GBC MEETINGS Vrindabana (Krsna Balarama Mandir) May 27-29,
1977Signatures of AttendenceAdi Kesava Swami (acting GBC) Harikesa SwamiAtreya Rishi dasa
Hridayananda GoswamiBalavanta dasa Jagadisa dasBali Mardan dasa Jayapataka SwamiBhagavan dasa
Kirtanananda SwamiBhavananda Goswami (non GBC member) Pancadravida SwamiBrahmananda Swami
Ramesvara SwamiGargamuni Swami Rupanuga dasGiriraj das (non GBC member) Satsvarupa GoswamiGopal
Krsna das Swarupa Damodara dasGuru Kripa Swami Tamal Krsna GoswamiSUMMARY REPORT1. A list of
trustees for all ISKCON properties worldwide was submitted to Srila Prabhupada at his request. Properties in
India can never be sold, mortgaged, etc. Properties outside India in principle should never be sold, but in the
event it is necessary, they can be mortgaged, etc. only with the signed approval of all the appointed trustees. The
list of trustees (and instructions for setting up this "trustee-system" legally) will be circulated by the GBC
Property Committee to all GBC members and temple presidents for immediate implementation.2. For ISKCON
India, committees were formed to protect the Society by making improvements in the original "charter",
expanding the Bureau of Management (for India), and seriously researching permanent residency visas as our
top priority.3. A list of questions was presented to Prabhupada, some of which he said he would tell us
later. Two significant questions His Divine Grace did reply to are:a. GBC members shall remain
permanently. If a member leaves, the GBC can appoint new GBC members.b. New translations of Vedic works
can be published in the future, even after Srila Prabhupada's departure, by the BBT but they can only be done by
one who is very expert and advanced in his realization. At present, Prabhupada acknowledged, there is no one
yet qualified.4. In order to help the India Yatras, a co-GBC was appointed for liasion purposes, especially to
assist with manpower and financial requirements- for each of the major India projects as follows:a. Bombay:
Ramesvara Swami and the Western USA Zoneb. Mayapura: Tamal Krsna Goswami, Adi Kesava Swami and the
Northeast USA Zonec. Vrindavana: Bhagavan dasa and the Southern Europe Zoned. Hyderbad Farm: Harikesa
Swami and the North Europe Zonee. Hyderbad temple: Hrdayananda Goswami, Pancadravida Swami and the
two Latin America Zones(note: this does not mean that assisting these projects is the exclusive responsibility of
these western zones- these still remain the whole Society's projects, and we are all responsible)5. The Australia
GBC Zone and Hari Sauri dasa will be responsible for assisting Fiji.6. As the date for the Bombay opening is
fixed (October 21) funds are required immediately and a short term solution adopted was that Nama Hatta
would make one more substantial payment in June, and funds would be borrowed from Spiritual Sky Incense
Co. in LA for a comparable payment in June. The main source of increased funds is recognized as increasing
book distribution, and the US BBT must resume its monthly payments at the end of July.7. Each temple must
donate a fixed contribution each month to ISKCON Food Relief, on the following allocation:small temple:
$50.00 medium temple: $100.00 large temple: $150.00 maha-large temple $200.00Each GBC man shall open
one zonal account, and be responsible to collect money from all his temples, then send it in one sum to Adi
Kesava Swami for forwarding to ISKCON Food Relief in India. The India centers distributing food must send
the GBC regular reports of their prasad distribution, including photos.8. The profit made by the US BBT by
selling 100,000 records to temples will be set up as a travel fund for the 20 Argentina devotees going to India,
and for repaying the Food Relief debt of Rs. 50,000 to Mayapur.9. As each BBT division must allocate funds
for temple construction, and as the Latin America zones are responsible for assisting the Hyderbad temple, the
Spanish BBT construction money will be sent each month to Hyderbad to complete the temple construction
there (estimated completion by January 1) and thereafter their monthly allotment sent to Srila Prabhupada to
repay Hyderbad's loan from His Divine Grace.10) RESOLVED: Whereas Srila Prabhupada's desires and goals
for expanding ISKCON activities through special projects in India (construction, development, maintenance,
food distribution, etc.) are known to all GBC members, it is resolved that the GBC body accepts the final
responsibility for these.
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