Standard for Sadhana and Spiritual Practices

That a GBC Member must be an exemplary practicing devotee who follows daily sadhana and full morning program, demonstrably chants sixteen rounds, follows strictly the four regulative principles, regularly gives classes, and participates in temple festivals and harinama parties.(92)

A GBC Member must live in or near a Krsna conscious temple community so as to regularly, on a daily basis, participate in devotional activities and associate with devotees.(92)

Standard of Personal Behavior and Character

A GBC should be exemplary in all respects in his behavior and character.(92)

1. A GBC member be an "acarya" by teaching by personal example the path of Krsna consciousness in its purity.(81)

2. No GBC can knowingly or unknowingly permit his men or himself to engage in illicit, illegal activities.(78)

3. GBC members should not speak in a derogatory way of other GBC members in public.(86)

Disqualifications

No devotee who has remarried after having divorced a devotee-spouse shall serve as a member of the GBC.

Exempt from this law are devotees who become divorced against their desire by the action of their spouses, or as a consequence of their spouses' becoming committed non-devotees.

Provisionally exempt are devotees who became divorced prior to the effective date of this resolution, March 2, 1990.

General Duties

1. A GBC member must accept and carry out diligently and responsibly all GBC duties, including those specifically assigned.

2. No GBC member shall engage in illegal activities or allow those under his direction to do so, except under conditions where Krsna consciousness itself is locally considered an illegal activity.(78)

In Relation to the GBC Body

1. To participate in the annual GBC meeting at Sridhama Mayapur before Gaura-purnima.(81)

2. To maintain at all times the confidentiality, integrity, and sanctity of the GBC proceedings and policy.(81)

3. To serve as an officer of the GBC and as a member of the GBC Committees and to participate in GBC i sta-gosthis, special meetings, etc., when duly called upon.(81)

4. To offer one's realized viewpoint to the assembly of the GBC.(81)

5. Every GBC member should support the decisions of the GBC Body. He is free to express his opinion after first clearly presenting the will of GBC Body.(86)

6. GBC member shouldn't indulge with non-GBC men in criticizing the GBC Body.

Every GBC member shall be required to submit annual reports in time to the GBC Body. A report shall be submitted in accordance with the format prescribed by the Corresponding Secretary and the Executive Committee. A member failing to submit an annual report in a timely manner shall be subject to censure by the GBC Body. Members should insure that their annual reports are submitted in time, even though they may possess an excused absence or tardiness for the annual meeting.(90)

In Relation to International Projects

If an aspect of the Sri Mayapur Development Project or any other International Project be assigned the individual GBC representative, he shall adopt those particular assignments as his personal responsibilities, no less than if they were an extension of his Zone or Ministry.

The constitution of the GBC includes, in defining the duties of the GBC members, their obligation to support Srila Prabhupada's International Priority Projects such as Sridhama Mayapur etc.(80)

In Relation to Other GBC Zonal Secretaries

No GBC member should enter into the zone of another GBC member on the plea of protecting or helping someone within that zone, without the approval of local GBC.(86)

Categories of GBC Members

GBC Zonal Secretaries

3.5.5.1.1. Definition

A Zonal Secretary is a member of the GBC Body appointed by the GBC Body to oversee ISKCON Temples and other ISKCON projects in a specific geographical area designated as a "zone". He is overall responsible for the management and administration of a zone and is ultimately fully accountable to the GBC Body.(86)

 

3.5.5.1.1. Definition of Zonal Secretary[2002]