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Massbulletin 06.09.24

RA WCom: Information re Afsanah's Guest House and PTPS

Dear community,

As you may be aware there is an ongoing attempt by the ‘FAMC’ selected by the Governing

Board, with the support of some trustees of the relevant trusts, to dismiss one of the executives

of PTPS (Pour Tous Purchasing Service, Aspiration) and the executives of Afsanah’s Guest House,

without valid reasons given and without following proper process.

We wish to share with you two timelines of events related to these situations which we find

concerning due to their disregard for harmony and internal processes.

PTPS has been capably run for 2 years by the current executives who have not only kept this

unit running but who have also brought about great improvements, doing so with

commendable transparency. (Read here the Timeline of events for PTPS).

The Afsanah Guest House is a similar case, where its executives and management team have

been diligently and successfully running it, significantly increasing its overall performance as

well as its financial contribution to the community. (Read here the Afsanah GH Statement).

These two summaries of events shed light on how a few people feel empowered to ignore

established procedures, and have no qualms forcibly imposing their views on the Residents’

Assembly and its selected working groups.

The complete disregard for Auroville’s community processes, the lack of any kind of clear

communication and refusal to answer basic questions, the casual appropriation of

decision-making by a few individuals, should all be carefully looked at by the community.

We question the replacement of people who have proven they are up to the tasks they took on,

and who wholeheartedly give their service to Auroville. We need such people to be supported,

and we need to question the motives behind these arbitrary decisions to remove them.

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These two cases are not isolated, but the continuation of a trend which is unravelling the fabric

of Auroville and what we stand for.

If anyone would like further information, please write to us at workincom@auroville.services or

visit us during our open house time on Tuesdays from 10 to 12 at the old Koodam Office

(parking and entrance opposite the Auroville Library).

In community,

The Working Committee of the RA

Aravinda, Bharathy, Chali, Mael (TOS), Matthieu, Prashant (TOS), Valli

27512:34 PM