Auroville Community Nostr Relay on Nostr: [Update & Clarification] ⚡️Petition to call upon the RAS to initiate an Emergency ...

[Update & Clarification] ⚡️Petition to call upon the RAS to initiate an Emergency RAD on the WCom Emergency Functions and the FAMC⚡️


Dear Residents,

We would like to remind you that a petition to launch an Emergency RAD is currently in progress.
Kindly read and consider signing it from this link:

https://forms.gle/YZ2AmXkFGjteDzkS9

So far over 210 signatures have been recorded, we hope to reach 300 by tomorrow evening, Sunday the 25.02.24.

We would like to address the following questions which have been raised regarding the petition.

1. Why should the WCom coordinate the functions of the FAMC?

• Due to the continued escalation of threats to maintenances and visas by the office of the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation and the working groups appointed by the Governing Board, residents are fearful and therefore very reluctant to nominate themselves to serve in the working groups selected by the Residents’ Assembly. This is evidenced by the last two selection processes in which the FAMC selected by the Residents’ Assembly did not reach a quorum of members as per the FAMC mandate 2016.
• To create a framework in which the RA can fulfill its responsibility to manage the funds and assets raised by the residents of Auroville and reestablish transparency; 
• To document the decisions and resolutions made by the Governing Board appointed FAMC (financially, procedurally and legally);
• To fill existing communication and administrative gaps, as well as offer advice to residents about various funds and assets related questions; 
• To work on a vision for the future of Auroville's economy.

2. How will the WCom coordinate the FAMC functions?

The Wcom will identify resource persons and, if needed, create specific task forces, all of which will function directly under the WCom. 
This solution is a temporary measure and will be used only until the FAMC of the Residents’ Assembly can again take up its rightful and statutory role according to  the Auroville Foundation Rules, 1997.

3. Why should the emergency functions given to the Working Committee selected by the Residents' Assembly be extended?

For the same reasons that these functions were given in August 2023, because the Residents’ Assembly finds itself in an emergency situation in which it needs the agility to counter the threats to its role as an authority of the Auroville Foundation.

4. Why is it required to give one’s first and last name as well as one’s community of residence, on the petition?

The RAS needs to verify each signature to ascertain its validity. This can only be done if the complete and accurate information is available.
Your information will be kept fully confidential.

With love and hope,

Concerned Residents