Comment of the Executive Council to Joan Sleigh’s decision

With great regret but even greater respect we have taken note of Joan Sleigh's decision.

We have considered a number of different options since last summer and recently concluded that we would develop possible new forms of working with Joan Sleigh in the coming years. Such a cooperation would focus on the ever-developing connections between the worldwide anthroposophical movement and the Goetheanum and Executive Council. Whether such an arrangement between Cape Town and Dornach would be realistic in the long term was an open question. After the establishment of a new partial residence in South Africa in January 2020 and two months of living into the situation, Joan Sleigh came to reassess the situation and her decision. It was important to her that this decision be made before the upcoming Annual General Meeting. The exploration of possible forms of further cooperation with Joan Sleigh in another function will be taken up in due course.

Justus Wittich, Constanza Kaliks and Matthias Girke on behalf of the Executive Council