Transparency

Decisions & notes

What the committee has decided, and when. Kept here so that any family in the community can see how the program is being organised.

Record

Committee decisions

Newest first. Each entry records what was decided rather than the full discussion.

A note on what goes here. This page is a summary record for the community. Formal minutes, accounts and registration documents are held by the committee — write to us if you need to see them.
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    Website set up for the Sangha

    Agreed to publish a website at bbabsangha.org carrying Mandala Vilakku, year-by-year archives, the songbook and contact details. Photographs and videos are hosted on the Sangha's Google Drive and YouTube accounts and linked from the Photo & Video Gallery page.

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    Contributions to continue as before

    Contributions will continue to be collected in person against a written receipt. No online payment or QR code will be published on the website for now.

How we work

Standing practices

Things that hold from year to year, unless the committee decides otherwise.

Contributions

Collected in person, against a written receipt. Accounts are presented to the committee at the end of each season.

Weekly pooja sponsorship

The Saturday pooja at the office is sponsored by one member each week, taken in rotation among members who have put their names down. See the weekly pooja for details.

Volunteering

Open to any family in the locality. Responsibilities for the December program are shared out before it begins.

Photographs & video

Taken at the program each year and published in the archives. Write to us if you would like a photograph removed.

Announcements

Posted on the Mandala Vilakku page as well as shared in person and over the local groups.