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Minutes of AGM - 
18th February, 2007                                      
Minutes: Annual General Meeting of the Giriraja Govardhana Gaudiya Matha.
Date: February 18th 2007
Venue: 4 Greville Street, Murwillumbah. NSW.
NB: This meeting was taped and a digital copy of the tape is being made to be kept for our 
records. A digital copy is to be kept as a complete record of meeting minutes by the 
secretary.
Members present: 
Sahadeva das
Chandrasekhara das
Mathuranatha das
Lilasuka das
Subal Krsna das
Paramananda Puri das
Subala Sukha das
Caitanya Candra das
Dina Bandhu das
Mahaprabhu das
Chandrakala devi dasi
Jahnavi devi dasi
Ahkileswari devi dasi
Chandramukhi dasi
Srimati devi dasi
Premadas das
Bhakta Neil
Nandini devi dasi
Jagadish Pandit das 
Pushpa dasi (junior member)
Vrinda dasi (junior member)
Tarun Krsna das
22 members present.
1: Kirtana.
Meeting commenced at 10 am with Kirtana led Chandrakala devi dasi, Chandrasekhara das and 
Chandramukhi dasi.
2: Discussion.
Actual business began at 10.50 am. Mahaprabhu das was elected to chair the meeting by 
almost everyone present. A minor disagreement by the previously elected Chairperson, 
Mathuranatha das concerning the legality of electing a chairperson whilst an elected 
chairperson was present ensued. However the overwhelming majority of devotees present 
preferred Mahaprabhu das to chair the meeting and thus he did.
Mahaprabhu suggested that we have all been through some difficult situations during the past 
year and requested that we all act like vaisnavas with proper decorum. Applause ensued. 
Chairperson Mahaprabhu das then commenced calling for nominations for three ordinary members
to be non-office holding members of the management committee.
Mathuranatha das prabhu contended that this was against our constitution as there were seven 
vacancies on the management committee and as there were seven nominations that these 
vacancies should be filled by the seven nominated devotees. 
This is not strictly correct as we still had to consider any nominations to be made on the 
day of the meeting. This was pointed out to Mathuranatha das who failed to recognise the 
validity of the point. The fact that Ahkileswari devi dasi later declined her nomination (as 
secretary) further illustrated the need for elections to ensue.
Mathuranatha das had made the statement that he was content to be an ordinary member on the 
committee and when asked by the chairperson Mahaprabhu das if he would like to be nominated 
as an ordinary member of the management committee he declined to answer. 
Mathuranatha das still strongly complaining that proper procedure was not being followed 
then left the meeting. 
Lilasuka das also left the meeting room but was still present on the premises for the 
duration of the meeting.
3: Election of ordinary devotee management committee members.
Calls were made by chairperson Mahaprabhu das for nominations for three ordinary 
devotee management committee members. Voting is to be by show of hands.
Four devotees were nominated for ordinary management committee membership:
Nominations
Votes received:
Sahadeva das 15
Subal Krsna das 13
Jahnavi devi dasi 15
Subal Sukha das Declined nomination.

4: Election of office bearers to the management committee.
4.1: Proxy votes.
A call was made by the chair to make a tally of proxy votes prior to the electing office 
bearers by the members present.
At this stage Akhileswari devi dasi formally declined her nomination as secretary (although 
it had been mentioned previously, prior to the actual meeting).
Proxy votes:
Office: 
Nominee - Proxy votes received
Chairperson:
Mahaprabhu das - 34
Mathuranatha das - 0
Vice-chairperson:
Paramanda Puri das - 34
Secretary:
Tarun Krsna das - 34
Treasury:
Malati devi dasi - 34
Lilasuka das - 0

4.2: Voting by members present.
The chair then called for the members present at the AGM to cast votes by show of hand for 
the nominees for office bearing committee membership.
Voting by members present at the AGM:
Office:
Nominee - Proxy votes - AGM votes - Total
Chairperson:
Mahaprabhu das - 34 - 20 - 54
Mathuranatha das - 0 - 0 - 0
Vice-chairperson:
Paramanda Puri das - 34 - 19 - 53
Secretary:
Tarun Krsna das - 34 - 19 - 53
Treasurer:
Malati devi dasi - 34 - 19 - 53
Lilasuka das - 0 - 0 - 0

5: Election of public officer.
The chair motioned that he would like to nominate Caitanya Chandra das as public officer, 
Dina Bandhu das seconded the motion.
Caitanya Chandra das received 19 votes by show of hands. None against. Caitanya Chandra das 
elected as public officer.
6: Offers.
Chandrakala devi dasi made the offer that if the land that the Giriraja Govardhana Gaudiya 
Matha own on the corner of Nullum and Condong Streets Murwillumbah was sold and that if $50 
000.00 of the proceeds were to be donated to the Hatton’s Bluff farm project of the Pure 
Bhakti group, then the house on the Hatton’s Bluff land would be made fully available to the 
Giriraja Govardhana Gaudiya Matha. She further added that everyone is invited to attend 
Saturday programmes at the Hatton’s Bluff property at 4 pm each week.
7: Meeting closed.
At 11.45 am Chairperson Mahaprabhu das declared the meeting closed.
Declaration:
I declare these minutes to be as true as possible given my limited notes and memory.

Tarun Krsna das (Terrence Kavanagh)
Secretary Giriraja Govardhana Gaudiya Matha.

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