The 2008 election for the International President of the Theosophical Society is now underway.
This year there are two candidates, current President Radha Burnier, and current Vice President, John Algeo.
On the Documents page you will find the official bio-data for each candidate. The links to the right provide further information.
I hope to host a healthy discussion regarding this election here.
True, there were two choices and the will of majority came true. This is democracy.
Of course nobody should resign. Mentioning resigning was just an expression of disappointment. I am disappointed, because a healthy organization wouldn’t have the same leader for 30 years and because I strongly fear that the current situation will prevail also during the next presidential term.
I feel frustration also at this moment, because I am seeing signs how hopelessly old-fashioned Society we have. Not any organization is perfect, but the TS could so easily be very much better.
One sign is the web pages. Why is there not any announcement about the election results at Adyar web page? Why are those pages updated only once or twice a year? Aren’t there hundreds of thousands of computer nerds in India, the most in the whole world? I know that the Sections announce the results to their membership by snail mail, e-mail or at least via their magazines, but are we not an international Society?
The effective web pages would be important also outside. How can we hope that the TS would appear in the ordinary news, if the administration doesn’t announce itself?
It is Radha’s old-fashioned administration which is asleep. It has a big attitude problem in communication. I have seen that it doesn’t listen to individuals and Sections enough. It obviously thinks that the web pages are not very important. Colonel Olcott would not have slept this way.
There is an international publicist, Conrad Jamieson, in the TS. Why don’t we ever see his name anywhere in announcements?
Most members should be happy now because 2/3 voted for Radha. I am not, but the theosophical work will continue. Sorry for my complaining.
Dear Chris Richardson,
In first place thank you very much for putting the link to my TS Elections web page on your blog.
And secondly, I would like to inform you that I have created an additional web page in regard to the Elections statistics which is dedicated to its comments. So, I kindly invite you and members of your blog to add your own comments and thoughts.
Warmest regards to all,
Anton Rozman