Membership of the Festival Committee

1. The GBCs of Sri Mayapur and Vrndavana are ex-officio permanent members of the committee.

2. The Regional Secretaries and Temple Presidents/Co-Directors/CEO of Sri Mayapur and Vrndavana or their assignees are permanent invitees to the committee.

3. Other committee members shall be elected every three years by the existing committee members by taking a representative from each continent from those volunteers who commit themselves to come and serve during the festival for a fixed period of time. Unexcused or repeated absence from the festival shall terminate committee membership.(83)

Duties

General Duties

1. To schedule the annual ISKCON Sri Mayapur-Vrndavana Festival.

2. To establish detailed programs, including seminars, processions, award ceremonies, classes, etc., during festivals. The purpose shall be to bring the ISKCON world community closer together and to increase the communication of Krsna conscious ideas and understanding among the participants as far as possible.

3. To develop new facilities for the festivals as required.

4. To establish journals, periodicals, pamphlets, manuals, etc., as required to further the objectives of the committee.

5. To confer awards, prizes, certificates, etc., upon deserving parties.

6. To take steps to insure that there are adequate festival facilities i.e., prasadam, rooms, parikramas in Vrndavana and Mayapur.(82)

Regarding Finances

1. The Secretary of the Sri Mayapur-Vrndavana Festival Committee will make available to the GBC, on request, a financial report of the income and expenditure of the Mayapur-Vrndavana Festival (shortly after the festival is finished).(82)

2. If there is any balance of funds it shall be invested to improving the festival facilities.(82)

3. To arrange to finance the festival through fixing and collecting individual festival fees, collecting donations, and other methods.

4. To manage the finances making allotments according to budget.

5. The festival income from fees shall not be considered as temple income, but kept in a separate fund. The Sri Mayapur-Vrndavana Festival Committee is authorized to pay/contribute to the local Temple for room rent and facilities or services utilized.

Regarding Management

1. To directly, or through a delegated authority, manage, coordinate, and organize the annual ISKCON Sri Mayapur-Vrndavana Festival and all pandals, parikramas, pilgrimages, and programs related thereto.

2. To appoint subcommittees, secretaries, cultural secretaries, coordinating secretaries, and all other officers.

3. To have the local (Mayapur and Vrndavana) temples participating in the festival program act as agents of the committee and follow the directives and standards of the committee during the period of the annual festival.

4. The Sri Mayapur-Vrndavana Festival Committee is authorized to appoint any qualified devotee situated in a foreign country to assist in facilitating, promoting and coordinating the annual Gaura-purnima Festival by interfacing with the devotees and temples outside India in their assigned area. Such a devotee should have adequate time to devote to the annual festival service.(80)

Guidelines

The Sri Mayapur-Vrndavana Festival Committee may, at their discretion, organize booths during the Annual festival for temples, regions, zones, countries or continents at Sri Mayapur, in which annually each temple, country or zone should exhibit their Krsna conscious achievements of the year. This will increase the enthusiasm of the devotees in general and inform the public of ISKCON's preaching achievements.(81)

General Regulations

1. The approved schedule for the annual Mayapur-Vrndavana festival shall be that the Vrndavana- dhama festival immediately follows the Mayapur- dhama festival, and any other festivals may be scheduled thereafter.(83)

2. An annual traveling padayatra parikrama of Navadvipa- dhama, following the example of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura and Lord Nityananda, be organized with tents, and a full program be held as a part of the annual Gaura-purnima festival. To make this a success a maximum number of senior Vaisnavas' presence is requested.(81)

3. That all Regional Secretaries and Temple Presidents will be responsible for setting up their zonal exhibition booths at the annual Mayapur festival. This will be followed up by the Secretary of the Sri Mayapur- Vrndavana Festival Committee.(82)

General Guidelines

1. Zones may provide an audio-visual or video presentation for the festival and time shall be provided for exhibiting that to the GBC's and the devotees in general.(81)

2. All temples should try to at least send one representative along with as many men as possible to the Mayapur festival to resist weakening of ISKCON.(80)