COM: Madhava Gosh (das) ACBSP (New Vrindavan - USA) wrote:

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> > P.S. If anyone is interested, I think that Balabhadra and Chaya prabhus are
> > going
> > to post the "Minimum Cow Protection Standards" on the COW conference
sometime
> > soon.
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> At this point, they have been forwarded to the GBC for review and
approval.
> then thye will be distributed more widely. Anyone interested in seeing them
> now
> can probably get a copy from ISCOWP.
>
> We are assuming they will be approved by the GBC and become official ISKCON
> policy, but it ain't over till it's over.

Unfortunately, without widespread devotee support, I fear that the GBC will
probably ignore them. They have many other things, such as guru issues and
public
relations issues which will probably take up their time.

At least, that's what usually happens with all the agricultural issues we send
to
GBC -- they never even get discussed.

It is only thanks to Lokanatha Maharaja and Bhakti-tirtha Maharaja that our
proposal for a Minister of Cow Protection and Agriculture could even be
discussed
last year.

Unless we publicize it a little bit in advance, I'm afraid that the GBC will be
so
preoccupied with other problems that they will simply let the whole issue die.

your servant,

Hare Krsna dasi