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appointed by the Auroville

Foundation Office.

created without any

nomination by the Residents’

Assembly.

AVFO’s ‘BCC’ The Budget Coordination

Committee appointed by the

Auroville Foundation Office

The AVFO’s ‘FAMC’ claimed

they had reconstituted the

BCC in July 2022. They

originally named 8 ‘new

members’, however at least 3

of the people named had no

knowledge of the

appointment. In August 2022

the RA BCC were informed

again that they were being

reconstituted, with 4

members of the AVFO’s ‘BCC’

AVFO’s ‘FAMC’ The Funds and Asset

Management Committee

appointed by the Auroville

Foundation Office.

Working against precedent,

The AVFO decided to

‘re-constitute’ the FAMC and

has actively worked to stop

the work of the FAMC RA, by

blocking email accounts and

taking over office spaces and

equipment.

AVFO’s ‘Housing Service’ The Housing Service

constituted by the AVFO

In August 2022 an Office

Order was produced claiming

to reconstitute the Housing

Service. 6 new members

were named however 2 of

these members did not join.

Nearly all of the members of

the Housing Service who had

been ‘removed’ were

immediately asked to rejoin.

AVFO’s ‘WCom’ The Working Committee

appointed by the Auroville

Foundation Office

The Working Committee that

was dismantled by an RA vote

in May 2022, but continues

to be endorsed by the AVFO

and operates as a ‘shadow’