Basic Guidelines – Coordinators, Core Groups & State Group Formations

(Issued on 27-11-2014)

·         Mission AHIMSA (MA) being a Movement-in-the-Making (and not an Organization) cannot and will not have any hard and fast rules and regulations. Hence it will be governed more by guidelines, honesty and a sense of social commitment.

·         In its preliminary phase, the main efforts of MA will be to spread out and reach out its message to as many as possible and it aims to do this through formation of a network of FaceBook Groups.

·         The MA central Group will have under it several State Groups and the State Groups will have under them their respective District Groups.

·         Each MA Group (at any level) will be administered by a Core Group consisting of Coordinators.

·         Core Group Formation at the Center will be more an evolving process (than one with a set deadline) it being dependent (by expansion) on formation of each new MA State Group and consequent appointment of a Chief Coordinator for the State Group.

·         The Core Group of the Mission AHIMSA Central Group will consist of, apart from the Chief Coordinators of States, the Chief Coordinators of several special wings that will be formed, in course of time, as Youth Wing, Students Wing, Veterans Wing, Interfaith Harmony Wing, Inter-Political Amity Wing, etc.

·         The Chief Coordinator of the Mission AHIMSA Central Group will be known as Pradhan Sevak (meaning chief servant/servant of servants).

·         All members (especially Coordinators) are expected to conduct themselves only in such manner as will not go against the core values and objectives for which Mission AHIMSA stands.

·         Consensus, not dominance; reconciliation, not confrontation; unification, not divisiveness; transparency, not concealment; responsibility, not apathy; discipline, not disorderliness; patience, not annoyance; humility, not arrogance; level headedness, not fanaticism… such shall be the choice of all Mission AHIMSA Coordinators, as such, in all their dealings amongst themselves and with others.

Coordinators & Core Groups

1.      Any interested Individual who is a member of the FB Group Mission AHIMSA can apply to be a Coordinator of Mission AHIMSA.

2.      Upon receipt of eligible applications for Coordinators (at least 9) from a particular State, proceedings will be initiated to form a separate Mission AHIMSA Group for that particular State, with all the eligible members becoming part of the initial Core Group for that State.

3.      A person will be eligible to be a Coordinator of a State Group if he/she has that particular state as his/her native state (by place of birth) or as his/her state of residence. (A person need not and should not serve as a member of a State Group in more than two states simultaneously).

4.      The Core Group Members of the State shall select/elect from amongst themselves a person who will serve as the Chief Coordinator for that particular state as well as 2 or 3 FB Administrators for that state group.

5.      The Chief Coordinator of a State Group will necessarily form part of the Core Group of Mission AHIMSA at the Center.

6.      When the Core Group strength at the MA Central Group reaches at least nine the Core Group Members will select/elect from amongst themselves a person to serve as the Chief (or Pradhan Sevak) of the Group. (Until such a selection/election takes place Mr. Kannan G shall serve as the Provisional Pradhan Sevak of the Group, with Ms. Anjana S and Adv. Jaya S being the only other founding Members of the Central Core Group, the time being)

7.      Coordinators (including Pradhan Sevak and all Chief Coordinators) will be persons who will serve Mission AHIMSA as pure volunteers (just out of their sense of social commitment, solidarity with the issues Mission AHIMSA aims to address, readiness to take initiatives, willingness to use a bit of their social media time and contacts for the cause of MA, etc., without expecting any monetary gains in return for their valuable services and minor expenses). However, in course of time, if needs be, arrangements will be made to sponsor honorariums to Coordinators but that only to those who would be found to be in real need of financial support.

8.      No money will be solicited and obtained as donation for Mission AHIMSA from anybody, by any of Mission AHIMSA members including its Coordinators. However Mission AHIMSA can get, wherever needs be, some individuals, institutions or business establishments to sponsor for it some programs or print materials such as brochures, posters, etc., in return for due acknowledgements or advertisements for them on the same and/or in MA FB Groups. Any such receipt of sponsorship or donation in kind will have to be duly recorded also in an excel file to be maintained for the purpose by the respective Core Group and reported to the Central Group whenever called for.

9.      Communications (including circular decisions) amongst Coordinators will be carried out mostly via FB messages and emails.

State Groups

1.      The Core Group of each State will have full autonomy with respect to decision making and administration of the Group.

2.      Each State Group will have freedom to use/allow posts in its own state language too.

3.      Each State Group will give more importance (apart from national issues) to issues concerning its own state.

4.      Each State Group will have the same rights and responsibilities with regard to the formation and administration of District Groups under them as the Central Group holds with respect to the State Groups.

5.      Each State Group will have as its logo, the logo of Mission AHIMSA with the name of the State presented just below it in English.

6.      Each State Group will be represented separately (with separate tabs) in the main website of Mission AHIMSA. However State Groups will have freedom to open and operate their own websites, if found necessary.