2016 International Council Meeting - summary

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2016 International Council Meeting - summary

On Wed, 5 October, 2016 - 10:34

dhammamegha

The International Council met at Adhisthana from the 1st to the 8th of August 2016.

Here is a presentation of who was there, the areas of interest to different Area Councils, and the programme.

It also includes the priorities going forward for the International Council over the next year or two: what each of the strands is taking forward, and what the Council as a whole has set as priorities. These include a response to diversity and access, a review of the system of training, and support for kalyana mitrata where there is disharmony.

In addition to the coming together of College, Order and movement from across the world, one of the highlights of the meeting was the unanimous blessing of the What is a Triratna Centre document. The executive summary includes all this and more.

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summary of meeting of the International Council at Adhisthana, August 2016	7.28 MB

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International Council, Adhisthana, India, New Zealand and Australia, UK and Ireland, Mainland Europe, north america, Spain and Latin America, Area Councils, sikkha project, College, Order, Movement Strand

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Responses

Khemasuri — Thu, 6 Oct, 2016 - 10:05

Hi there, many thanks for this summary, very useful and pretty! I realise that a lot of work goes into making it attractive. I am particularly interested to note that many of the Order strand outcomes are in line with the work of the International Order Office team, which supports the work of the Parami and Lokeshvara worldwide and endeavors to keep the Order connected and informed!

I have a couple of comments…..

Firstly as a dyslexic the changes in the sizes of the lettering and numbering make it very difficult for me to read, and I know I am not alone in this!
It would be very helpful to have a printable version available for easy reference and a different kind of readability.

Thanks for all you do, much appreciated. xx

dhammamegha — Mon, 10 Oct, 2016 - 12:33

Thanks Khemasuri

I’m attaching a simple text only version, otherwise you can print out the pdf in black and white or colour.

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text only - 2016 international council executive summary	31.63 KB

Kalyanasri — Mon, 10 Oct, 2016 - 11:59

I thought it very clear without too many words to read. So thank you for this.

With best wishes

Kalyanasri

Khemasuri — Tue, 11 Oct, 2016 - 12:46

Thanks for the text version Dhammamegha….. just what I needed xx Khemasuri

Viryakirti — Fri, 25 Nov, 2016 - 15:26

Hi, I have found it very usefull. Thanks to the work steering team and the facilitator team. When I was translating it into spanish it I realice that we there made a lot of work and a lot of activities, but I enjoyed it like a retreat It was very inspiring. Thanks to all. I am sending the spanish translation of the executive summary if any can use it.

Hola a todos, He encontrado el resumen ejecutivo del consejo Internacional muy util le doy las gracias por el trabajo al steering group y al equipo facilitador. Al leer el documento me doy cuanta de que hicimos un buen de trabajo pero lo disfrute como si fuera un retiro, este fue muy inspirador para mi. Gracias a todos, esoty enviando la traducción en español por si alguién lo pueda usar y le sirva. Saludos.

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consejo_internacional_2016_-_espanol.pdf	7.31 MB