Members’ motions and concerns

The invitation for and agenda of the AGM of the General Anthroposophical Society, which has been postponed to 31 October 2020, were published in Anthroposophy Worldwide 9/2020. While members can attend via livestream, participation in ballots is only possible for those who are present in person.

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We hope for an encouraging meeting in these special times even though many members will only be able to attend virtually and are unable to travel to the Goetheanum.

Members can access all documents related to the AGM, including the statements of the Executive Council and the financial report, by visiting the homepage, logging in and choosing ‘General Meeting’. The livestream will also be accessible there, in German and English.

Anthroposophy Worldwide also publishes summaries of any members’ motions that were submitted on time; the deadline was 4 September 2020. More detailed explanations are available online (log in and go to ‘General Meeting’).

Registration via login is a simple procedure and members are asked to do this before 31 October.

Conditions

At the time of going to press, safety regulations in the Canton of Solothurn had not changed, which means that we will be able to hold the AGM in the Main Auditorium without masks, as long as we have allocated seating and the auditorium is divided into four sections, each with a maximum of 100 persons.

When walking to your seat and in the corridors we strongly recommend the wearing of masks, because it is not always possible to keep the necessary minimum distance of 1.5 metres. Registration for the AGM is required so that seats can be allocated.

Please register for the AGM because of the Corona virus regulations!

Members who wish to attend spontaneously must expect waiting times for registration and seat allocation. At present, masks must be worn in public transport in all of Switzerland, and in the Canton of Solothurn also in all shops.

Members’ motions and concerns

1 Motion submitted by Andreas Worel, Arlesheim (CH) to amend the Statutes

“The Annual General Meeting of the General Anthroposophical Society may decide to amend Paragraph 14 of its Statutes (in the edition of 12 April 2014):

a. Present wording: “The official organ of the Society is the weekly publication 'Das Goetheanum', which for this purpose is provided with a supplement containing the official communications of the Society.”

b. New: The official organ of the Society is the weekly publication 'Das Goetheanum. International Weekly for Anthroposophy and Threefolding’. It includes a supplement for members entitled ‘What is happening in the Anthroposophical Society. News for Members’ which provides official information and contributions from members of the Society worldwide. This applies to all forms of distribution, printed or electronic, and to all languages.”

For a detailed rationale for this motion log in on the Goetheanum homepage or request a printed copy from the Membership Office at the Goetheanum.

2 Motion submitted by Robert Jan Kelder, Amsterdam (NL), ‹Uniting the new Christianity with the world willingly and in love, for the healing of humanity and of the earth›

“In order to re-establish - in a way suited to the present time and its spirit - the form required by the anthroposophical movement, or the new, true Christianity, for its cultivation on earth in preparation for the next, sixth cultural era, the Annual General Meeting may recommend to the Executive Council the initiation and promotion within the entire Society of a process of consciousness-building and socio-organic structuring. This process is to lead to the following subdivision of the General Anthroposophical Society within the context of its centenary in 2023:

– the Anthroposophical Society itself,

– its administration and

– the administration of the Goetheanum building.

Since the form of the national societies must not contradict the constitution of the Anthroposophical Society, the General Meeting may also decide to encourage the national societies to amend their constitution, if necessary, to reflect what the anthroposophical movement and Christianity require for their cultivation.”

For a detailed rationale for this motion in German, Dutch or English log in on the Goetheanum homepage or request a printed copy from the Membership Office at the Goetheanum.

3 Concern submitted by Eugen Meier, Hochwald (CH), for the rehabilitation of Herbert Witzenmann

A detailed description of this concern was provided in Anthroposophy Worldwide 3/2020. Eugen Meier asks the Annual General Meeting for twenty minutes to present this concern.

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