Auroville Council start work

The Auroville Council, in its first interactive meeting with the community, reported a huge workload consisting of 17 personal issues, 6 policy mandate issues and 4 immediate community issues. The 6 policy issues are (1) Matrimandir executives and mandates, and issue of benches; (2) Housing Policy amendments for young people, volunteers and Newcomers; (3) amendments to the Friends of Auroville policy; (4) how to deal with Solar Kitchen Sludge; (5) the revised policy of the Funds and Asset Management Committee (FAMC); and (6) the mandate of the Residents’ Assembly Service. The immediate community issues are: (1) the formation of the new WC; (2) the Auroville Security Budget; (3) Aurovilians not contributing to the Central Fund; and (4) the policy for workshops by non-Aurovilians in Auroville venues. The Council also announced that it is developing a Code of conduct/Work Ethics.