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TS Adyar membership in various sections & TS regulations

by Katinka Hesselink on maart 1, 2010

Purely from a legal standpoint sections are independent from Adyar: Each section of the Theosophical Society Adyar has it’s own local legal format, and the only thing Adyar can do when sections don’t adapt their rules and regulations enough to the international ones is to oust the whole section from the TS. This has happened [...]

Supporting Radha & a summary of policy points

by Katinka Hesselink on november 13, 2008

Hi all, I’ve just sent a letter to Radha telling her I support some of her recent decisions. While I don’t want to further increase online hostility, I do feel the main points in that e-mail need to be shared more widely. First of all: Radha has been replacing some of the old hands within [...]

Why it matters by whom the TS president is elected

by Katinka Hesselink on september 29, 2008

I’ve gone on record saying that I would quit my membership of the TS if the proposal I discussed the other day goes through. In this post I will explain why it matters so much to me that I would give up my membership of an organisation I have put so much time and energy [...]

No longer directly electing the TS President?

by Katinka Hesselink on september 25, 2008

Part of me still can’t believe it. But I’ve had this from various online contacts, so I guess it’s true: there is a proposal which will go to the general council which, if adopted, will change a number of things about the practical organisation of the Theosophical Society. The main change will be that we [...]