On the Goetheanum Forum
The Goetheanum Forum has been up and running since April 2019. It was originally set up as a consultation platform regarding the future of the General Anthroposophical Section.
Today the forum has two domains: one for members of the Anthroposophical Society and one for members of the School of Spiritual Science. Each of them is only accessible to the respective members.
115 people have registered so far, 100 of them are Class members. Ten per cent have posted contributions, but only three people have posted more than four contributions to discussions. Thirty per cent have only registered but not visited the Forum since.
Although topics such as expectations regarding Executive Council members and the future of the General Anthroposophical Section have been discussed at a high level, this intensive involvement of only a few individuals gives rise to the question whether there are enough other possibilities to give feedback to the Goetheanum.
It is also possible that the unusual format (internet forum) holds people back (the average age of participants is over 60). It could also be that the topics and how they are dealt with are not provocative enough to inspire readers to contributions.
All motions of the 2019 Annual General Meeting were made accessible on the Forum, but only the one submitted by Moritz Christoph led to a discussion. Other topics were: What do we expect of Executive Council members? How can it be guaranteed that the Executive Council can act as a board of initiative? What happens if members don’t agree with the direction taken by the Executive Council? Is the agm able to make an appropriate spiritual-scientific exchange possible? What form would an arbitration board have to take?
Further issues mentioned include: basic aspects regarding branch and group leaders, the relationship between the Anthroposophical Society and the School of Spiritual Science, the question whether the Goetheanum journal meets the expectations of the members, the photos taken at the Goetheanum and published by the online magazine «Garage», as well as topics regarding the School of Spiritual Science: tasks of the General Anthroposophical Section and its research methods, questions regarding representation and how to deal with the blue membership card.