Tuesday, 20 January 2026

Auroville Residents' Assembly forms a temporary committee to select members of working groups

Auroville Residents' Assembly has formed a temporary committee to select members of "the Working Committee, Auroville Council, Funds and Assets Management Committee, and the Land Board, to fill vacancies resulting from expired terms of office, through an interim method".

According to the report of the Residents' Assembly Service (RAS) cirulated today, "A total of 830 valid votes have been submitted online and in-person.The number of participants exceeded the 10 per cent (245 votes) quorum required to validate the decision". 

Following are extracts from the RAS' report of results of the Emergency Residents' Assembly Decision-making process (ERAD), initiated through a petition signed by more than 300 members of the Residents’ Assembly (RA) (3.3 RAD policy), to support or reject the resolution below: 

The Residents’ Assembly approves the creation of a Temporary Selection Committee, mandated to identify and select members for the Working Committee, Auroville Council, Funds and Assets Management Committee, and the Land Board, to fill vacancies resulting from expired terms of office, through an interim method.