Reg. No S/74662 under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961

P.O. Shree Mayapur Dham, Dist. Nadia, West Bengal

MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ISKCON GBC BODY SOCIETY

SRI DHAM MAYAPUR, MARCH 2, 2000

RESOLUTIONS

APPOINTMENTS:

1. His Grace Ravindra Svarupa Das is elected as Chairman.

2. His Holiness Ramai Swami is elected as First Vice-Chairman.

3. His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami is elected as Second Vice-Chairman.

4. His Holiness Giridhari Swami is elected as Third Vice-Chairman.

5. Her Grace Manjari Devi Dasi is elected as Secretary.

6. The following devotees are appointed as Assistant GBC members:

His Grace Prthu Das

His Holiness Bhaktimarga Swami

7. Her Grace Manjari Devi Dasi shall continue as an assistant GBC member.

8. The following devotees are confirmed as Acting GBC members:

His Grace Anuttama Das

Her Grace Malati Devi Dasi

9 The following devotees are confirmed as Full GBC members:

His Holiness B.B. Govinda Swami

His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Swami

10. The GBC Body accepts the resignation from the GBC Body of His Grace

Naveen Krishna Das.

The GBC Body requests Naveen Krishna Das to give careful and dispassionate

consideration to the case presented in the book Not That I Am Poisioned,

and, after doing so, to enter into discussion with the Executive Committee

for a resolution of this and any related issues.

11. The resignations of the following GBC members are accepted and they are

appointed as GBC Emeritus effective at the conclusion of this GBC meeting:

His Holiness Giriraja Swami

His Grace Bhurijana Das

His Grace Vasudeva Das

12. [GBC RULE] One additional member shall be added to the Executive

Committee as Third Vice-Chairman as a voting member. (Passed unanimously)

Section 100: BASIC PREACHING

His Holiness Sridhara Swami

101 [STATEMENT] The GBC Body hereby honors and deeply appreciates the

selfless service provided by His Holiness Sridhara Swami to Srila

Prabhupada's ISKCON Society in his various preaching services particularly;

fund development, life membership and world-wide preaching. The GBC Body

earnestly prays to Lord Nrsimhadeva and Sri Sri Radha-Rasa-bihari to protect

Their sincere devotee, His Holiness Sridhara Swami.

Section 200: SPECIALIZED PREACHING

Life-Membership Standards Subcommittee

201 [ACTION ORDER] 1. The Life-membership Standards Subcommittee is hereby

established with the purpose to work on recommendations for life-membership

standards. This committee is to complete their work by July 15, 2000.

2. The following persons will determine the members of the committee and

the mechanism and constituency for the committee's accomplishing their

goals:

Braja Bihari Das - convener, Vedavyasa-priya Swami, Ramabhadra Das, Svavasa

Das, Kalakantha Das, Pancaratna Das, Varsana Devi Dasi, Sudharma Devi Dasi.

3. The following have been nominated as members but are not present in

Mayapur:

Devakinandana Das, Mahamantra Das (Delhi), Srutidharma Das and Pranabandhu

Das.

Section 300: EDUCATIONAL AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT

Expressing Doubts

301 [GUIDELINE] 1. ISKCON members should be careful to adhere to the proper

process of expressing doubts within the community of Vaisnavas. The

guidelines for that process are set forth herewith:

(a) As doubts are a function of intelligence, it is expected that

intelligent and inquisitive devotees will naturally have doubts concerning

the statements of authorities like guru, sadhu and sastra.

(b) It is important whatever doubts may arise be expressed so that they may

be properly examined, understood and resolved.

(c) Our tradition has established a proper process within the community of

devotees for resolving doubts. This process allows a devotee to express

misgivings while protecting the devotee from checking his or her spiritual

progress through committing offenses. When handled in the proper manner,

doubts become a basis for growth in spiritual understanding and the

deepening of faith.

2. The guidelines for expressing and resolving doubts are as follows:

(a) Doubts should be placed before a proper authority in whom one has faith

and confidence. That is, inquiry should be humble and submissive in spirit.

(b) There should be a presupposition that the doubts should be resolved

successfully.

(c) Doubts should be expressed in a way that is careful to be respectful of

guru, sadhu and sastra.

(d) Doubts should be expressed in a way that is careful to avoid causing

unnecessary disturbance to the faith of other devotees.

(e) Apparent contradictions should not be taken as prima facie evidence that

the authority is wrong. Rather, they should become the grounds for pursuing

a deeper understanding.

Section 500. HOLY PLACES AND SPIRITUAL COMMUNITIES

Women in ISKCON

WHEREAS, the Women's Ministry presentation on March 1st, 2000 to the GBC

Body brought a clearer understanding of the mistakes of the past and the

need to provide equal and full opportunity for devotional service for all

devotees in ISKCON, regardless of gender, and

WHEREAS, it is clearly following in the line of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada that all people are

welcome to join Lord Caitanya's sankirtana movement and are capable of

developing full love of God, and

WHEREAS, it is our belief that many of the social issues that confront us

are exacerbated because the voice of our women, who are the mothers and

daughters of our Krsna conscious family, have been hushed and stifled due to

misinterpretation of our Vaisnava philosophy, and thus the human and

interpersonal needs of our devotees have been minimized,

THEREFORE IT IS RESOLVED THAT:

501 [STATEMENT] 1. the members of the Governing Body Commission of the

International Society for Krishna Consciousness offer their humble apologies

to the women of Srila Prabhupada's society who, because of our own

shortcomings and those of the Society, have suffered due to a lack of

protection, support, facility and appreciation for their service, devotion

and vast contributions to the Society, and

2.[ACTION] All GBC Body members and other leaders shall hold istagosthis in

each of their respective temples to establish the priority of providing

equal facilities, full encouragement and genuine care and protection for the

women members of ISKCON. Also, separate meetings should be held with the

leaders and women of each temple to address the women's needs and concerns,

and

3.[GUIDELINE] , All GBC Zonal Secretaries, Temple Presidents and other

leaders are requested, in coordination with the Women's Ministry, to invite

senior devotee women, especially Srila Prabhupada's direct disciples, to

visit their temples to provide their association and thus help in training

younger devotees.

Section 600: INTERNAL ISKCON

Srila Prabhupada's Siksa Position

601 [ISKCON LAW] A duly initiated disciple in ISKCON can accept Srila

Prabhupada, the founder-acarya of ISKCON, as his principle siksa-guru.

During his devotional life, he may experience that he derives more spiritual

inspiration from Srila Prabhupada's books and vani than from his own

diksa-guru.

Srila Prabhupada's Absolute Position

602 [ISKCON LAW] 1. The GBC Body wishes to emphasize that any attempt to

minimize the position or teachings of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta

Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krsna

Consciousness, will not be tolerated in any way by the leadership structure

of ISKCON. This is an absolute and inviolable principle.

2. Any member of ISKCON involved in such criticism shall be immediately

dealt with by the appropriate measures according to ISKCON Law

1996/607.4.A.1 "Offenses Against Founder-Acarya and Guru-parampara" which

states : "A person guilty of denouncing, openly blaspheming, or publicly

abandoning loyalty to the founder-acarya, the previous acaryas in the

disciplic succession, or Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,

incurs automatic dissociation from ISKCON, the right to revoke being

reserved to the local Governing Body Commissioner. If the offending person

holds a position of spiritual authority, the right to revoke the

dissociation is reserved to the Governing Body Commission. If the

seriousness of the offense warrants a more severe reaction, other measures

may be brought to bear, including dismissal from authority, disqualification

for initiating, and excommunication."

3. The GBC Zonal Secretaries and/or the local leaders must implement ISKCON

Law when they perceive a transgression of this principle. If they fail to do

so, the GBC Executive Committee shall directly take measures to rectify the

situation and may censure or suspend (probate or remove) local leaders for

not taking appropriate measures.

Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa-puja Book

603 [ACTION] 1. The GBC Body requests the LA BBT to continue publishing

Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa-puja book. Srila Prabhupada approved of the idea

of the BBT publishing his Vyasa-puja book as it was also done during his

stay on the planet.

[ACTION] 2. A standing committee named the Srila Prabhupada Vyasa-puja Book

Standing Committee is formed with the purpose of assisting the LA BBT to

draw ideas and talent from devotees around the world to make the Vyasa-puja

book more affordable and marketable. The standing committee will initially

consist of: Danavir Goswami (point man), Deva Gaura Hari Das (Australia),

Acyuta Das (Ukraine) and Simhesvara Das (Malaysia).

GBC Secretariat

604 [LAW]

1. A full-time secretariat office shall be established in Mayapur.

2. This office shall work directly under the Executive Committee. It shall

take necessary steps towards organizational improvement.

3.[ACTION] The Secretary Office shall be staffed by Kalakantha Das,

Manjari Devi Dasi and Divyambara Devi Dasi.

GBC Restructuring Taskforce

WHEREAS, there is a need to reorganize GBC operations to achieve more

efficiency, more local ISKCON leadership, less stress for GBC members, and

more effective fulfillment of GBC responsibilities, and

WHEREAS, the issues involved are deep and complex and do not lend themselves

to resolution at the brief annual Mayapur meeting;

605 [ACTION] IT IS RESOLVED THAT

1. The GBC Body hereby appoints an ongoing GBC Restructuring Task Force

whose members include:

Jayapataka Swami, Mukunda Goswami, Malati Devi Dasi, Sudharma Devi Dasi,

Pancaratna Das, Atmarama Das, Abhirama Das, Kalakantha Das, Anuttama Das,

Aniruddha Das, Atmabhu Das, Hrdaya Caitanya Das and Prasanta Devi Dasi. This

group may also seek the help of professional advisors.

2. This task force shall be coordinated by the GBC Secretariat and

communicate by e-mail throughout the year. It shall convene in Mayapur prior

to the 2001 annual meetings.

3. The specific goals of this task force shall include:

(a) to gather and deliberate on input on the following questions from

various ISKCON Regional Bodies:

- What should be the definition of ISKCON Regional Governing

Bodies/Divisional Councils?

- Should some GBC members serve in the role of "Monitor" overseeing

secretaries of smaller zones?

- How should the GBC delegate problem-solving authority to regional levels?

- How should ISKCON Ministries function?

- How should ISKCON develop a constitution?

- What statements of Srila Prabhupada are relevant to GBC structure?

- What do leading ISKCON stakeholders (temple presidents, congregational

leaders, and senior devotees) want to see from the GBC?

4. This Task Force shall compile a progress report and possible

restructuring models for consideration by the GBC Body at the 2001 annual

meeting.

5. Funding for the Task Force is nil as it's members are volunteers working

through e-mail and their coordination will be handled by the already funded

GBC Secretariat.

GBC Deputy Membership

606 [ACTION ORDER] Membership in the GBC Deputies body is constituted as

follows:

1. For the years 2000 and 2001:

(i) participating members among the existing GBC Deputies (as selected by

the GBC Deputies Body), and

(ii) additional members from geographical areas not presently represented,

selected by the Executive Committee with the help of existing GBC Deputies.

(b)[VISION & GOAL] After Gaura-purnima 2002:

(i) a combination of members selected by the GBC Body or Executive Committee

and members selected by functioning Regional Governing Bodies or Divisional

Councils.

2.[LAW] Further membership in this body shall be for three years and may be

renewed. Members must attend the annual Mayapur GBC meetings.

Removal of Property Trustees

WHEREAS, GBC Law 1993/54 3.3.2 and 3.3.3 contains provisions for changing of

property trustees, but no specific provision has been established by GBC Law

for the resignation or removal of a property trustee, and there is a need to

fill this gap;

607 [LAW] 1. IT IS RESOLVED THAT the following provision is added into Law

1993/54 3.3 "Property Trustee Appointment Procedure" as clause 3.3.4:

THAT in general property trustees are appointed for life. However, a

property trustee appointment may be terminated under the following

conditions:

(a) On the submission of a letter of resignation to the GBC Body via the

ISKCON Property Office. For the resignation to take effect it must be either

unanimously accepted by the remaining trustees (if two or more exist), or by

decision of the ISKCON Property Office.

(b) Upon the death of the trustee or upon the trustee becoming permanently

disabled so as to not be able to carry out the duties of trusteeship.

(c ) If the property trustee fails to act within a reasonable time upon a

specific proposal related to a property from either the local management, a

co-trustee, the ISKCON Property Office, or the GBC Body, the local

management or the co-trustees may submit a request for removal of the

trustee to the ISKCON Property Office stating the facts of the failure to

act. The ISKCON Property Office may grant the request immediately if the

submitted facts are sufficiently compelling or it may again formally request

the trustee to act on the proposal. If the trustee continues to fail to act,

then the trustee shall be removed.

(d) Temple management can approach the Property Office to bypass a

non-functioning trustee without replacing him.

Guru Services Committee

608 [LAW] 1. A Guru Services Committee is hereby established with the

purpose to resolve present and perspective guru topics. This committee is

to:

A. Ascertain whether each guru is following the standard practices of Krsna

consciousness, including:

(a) chanting a minimum of sixteen rounds per day and having a visible

sadhana,

(b) has proper relationships with others according to his asrama, especially

with the opposite sex,

(c) is responsibly engaged in his service within the Society,

(d) has an appropriate understanding of the siddhanta of Krsna consciousness

as given by Srila Prabhupada,

(e) is cooperating with the other devotees within ISKCON, and

(f) is financially accountable.

B. Establish committees to research and deal with the philosophy and

practical issues concerning gurus within ISKCON.

C. Review existing procedures and recommend modifications of the existing

procedures by which gurus in ISKCON can be approved.

D. Review prospective gurus when called upon to do so.

E. This committee has the power to educate the guru or to recommend to the

GBC Body Executive Committee to sanction him or her according to ISKCON Law.

Any sanctions must be reviewed by the GBC Body at the annual meeting in

Mayapur.

2. The members of this committee are:

Anuttama Das, Virabahu Das, Ravindra Svarupa Das, Bhakti Caitanya Swami,

Prahladanananda Swami and Visakha Devi Dasi.

Times for Guru Worship

609 [LAW] All festivals, events, commemorative occasions, etc., that are in

honor of present ISKCON gurus and that are observed in the main worship

areas of ISKCON institutions, are to be held at times other than those

normally set aside for regular worship, such as the morning program and the

Sunday feast.

Disciples Initiating in the Presence of Their Spiritual Master

610 [ACTION ORDER] A subcommittee shall be formed by the newly appointed GBC

Guru Services Committee to review and reassess the GBC Law 6.3.2 on Srila

Prabhupada's grand disciples initiating as well as the GBC position paper on

disciples initiating in the physical presence of their diksa-guru. The

subcommittee shall include a convener and members and shall present a

proposal to the 2001 GBC meeting.

Mahavisnu Goswami

611 [ACTION ORDER] 1. The GBC Body agrees to review and reassess the

position paper "Devotees Initiating Before Their Guru's Physical Departure"

approved by the GBC Body in 1993 (resolution number 60) and also the

statement of ISKCON Law on this in the ISKCON Law Book numbered 6.3.2 at the

annual general meeting 2001 with the aim of issuing a judgment on disciple's

initiating in their guru's presence;

2. In the meantime, His Holiness Mahavisnu Goswami is not authorized to

give diksa and accordingly he should refrain from doing so.

Appeal of the Decision of the Area Council in Guru Approval Procedures

612 [LAW] If an Area Council (as outlined in the paper entitled "Gurus and

Initiation" and approved by the GBC Body in resolution 1995/No. 58 and

stated in ISKCON Law Section 6.4) does not endorse a guru candidate, the

candidate has the right to appeal the case to the relevant Regional

Governing Body for review. If the Regional Governing Body decides that in

spite of having met the mandatory qualifications for a spiritual master and

the eligibility requirements (in 1.2.1 "Mandatory Qualifications" and 1.3

"Eligibility of Devotee to Be a Guru in ISKCON" from the paper "Gurus and

Initiation" and stated in ISKCON Law Book 6.2.1 and 6.3 respectively), the

candidate has not been endorsed by the Area Council, then the Regional

Governing Body is empowered to overrule the decision of the Area Council by

endorsing the candidate. The Chairman of the Regional Governing Body shall

then send a letter of nomination to the GBC Secretary so that the normal

process may continue with the Regional Governing Body acting as the

nominating body instead of the Area Council.

Sri Padambhuja Das

613 [ACTION ORDER] 1. Sri Padambhuja Das (formerly known as Bhakti Abhay

Caran Swami) shall not be privileged to wear saffron cloth and shall be

referred to by his initiated name given by Srila Prabhupada. He is

indefinitely suspended as a spiritual master, therefore, he cannot initiate

nor maintain an absolute siksa position in relation to his disciples and he

must follow other aspects of suspension as per ISKCON Law.

2. The GBC Body encourages those who have taken initiation from him to take

shelter of Srila Prabhupada and his other followers, as Sri Padambhuja Das

is not competent to deliver absolute instruction or receive gifts or

veneration at this time. They should refer to the directions in the

Guru-asraya paper issued by the GBC Body and stated in ISKCON Law Book at

6.5.1.3-5, which also gives guidance for those who have lost faith in their

initiating guru.

3. [UNPUBLISHED]

Financial Disclosure of Leaders Including Guru-daksina

WHEREAS, financial disclosure for ISKCON leaders requires that "all GBC

members, gurus, sannyasis and international project directors" file annual

financial reports.

WHEREAS, there is a need to expand the financial reporting of ISKCON leaders

and this should be done prior to any further discussion of specific

regulation of guru-daksina.

IT IS RESOLVED THAT:

614 [LAW] 1. All GBC Body members, gurus, sannyasis, international project

directors, Regional Secretaries and Temple Presidents are required to file

annual personal financial reports to the Executive Committee of the GBC Body

and, where requested, their national executive body. These reports shall

contain a standard Income Statement and Balance Sheet (to be reported in a

Quickbooks or other standard software format). The report should also

include a list of all ISKCON related bank accounts (including account names,

signers and balance) for which these individuals are a signer or have some

control. All guru-daksina must be included in this report.

2. Within the definition of the previous resolution regarding reportable

income, all income and non-monetary gifts over US$500 must be itemized

according to source.

[NOTE; US based preachers are reminded that all gifts over US$10,000 and

income from inheritance or family trusts must be reported to the IRS.]

3. All annual reports must be submitted by January 31st of each year and be

signed with the following statement:

I solemnly swear that this report represents a true and accurate statement

of my financial activity and status for the previous year.

Name _______________________________ Date ___________________

3. The Executive Committee shall provide an annual report for the GBC Body

prior to the annual meetings containing information on the number of GBC

Body members filing, names of those not filing and a summary report of the

financial data including high, low and median numbers for income, assets and

expenses.

Ritvik Committee

615 [LAW] 1.In order to protect the interests of ISKCON, the GBC Body hereby

establishes the Ritvik Committee as a permanent standing committee. This

committee can also appoint others at their discretion and is to include one

international GBC Body member who does not have zonal responsibilities in

India. The purpose of this committee is to address and make decisions

regarding ritvik related lawsuits to protect the interests of ISKCON.

2.[ACTION] The committee's members shall be: Gopal Krsna Goswami,

Jayapataka Swami, Sri Nathji dasa, Mahaprabhu Das, Dayarama Das and the

Executive Committee shall be ex-officio members.

Ritvik Case Fund

WHEREAS, the ritviks have filed cases against individual GBC Body members,

gurus, the ISKCON GBC Society and the ISKCON Bureau.

WHEREAS, the ritviks are presenting a dangerous concocted philosophy and we

stand to lose ISKCON properties if we do not defend with the best legal

help.

616 [ACTION ORDER] IT IS RESOLVED THAT every GBC Body member and every guru

must contribute five hundred dollars (US$500) this year towards the legal

costs. Indian temples are to help pay for the legal costs by dividing

amongst the Indian temples based on the percentage of total collection for

the last year.

617. [UNPUBLISHED]

Poison Controversy

[STATEMENT]

WHEREAS, the book Not That I Am Poisoned published by the GBC Ministry for

the Protection of ISKCON establishes that:

1. Srila Prabhupada's medical history shows no evidence of poisoning, but

rather confirms diabetes as the major factor in His Divine Grace's

deteriorated physical health.

2. Forensic (hair) analysis does not show any evidence of poisoning, in that

the amount of arsenic is compatible with environmental levels and with

normal physiological functioning.

3. Recorded conversations indicate that Srila Prabhupada did not believe he

was poisoned.

4. Analysis of 'whisper evidence' is inconclusive or can be show to

correlate with spoken conversations of the same time.

WHEREAS, the report submitted by Balavanta Das, commissioned by the GBC

Executive Committee, does not contradict the conclusions of the more

detailed investigation by the Ministry for the Protection of ISKCON;

618. [STATEMENT] IT IS RESOLVED THAT 1. There is no evidence at this time

to support the allegations of poisoning of Srila Prabhupada. This conclusion

is based on two independent reports commissioned by the GBC Body.

2. The GBC Body endorses the book Not That I Am Poisoned as the most

detailed and comprehensive exposition of these allegations to date, and it

recommends this book strongly to devotees who may have been affected by or

who are interested in this issue.

Women's Participation

619 [LAW]

A. All ISKCON temples are to allow all qualified devotees, regardless of

gender, to speak on Srimad-Bhagavatam, Bhagavad-gita, etc. during the

regular temple class.

B. All ISKCON temples designate half of the temple room area, divided in the

center from the altar, for the ladies.

C. If the management in a particular temple feels it is unable to implement

these proposals, the Executive Committee will appoint a small team of senior

devotees, including women, to sensitively review the particular local

situation.

CPO Amendment

620. [LAW] The time period for giving notice of intent to appeal an Official

Decision by the Child Protection Office is reduced from six months down to

one month. One extra month is given for the Child Protection Office to

complete the filing process of appeals. That is, the time period for the

above process for appealing an Official Decision is two months from the time

that a party receives the Official Decision.

Child Protection Office Funding

621 [ACTION ORDER] The Child Protection Office shall be funded for the year

2000 as follows:

1. US$15,000 of the GBC annual assessment funds will be allocated to the

Child Protection Office in the year 2000.

2. FURTHERMORE,

a) The North American Temples need to raise an additional $

5,000

b) The Indian Temples need to raise an additional $

5,000

c) Mayapur Temple will commit half of its agreement from a

recent CPO recommendation for funding this effort, equaling $

5,000

d) Other GBC Body members and Emeritus' not previously pledging,

including Mukunda Goswami, Giriraja Swami,

Hridayananda Goswami, Bhakti Svarupa Damodara Swami and

Balavanta Das, are officially requested to support this effort,

collectively we hope for a total of not less than

$ 20,000

Total to be pledged $

225,579

3. GBC Body members and others who pledged funds, and especially those who

expressed a desire to try to raise more money than pledged, are encouraged

to try to raise additional funds to assure there is no shortfall.

4. The Child Protection Office also explored several options for helping to

raise funds for the 2001 pledge including producing a CD by gurukuli

musicians as a benefit and will develop these options during the next year

for partial funding of the 2001 requirement.

Vanaprastha-asrama Guidelines Committee

622 [ACTION ORDER] 1. A Vanaprastha-asrama Guidelines Committee is hereby

established with the purpose of drafting a set of general guidelines and

standards for the vanaprastha-asrama in ISKCON. The Chairman of this

committee shall be Janananda Das and he will engage the help of Hare Krsna

Dasi and her correspondents who have been formulating written guidelines on

this topic. The committee should have a first draft prepared by the GBC

Body meeting of 2001.

2. [VISION & GOAL] It is understood that the Vanaprastha is an important

and growing sector of ISKCON's membership. Therefore, establishing

guidelines for Vanaprastha Asram is a necessary step in the ongoing

development of this important Asram.

The BBT Construction-Grant Allocation Committee

623 [ACTION ORDER] 1. A BBT Construction Grant Allocation Committee is

hereby formed and empowered to decide the allocation of the annual BBT

construction and renovation grant to ISKCON, according to the principles

established by Srila Prabhupada. The members of this committee are:

Ramai Swami, Bhakti-tirtha Swami, Sivarama Swami, Hrdaya Caitanya Das,

the GBC annual chairman, the BBT treasurer, a member nominated by the BBT

trustees.

Sri Mayapur Project Development Committee Expansion

624 [ACTION ORDER] The following devotees are appointed provisional members

of the Sri Mayapur Project Development Committee through to Mayapur festival

2001:

Sivarama Swami, Gopal Krsna Goswami, Radhanatha Swami, Bhakti-caru Swami

Ambarisa Das, Anuttama Das.

GBC ZONAL ASSIGNMENTS 2000 -2001:

Anuttama das: Assistant GBC -- GBC Minister of Communications

Badrinarayan Das:

GBC for USA: California (South), Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, New

Mexico, Utah.

Co-GBC for USA: Los Angeles.

BB Govinda Swami:

GBC for: Mauritius, all Arabic speaking countries.

Sole GBC: Russia: Volga Region; central Asia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan,

Uzbekistan,

Tadjikistan, Kirghizistan;

Co-GBC for Moscow, and St. Petersburg (with Vaidyanatha Das and Niranjana

Swami.)

Mauritius, Vrindavana.

Bhakti Caitanya Swami:

Co-GBC for Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Russia: Siberia, South Africa.

GBC for: Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Malawi, Angola, Lesotho, Swaziland,

Zambia.

Bhakti Charu Swami:

Two-year leave of absence from zonal assignments. Assignment "Abhay Caran"

Video production.

Bhaktimarg Swami: Assistant GBC

Candidate for GBC for all of Canada.

Bhakti Swarup Damodar Swami:

GBC for India: Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh.

Co-GBC for India: Tripura, Andra Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Orissa, U.P.

(Kuruksetra); Burma.

Bhaktitirtha Swami:

GBC: Switzerland, Dole (France).

Co-GBC for Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon,

Ghana,Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone,

South Africa, Togo, Zaire;

GBC: USA: West Virginia, Michigan (Detroit), Pennsylvania (Gita Nagari),

Washington D.C., Potomac, MD.

Bhaktivaibhava Swami:

Co-GBC for Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia: Siberia, Far East; Ukraine

Belarus, Italy.

Bir Krsna Goswami

GBC for USA: Virginia, Southeast United States (except Florida and Murari

Sewak, Tennessee), Hawaii, Fiji.

GBC Executive Committee:

GBC for India: Gadaigiri, Balikuda Orissa.

Giridhari Swami:

Co-GBC for USA: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas; China (including Hong Kong),

South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Polynesia.

Gopal Krsna Goswami:

GBC for India: Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Punjab (Chandigarh), Uttar Pradesh

(West without Vrndavan) Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh;

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda.

Co-GBC for India: Maharashtra (including Mumbai), Jamnu-Kashmir, Himal

Pradesh, Lucknow, Hardwar, Goa, Uttar Pradesh (including Vrndavan,); Mayapur

Russia: South, Golden Ring; Azerbaijan;

Canada: Everywhere.

Guru Prasad Swami:

GBC for Colombia, Amazon region in Brazil, USA: Arizona; Central America,

Mexico.

Co-GBC for Venezuela, Trinidad.

Hari Vilas Das: Co-GBC for USA: Northern California, Oregon, Washington,

Vancouver (Canada);

Co-GBC Armenia, Pakistan,Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, North and South Yemen,

Afghanistan, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia,

Djibouti, Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkino Faso, Niger, Chad;

India: Jamnu and Kashmir, Hardwar and Rishikesh Goa, Himacal Pradesh;

Canada: West;

USA: State of Washington, Alaska.

Jayapataka Swami:

GBC for Bolivia; India: Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry, West Bengal (other

than Mayapur and Calcutta); Maldives, Bhutan, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Co-GBC for Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Chile, Ecuador, Kuwait, Malaysia,

Nepal, Oman, Peru, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab

Emirates;

India: Bihar, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya,

Orissa, Belgaum (Karnataka), West Bengal (including Mayapur and Calcutta).

GBC Minister of Congregational Preaching

Kavicandra Swami:

GBC for Japan, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Israel.

Co-GBC for Indonesia, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Benin,

Togo, Liberia, Cameroon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Zaire, Gabon, Rio Muni,

Central African Republic, Congo, Thailand, Singapore.

Madhu Sevita Das:

Co-GBC for Italy.

Co-GBC for Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland, Spain.

Malati-devi Dasi: Acting GBC

Co-GBC for USA: Ohio, West Virgina, Kentucky, Detroit, Indiana, Western

Pennsylvania.

Manjari-devi Dasi: Assistant GBC

GBC Secretary

Niranjana Swami:

GBC for USA: New England, Festival of India; Moldova;

Co-GBC for Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia Ukraine, Belarus, Russia: Moscow and

St. Petersburg, west of Nijniy Novgorod and north of Voronesh.

Paramgati Swami:

GBC for Brazil (except Amazon Region) including Nova Gokula.

GBC for France, Portugal.

Prabhavisnu Swami:

Co-GBC for Australia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New

Guinea, New Caledonia, Russia: Far East, South; Latvia

Burma; India: Bihar, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh (only Tirupati),

Uttar Pradesh (East); Bangladesh,

Nepal, Malaysia, Brunei.

Prthu Das: Assistant GBC

Co-GBC for USA: Hawaii, Oregon,Washington, Murari Sewak.

Co-GBC For: Nrsimha-ksetra (Germany), Austria.

Radhanatha Swami:

GBC for India: Mumbai Chowpatti.

Co-GBC for India: Belgaum (Karnataka), Maharastra, Uttar Pradesh

(Kuruksetra);

USA: West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky.

Ramai Swami:

Co-GBC for Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia,

Solomons, Indonesia.

Ravindra Svarupa Das:

GBC for USA: Michigan (except Detroit), Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania.

Co-GBC for USA: Washington DC, Pennsylvania (West, Gita Nagari), Ohio,

Michigan (Detroit).

GBC for Denmark, Sweden, Germany (except Nrsimha Ksetra, Berlin, Hamburg and

Hanover).

co-GBC for: Nrsimha Ksetra, Berlin, Hamburg, and Hanover.

Rohini Suta Das:

GBC for Georgia, Russia: Ural Region.

GBC for Russia: Murmansk; Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia.

Co-GBC Azerbaijan, Armenia, Austria.

Co GBC: Northern Germany (Berlin, Hamburg, and Hanover).

Romapada Swami:

GBC for USA: New Jersey, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, New York, Illinois,

Missouri, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Sesa Das:

GBC for Alachua (Florida)

Co-GBC for Trinidad, Guyana, Carribean.

Co-GBC Mayapur for Educational Development

Minister of Justice

Minister of Educational Development

Sivarama Swami:

GBC for England, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Ireland, Hungary.

Suhotra Swami:

GBC for Greece, Cyprus, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Norway, Finland.

Co-GBC for Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland.

Tamal Krishna Goswami:

Co-GBC for USA: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, China (including Hong Kong),

North Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, South Korea, India: Mayapur and Calcutta.

Vaidyanatha Das: Full GBC

Co-GBC for Russia and Abkhazia.

Virabahu Das:

GBC for USA: Florida (except Alachua); Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Puerto

Rico, Dominican Republic, Guyana; Caribbean (except for Trinidad).

Co-GBC for USA: Los Angeles; Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Venezuela.