> $675 per person meditating now. Need about $675 per person per year to keep > the Domes open
I wish them luck. Feste’s suggestion is a good one, if they had any common sense at all that’s what they’d do. Dome Supporters 1800 Group https://giving.mum.edu/dome-support-fund/dome-supporters-1800-group Yeah I’ll get right on it... > On May 12, 2019, at 5:38 AM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] > <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > $675 per person meditating now. Need about $675 per person per year to keep > the Domes open. > Meditating doing program, about 400 people use the Dome program now for the > daily practices. > They are Budgeting $270K to keep the Domes operating, evidently including > periodic capital costs. > $270k divided by 400 gets $675 per person per year. > > Can they be trusted to hold on to a reserve fund for the Domes? > The old history is doubtful. Trustees? > > Dome Supporters 1800 Group > https://giving.mum.edu/dome-support-fund/dome-supporters-1800-group/ > > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : > > Given the lower numbers, I wonder if it would be best just to keep one dome > open—the men's dome, and open it to women and meditators. > > It would be sad to see the domes go. I remember when the women's dome was > opened in 1981. And the men's dome opened in 1979. They have only been closed > for a very few times since then, I think, during extreme weather. That's an > amazing record over a nearly 40-year period. > > / > > Email received saying.. “Good luck with that! This is when you need lots > of small donors as well as the the big guys.” > > : against long administrative histories in draining, syphoning, taking, > moving monies given altruistically to purpose, from the West and sending > offshore... > > "Our fundraisers for the movement must need to have their own ‘therapy > animals’ as help to them to get through.." > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : > > 1/3 $million every year to keep the Domes open. > 3-4 $million additional donations needed to operate MUM annually > 18 $million endowment fund for the University > 45.5 $million for pundits/ Saraswati Brahmananda Trust > http://globalpeaceproject.net/about-us/the-foundation/ > > Annual cash donations support needed to fully implement the Global Peace > Initiative for 9,000 peace-creating professionals (pundits) at the central > campus plus the required training program is $45.5 million annually. > > > srijau writes: I like opening to TMers for now but I don't think it will be > a solution to meeting expenses. > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : > > Threatening to close the Fairfield Meditation Domes: the need of a third of a > million $dollars every year to stave off bankruptcy keeps them open.. > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : > > Towards opening, increasing, the Dome group in meditation: in practice having > meditators in the Domes for their meditations with the longer program could > be no disturbance to what is there already. > Just set it up so it works. No need in delay to ‘wall it off’, people are > really good at quietly coming and going already. > There are people quietly coming and going all during the long program in the > Dome meditation now already according to their work and schedule. > > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : > > > > The Domes are fabulous places to meditate. They are of the 7 wonders of the > world that way. It would be terrible in many ways if they go bankrupt. > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : > > An anguish held by some over having TM meditators in the Domes and seeing > Yogic Flyers is silly too considering all the Yogic Flying public > demonstrations that have been promoted and put on. No big deal. > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : > > Yep, get over it. Open the Domes as place for meditators to meditate also.. > Is really silly that meditators live here in Fairfield and are not in there > meditating in the Domes. > > Srijau offers.. > a home for "TM practitioners"? section off a part of the domes now while > attendance is low and get TMers in there then. > that would do a lot for reducing perceived casteism and making everyone feel > welcomed and included > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > > In order to keep the Domes open.. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Dr. John Hagelin > Date: Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 12:05 PM > Subject: Update on our Golden Domes > > > > > Dear Doug and Jennifer, > > Last year I wrote to you about a critically important new initiative to help > sustain our beautiful Golden Domes at Maharishi University of Management. > > We are all so grateful to the many generous donors who have recognized the > vital importance of keeping our Domes open and functional—and who have joined > our new “Dome Supporters 1800 Group” to help safeguard these cherished homes > of enlightenment and coherence in the U.S. But we still have a ways to go if > we want to be able to preserve our Domes on a secure and sustainable basis. > > Our first priority for our beautiful Domes is to fill them. Everyone who has > spent program time here knows the power and depth of Dome experiences. In > this spirit, we invite you to be in the Domes if you’re in Fairfield, and to > visit us often if you’re not. > In order to keep the Domes open and available to everyone, we face some real > financial challenges. The actual cost to maintain the Domes—heating, cooling, > lighting, water, and maintenance—is $270,000 a year. That’s about $22,500 a > month, or $5,200 a week. At present, thanks to the generosity of donors from > around the world, we can cover about half these costs sustainably. But we > can’t cover the other half without your help. And we don’t want to close even > one of our beautiful Domes. > Last year we established a large group of Sidhas from around the country to > help sustain the Domes financially —a complementary national Super Radiance > group, if you will—called the “Dome Supporters 1800 group.” The goal is > simple: If 1800 Sidhas were each to commit even $15 a month to sustain the > Domes—a very affordable contribution—the Dome maintenance costs would be > completely covered, very easily and comfortably for everyone. So many Sidhas > recognized the value of this proposal and responded generously, and now I’m > hoping to bring this project to a very fulfilling fruition. Will you join us? > Naturally, those of you with greater financial means are welcome and > encouraged to make a larger contribution. You could consider $50–100 or more > per month; or you could “adopt a week” at the Domes for a $5,200 gift; or you > could even “adopt a month” or more.. But whatever your financial means may > be, we would like everyone to contribute something toward this worthy and > achievable goal. > Ideally, we want you to be part of both groups—our Super Radiance group in > the Domes and our 1,800 group of contributors. But if you can’t be in one of > these groups, then please be in the other. Your contributions will secure our > Golden Domes—now and into the future. > Together, we can ensure that the largest peace-creating community in the U.S. > can continue to grow and provide a beautiful home for TM and TM-Sidhi > practitioners everywhere in the world. > > Please join me in giving generously today. Thank you. > > With all best wishes, > > John Hagelin, Ph.D. > President > > > >
