Paul Mackay and Bodo von Plato - validation for a new term
Text by Roland Tüscher, translated by me
The leadership and the general secretaries of the General Anthroposophical Society have advised for the revalidation of Paul Mackay and Bodo von Plato as members of the Coucil (Vorstand) and have communicated to the members the positive result of the deliberation. We learn nothing about the content of the discussions, about the fundaments of the result. (1) Communicating the result of the deliberation is linked to the proposal towards the members, from the Council, the leadership and general secretaries at the Goetheanum, “for a new term” of these two persons. It is inadequate, with an authoritarian tendency as well as arrogant, for the “most free Society in the world”, that the members are kept in dark regarding the essential motives, when the general secretaries completely hide the lack of unity regarding this continuation (2), when any justification is omitted, while the members are encouraged to have a certain voting behaviour.
Thus we have before the General Assembly of 2018 a situation, which stands in front of every impartial view about the spiritual accomplishments of these two persons. Even the two members of the Council who stand before a new term did not seek to offer in advance a satisfactory basis of information to appreciate their results. This contributes therefore to an approach in the form of an authoritarian tutorship, as for presenting the opinions of the members we have only the unjustified declaration of the leadership. As a consequence, the casting of votes by members is not possible according to facts. And because not all general secretaries approve the new terms, there is a lack of a unitary basis of trust. And while the vote needs to be cast, a “Yes” for the revalidation of these two persons would be similar to a “Yes” for this kind of authoritarian-predemocratic approach.
(1) See also the following quote from Anthroposophy worldwide, No. 1-2, 2/9/2018, p. 4.
(2) Anthroposophy worldwide, No. 12, 12/1/2017, p. 19.
The leadership and the general secretaries of the General Anthroposophical Society have advised for the revalidation of Paul Mackay and Bodo von Plato as members of the Coucil (Vorstand) and have communicated to the members the positive result of the deliberation. We learn nothing about the content of the discussions, about the fundaments of the result. (1) Communicating the result of the deliberation is linked to the proposal towards the members, from the Council, the leadership and general secretaries at the Goetheanum, “for a new term” of these two persons. It is inadequate, with an authoritarian tendency as well as arrogant, for the “most free Society in the world”, that the members are kept in dark regarding the essential motives, when the general secretaries completely hide the lack of unity regarding this continuation (2), when any justification is omitted, while the members are encouraged to have a certain voting behaviour.
Thus we have before the General Assembly of 2018 a situation, which stands in front of every impartial view about the spiritual accomplishments of these two persons. Even the two members of the Council who stand before a new term did not seek to offer in advance a satisfactory basis of information to appreciate their results. This contributes therefore to an approach in the form of an authoritarian tutorship, as for presenting the opinions of the members we have only the unjustified declaration of the leadership. As a consequence, the casting of votes by members is not possible according to facts. And because not all general secretaries approve the new terms, there is a lack of a unitary basis of trust. And while the vote needs to be cast, a “Yes” for the revalidation of these two persons would be similar to a “Yes” for this kind of authoritarian-predemocratic approach.
(1) See also the following quote from Anthroposophy worldwide, No. 1-2, 2/9/2018, p. 4.
(2) Anthroposophy worldwide, No. 12, 12/1/2017, p. 19.
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