase bureaucracy regarding the functioning of Auroville’s units. Auroville Today spoke to Lyle, one of the Funds and Assets Committee (FAMC) members, to get clarification on the responsibilities of the FAMC and to get his views on the need to have basic guidelines concerning how our trusts and business units function, as well as on the proposal to...
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Issue No. 376, November 2020

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