Dec 7, 2022 | Organisation & governance, Processes by-passed, Self Governance, Take over
Auroville’s Working Groups take over On 12 May 2022, the Governing Board (GB) started showing signs of its will to seize control of Auroville’s governance. On this day, four members of the Working Committee (WCom), dismissed by a Residents' Assembly (RA) decision for...
Sep 21, 2022 | Processes by-passed, Self Governance, Take over
Auroville Residents Appeal to UNESCO reg 30th Sept Event in Paris The Secretary of one of the 3 governing bodies of Auroville Foundation has planned to organize an event at Unesco Paris this month. Since the appointment of the present Secretary of the Auroville...
Sep 18, 2022 | Organisation & governance, Processes by-passed, Self Governance, Take over
THE INFLECTION POINT by Rod Hemsell In numerous video recordings presented as formal addresses to Auroville, broadcast subsequently to the public on youtube, as well as in other public lectures and private presentations, the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation, Dr....
Sep 16, 2022 | Organisation & governance, Processes by-passed, Self Governance, Statements by the RA and the Working groups, Take over
On the 30th September, an event is planned at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, organised in collaboration with the Auroville Foundation. Residents have not been made aware of this event via any official communication platforms. A tentative program of the event was...
Sep 8, 2022 | Organisation & governance, Processes by-passed, Self Governance, Statements by the RA and the Working groups, Take over
On the 26th August, Mr. Raghu Ananthanarayan received a formal letter from the Secretary of the AVFO, stating that the GB is requesting a process for deeper dialogue in Auroville, and requesting him to facilitate this process,“enabling the stakeholders of Auroville to...
Sep 3, 2022 | Processes by-passed, Self Governance, Take over
On Friday, Aug 26th evening, the BCC (Budget City Service) received an email from AVFO’s ‘FAMC’ informing them that it was "time to transition to the new team". The communication thanked the BCC members for their service "much appreciated by the community" and asked...
Sep 3, 2022 | Legal matters, Self Governance, Take over
Legal update Madras High Court: Foundation appeal on the judgment of 12/08/2022 On 26 August 2022, an appeal bench of the Madras High Court gave an interim order that temporarily suspended the ruling that a single High Court judge sitting on 12 August had...
Aug 28, 2022 | Processes by-passed, Resident Assembly, Self Governance, Take over
Interpreting the Appeal as a New Construction of the Auroville Foundation Act by Rod Hemsell The Foundation's appeal to set aside the order passed by the MHC on 12-8-22 consists primarily in an elaborate argument beginning on page 2 (bold 12) in which it...
Aug 19, 2022 | Organisation & governance, Resident Assembly, Self Governance, Statements by the RA and the Working groups
Dear friends, The voice and central role of Aurovilians in the governance of Auroville has been recognised in the Madras High Court. The Court in its judgment dated 12.8.2022 has reaffirmed that “under the Auroville Foundation, Auroville will be administered by the...
Jun 28, 2022 | Blog, Processes by-passed, Self Governance, Take over
By AV Council (AVC) , 28 Jun 2022 / 01:27 pm Dear Community, We are all shocked by the continued and aggressive attempts at appropriating many of Auroville's executive and managerial positions, including the memberships of some of our groups (eg: WCom, ATDC, FAMC,...
Jun 26, 2022 | Blog, Organisation & governance, Self Governance
Genesis of the Auroville Foundation Act Talk by Alain Bernard on January 2010 This talk tells the story of the genesis of a very important event for Auroville as this Act, voted by the Indian Parliament in 1988, gave a legal status to Auroville. It is still the basis...
Jun 24, 2022 | Aims & ideals, Blog, Organisation & governance, Self Governance
AUROVILLE CHARTER Auroville belongs to nobody in particular. Auroville belongs to humanity as a whole. But to live in Auroville, one must be a willing servitor of the Divine Consciousness. Auroville will be the place of an unending education, of constant progress, and...
Jun 24, 2022 | Blog, Organisation & governance, Processes by-passed, Self Governance
COMPETING NARRATIVES by Rod Hemsell There is a popular pattern of critical thinking in philosophy today, initiated especially by French intellectuals in the 1970s, that reduces all points of view expressed publicly through language to “narratives” determined primarily...
Jun 23, 2022 | Blog, Organisation & governance, Processes by-passed, Self Governance
Standing orders are usually seen to be used in Banks and Post Offices in the Indian Union, and usually have something to do with money. In the Auroville context, even though the name is highly irregular, a Standing Order may be seen as an Administrative Order. An...
Jun 22, 2022 | Blog, Processes by-passed, Self Governance
In the last month, the Secretariat of the Auroville Foundation (AVFO) took administrative control of most of the Auroville communication channels (Auronet, Massbulletin, the Compat forum* and Auroville email services), citing a “police complaint” based on claims of...
Jun 22, 2022 | Blog, Processes by-passed, Self Governance
Yes, please stop the need for court cases by Jasmin on June 22, 2022 To the urgent pleas to stop the court cases (which as we all know are a drain on the community on many levels): This is what the vast, overwhelming majority of us all would wish for, including those...
Jun 16, 2022 | Processes by-passed, Self Governance
On 16th June, the ex-Working Committe & self-appointed ‘interim members’ (ex-WCom)announced to the community that a ‘Grievance Cell’ was being created in order to respond to “several unofficial complaints from the silent majority of Auroville residents [that]...
Jun 14, 2022 | Blog, Processes by-passed, Self Governance
This letter was adressed by a long term Aurovilian to the group of Aurovilians and non Aurovilians who are trying to take over Auroville. They have informed the community of the opening of a grievance cell that is supposed to collect the grievance of those who are...
Jun 14, 2022 | Blog, Organisation & governance, Processes by-passed, Self Governance, Statements by the RA and the Working groups
Update from the Bona Fide Working Committee of the Residents Assembly adressed to the Community on June 14th 2022: Dear friends, We want to update you on a few on-going topics. 1. Regular meetings of Auroville Council, FAMC and Working Committee continue The Working...
Jun 14, 2022 | Blog, Processes by-passed, Self Governance, Statements by the RA and the Working groups
Following the attempt of take over by the Secretary of the Governing Board of the FAMC and ATDC by nominating her own members thus bypassing all Auroville due processes, the Auroville Council has sent a clarification to the Community. Clarification regarding...
Jun 14, 2022 | Blog, Processes by-passed, Self Governance, Take over
Clarification regarding questionable appointments of FAMC and ATDC by the office of the Secretary BY the Workibg Committee and the Auroville Council Dear Community, We know that the situation in Auroville is very confusing at the moment. The developments of recent...
Jun 13, 2022 | Blog, Resident Assembly, Self Governance
While the group of Aurovilians (supported by the Secretary of the Governing Board) are spreading on medias and in Auroville false narratives aiming at division and fear among the community, a group of Tamil Aurovilians has organised a gathering inviting the whole...
Jun 13, 2022 | Blog, Organisation & governance, Resident Assembly, Self Governance, Statements by the RA and the Working groups
A writ petition* was filled by the Working Committee of Residents Assembly represented by Hemant L. member of the bona fide Working Committee of the Residents assembly today 13th June 2022 at High Court in Chennai. Our prayer to the honorable High Court is to forbear...
Jun 8, 2022 | Blog, Medias take over, Processes by-passed, Self Governance
Email situation in Auroville By Auroville Council (AVC)* , 08 Jun 2022 / 01:22 pm [*The Auroville Council is the working group mandated by the Residents Assdembly to maintain and harmonize the various mandates of the working groups of Auroville and to see that the...
Jun 8, 2022 | Blog, Organisation & governance, Processes by-passed, Self Governance
Auronet (https://auroville.org.in)Clarification on Working Committe and Register of Residents By Auroville Council (AVC)* , 08 Jun 2022 / 01:24 pm[*The Auroville Council is the working group mandated by the Residents Assdembly to maintain and harmonize the various...