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Hare Krsna dasi wrote:

>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.

So very true, and sad if we let this happen.
Petitions? Writing local GBCs? To the GBC Secretary? Email campaign?
What do you recommend we do to lobby the Standards through?

On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, COM: Nistula (das) ACBSP (Sri Pundarik Dham - Bangladesh)
wrote:

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> >[Text 2050822 from COM]
>
> Hare Krsna dasi wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> So very true, and sad if we let this happen.
> Petitions? Writing local GBCs? To the GBC Secretary? Email campaign?
> What do you recommend we do to lobby the Standards through?


Writing the local GBC is a good suggestion, as well as writing the GBC
secretary.

Also you could publicly post your comments showing the need for cow
protection standards and your appreciation of the cow conference committee
and Ministry of Cow Protection and Agriculture for working all year to
create these standards.

your servant,

Hare Krsna dasi

-----Original Message-----
From: COM: Madhava Gosh (das) ACBSP (New Vrindavan - USA) >
>>
>>
>> So very true, and sad if we let this happen.
>> Petitions? Writing local GBCs? To the GBC Secretary? Email campaign?
>> What do you recommend we do to lobby the Standards through?
>
>The problem I have heard is that the GBC get so snowed under with stuff
they
>literally don't have time to read everything. And the standards are long
if
>you
>are not a trained skimmer.

Apparently there is a committee this year to read propsals and then present
them to the GBC. Sesa prabhu is bringing the standards (25 hard copies
printed on both sides-about 7 pages and a cover page-1 additional page) to
the committee. I would then think it would be up to Sesa and whoever to ask
the committee, "Well what is happening with the Cow Standards."

Maybe talk to your local GBC so they have a chance
>to
>read them in advance and indicate that you have read them with
comprehension
>and
>are in agreement with them.
>
>The problem with a lot of it is that if you don't know much about cows,
you
>really wouldn't know if the standards are realistic or not, but if you
hear
>from someone that knows and they say it works for them, they will be more
>inclined.


Very good idea. Could everyone do this?


>Of course, the sticky part is the stuff they will understand, like the
>responsibilities of monitoring that will fall on them personally.
>
Yes, I reread everything before sending to Sesa and it is pretty fair. They
just have to appoint a mnitor and then they do not have to do much more then
they are doing.

Your servant,
Chayadevi

>
>
> So very true, and sad if we let this happen.
> Petitions? Writing local GBCs? To the GBC Secretary? Email campaign?
> What do you recommend we do to lobby the Standards through?

The problem I have heard is that the GBC get so snowed under with stuff they
literally don't have time to read everything. And the standards are long if
you
are not a trained skimmer. Maybe talk to your local GBC so they have a chance
to
read them in advance and indicate that you have read them with comprehension
and
are in agreement with them.

The problem with a lot of it is that if you don't know much about cows, you
really wouldn't know if the standards are realistic or not, but if you hear
from someone that knows and they say it works for them, they will be more
inclined.

Of course, the sticky part is the stuff they will understand, like the
responsibilities of monitoring that will fall on them personally.