This must be such an insult to the admin and staff. Hasn't this been the directive all along. "Cut back", "do without", "accept the meager compensation". Now, even this subsistence is seen to be too much.
--- In [email protected], "wayback71" <waybac...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], guyfawkes91 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Slowly, very slowly, the awful truth is beginning to make it through to the > > top guys in the TMO. But it's already too late to save MUM, it has no > > credibility in the academic world and so it can't get new staff. So no > > amount of economizing will allow it to survive. This news is just the first > > step towards the inevitable closure of MUM, with all that implies for the > > rest of the movement. > > > > When times are tough and people have to make tough choices they reveal > > their real priorities. You can be pretty sure that Girish's palace and > > Tony's Paris pad won't be sacrificed to keep MUM alive. > > Does anyone really know the style in which Girish lives? > > If MUM goes, I think that means the TMO goes. When this falls apart, it > will be most interesting to see how the top people live out their lives - > will they have oodles of money squirreled away, or be getting by on very > little.? Living in FF or some TM enclave in Vlodrop, or getting far away > from it all? For TM teachers, the TMO was incredibly stingy - and I imagine > the same goes for their treatment of MUM faculty, too. > > My guess is that if Bevan is beginning to ring the alarm bells publicly, then > he and the other top people are way way ahead of what they are talking about. > I bet they have already begun the plan to dismantle things. I have no idea > who runs the money and disperses it, or what is left of it. But it would be > a really interesting process to watch from the inside. > > And what about the value of MUM- selling the land and buildings? Wouldn't it > be wild if some fundie Christian college bought the place? Honestly, I would > be sad to see the place close - at least in its ideal form, the whole idea is > a worthy one. It is the center of the organization for TM people. > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "wayback71" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I think there is not much money left to support all the things going on: > > > India brahmastan buildings, MUM, NYC's Broad Steet building, the > > > Maharishi schools, Vlodrop, and salaries or whatever for the top folks > > > all over the world. All expensive ventures begun during different times. > > > The TMO has been trying to sell the Broad St property for at least 9 > > > months now. Without MMY and then the economy, I suspect donations are > > > way way down. And very few initiations. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > On Behalf Of Buck > > > > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 8:59 AM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] MUM only to 'Survive' > > > > > > > > > > > > Dateline: Maharishi University of Management > > > > > > > > Bevan insturcts faculty and staff that MUM is just to survive, tighten > > > > up & > > > > Don't do anything new. This was the mission laid out by Bevan the other > > > > day > > > > in tele conferance meeting that he called in to from somewhere. > > > > What did he mean by this? "Survive" could have many meanings. > > > > > > > > > >
