Community meeting at Kalabhumi and Emergency RAD

After the High Court judgment, The Working Committee selected by the Residents’ Assembly called a community meeting to discuss the outcome of the High Court case. They also called for an emergency Residents Assembly Decision to reject the Office Orders, Standing Orders and any other form of orders that have been made and may be made in future by the Office of the Secretary and her appointees without consultation with or approval by the Residents’ Assembly, and affirm support for the groups and appointees by the RA. The RAD process culminated on 22nd August. The result was announced a few days later. In spite of the Foundation supported Working Committee warning that the call for a RAD “is nothing short of a flagrant contempt of court”, and the Residents’ Assembly Service’s Auroville email account having been blocked so that they could not reach out to the community members via their regular mass email communication, this Emergency RAD attracted an unprecedented number of participants. A total of 1161 valid votes were cast, which exceeded the 10% quorum (the 239 votes needed to validate a decision). 97% were in agreement with the resolution, 1% disagreed and 2% abstained.