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EDITORIAL  Buddhi Yoga Society BY YADUNANDANA PADA DASA EDITORIAL, Oct 27 (VNN) — It is our pleasure to present to Srila Prabhupada and all the devotees of the Lord our first newsletter for the Buddhi Yoga Society Co-op organization. The purpose and promise for this quarterly publication is "Continuous Full Disclosure" of all details of our organization so that members as well as the public can remain entirely aware of our status quo at all times. Any details that are not made available on our quarterly newsletters will be posted and referenced on our web site. We welcome your comments, questions and guidance in the execution of this newsletter. For the Full Newsletter please go to: http://www.buddhiyoga.org/ A Co-operative, Non-profit Organization Serving You. Join Our Awareness Campaign Please Forward this Email Newsletter to Your Mailing List _____ OUR CORPORATE BOARD Congratulations - We wish to welcome to our Board of Directors His Holiness Giriraj Maharaja, Guru das Prabhu, Sangita dd Prabhavi, Mayapur Sasi das Prabhu, Kishor Stein Prabhu, and Paratrikananda das Prabhu. We are extremely excited about their presence aboard this new vessel and the journeys (in which) we are about to embark upon. Together, they will assist at the helm to keep us on course as we approach our various goals. Please see their BIOS on our web site by: http://www.sonic.net/%7Ejordonez/dharma/bios.html Our Board of Directors is divided into two parts. The first is the Executive Legal Board of Directors consisting of three directors, Guru das Prabhu as Vice-president, Mayapur Sasi das Prabhu as Treasurer, and Yadunandana Pada das as President. The second part of the Board is the Advisory Board of Directors consisting of Giriraj Maharaja, Sangita dd Prabhavi, and Paratrikananda Prabhu. We are still searching for an additional three board members for our Advisory Board, for a total of nine board members. At this grass roots stage of our co-op our board and our members are faced with the initial task of promoting membership by getting the word out and encouraging the temple presidents, the heads of various organizations, and family heads to endorse the Buddhi Yoga Society membership to their congregations. We are asking everyone to become part of an "Awareness Campaign" about our two different kinds of memberships and the benefits of each. First, we offer the FREE Membership which will initially allow one to begin rendering service to the collective sanga while accruing co-op hours and helping us develop the programs. Each member will volunteer three hours per week to help us develop and design programs that will benefit all members of the Buddhi Yoga Society. Secondly, there is the Retirement Membership which is identical to the FREE Membership except members have an opportunity to contribute fees to the co-op in the amount of $27 per week or $108 per month. Your money then gets paid back to you as a contributing member within 30 days as a payroll distribution to your retirement plan accounts. http://www.sonic.net/%7Ejordonez/dharma/membership.html _____ OUR MANPOWER BARTER SYSTEM Added Value - In addition to the already established retirement accounts and other developing services such as group health care, we are rolling out the Membership Organizations' Barter System. We have devised a plan for membership organizations to synergistically aid each other with manpower from our collective membership. For example, the database programmers from one organization will swap hours with the fund raisers or writers from another organization. We hope to build our membership into a legion of workers feeding the various needs of various member organizations and groups at a staggeringly low input of three hours per week from each individual member. Imagine, a team of 5 web developers or proof readers will be equal to a 15 hour per week work solution for your organization. This "Added Value" has become the prime reason for everyone to become fully involved in the Membership Drive and Awareness Campaign for at least three hours each week. 'Together We Will Move Mountains' Please send your family members, your various ashrams' members, your congregation and your friends to our Co-op's: http://www.sonic.net/%7Ejordonez/dharma/membership.html _____ YOUR INVOLVEMENT It's Your Move - The ball is now in your court. We have designed and implemented a mechanism that is member-driven, member-specific, and member-dependent. Here is your chance to make a difference in your life and the lives of others by becoming a member-at the very least we ask that you become a volunteer FREE member now. Later you can upgrade if you choose. If you are already a member please promote membership, knowing that massive membership will be the wind behind our sails. Everyone and anyone (regardless of position or affiliation) can spare three hours each week of their time to serve the devotees while helping each other, the society, and themselves. This communal effort will help the entire vaishnava community. Only with your support through membership will this co-op thrive. You are the key. The power is in your hands. The decision for these programs to grow, and become a reality, is your specific choice. VIEW OUR BROCHURE We have produced an attractive, concise and comprehensive, summary brochure aimed at attracting members, and to drive interest to our web site for a follow-up, in-depth, detailed understanding of our organization and the many possibilities you will create. For your viewing convenience we have created a PDF format of our brochure. http://www.sonic.net/%7Ejordonez/dharma/PDFs/BYS-Retirement-Brochure.pdf If you do not have a PDF viewer, please go to: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html" _____ DISTRIBUTE OUR BROCHURE You Are the Advocates - Especially at this grass roots stage we implore all our members and friends to help us spread the word, to drive prospective members to our web site, to convince your temple presidents to endorse and sponsor both FREE and Retirement memberships for both their temple ashram and grhasta devotees as well as congregational members. We are asking all temple presidents to kindly distribute our brochures at your temples. Please write to specify amount. BrochureRequest@BuddhiYoga.org To help us develop these programs, you will need to kindly submit your answers to the Buddhi Yoga Society's http://www.sonic.net/%7Ejordonez/dharma/survey.html Contact VNN about this story  Send this story to a friend
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