Theos-Talk Archives (May 1998 Message tl00137)

K. Zaitzev <zaitzev@idg.chph.ras.ru> writes
>MKR> Also what advantages you are all expecting by forming a or study
>MKR> center or branch?
> Lodges, as i understood, have a self-ruling status. Yet our unattached
>members cannot act from the name of TS. For example, registering as a
>public organization gives much advantages. Russian laws don't prohibit
>us to create an organization, call it "Theosophical society" and re-
>gister as non-commercial organization but our members say it won't be
>proper behaviour from TS's point of view. Still we have no official
>status all the activity is paralized. We can't have our bank account,
>etc. All that we do is meeting each week in a library because the
>director of library kindly permitted us to do it.

The Adyar TS is not the only official Theosophical Society.  There is
also the TS Pasadena.  If you have a Web browser you can get their
address via the Theosophical University Press link on the website
below.

Alan
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