Prabhupāda: And general reporting: "Yes, everyone is chanting," or "He is not chanting in spite of warning," like that.
Jayatīrtha: Yes.
Prabhupāda: This is very good.
Jayatīrtha: So we have some guidelines in here about that. So, so should I go on with this?
Prabhupāda: Hm?
Jayatīrtha: So then the next thing, besides having a zonal responsibility, a GBC man may have a functional responsibility, like we've already discussed.
Prabhupāda: Functional, main functional responsibility is to go and see that the temple regular work is going on, the president is doing nicely, to check in this way. You can sit down in the class, in the..., and see how things are going on. That's it.
Jayatīrtha: That's it. Now, one point we've included that we haven't really done before is the idea of establishing committees and individual service...
Prabhupāda: Committee, I shall appoint also, if there is any need. Amongst the GBC, I shall pick up some members and make a committee for a particular...
Jayatīrtha: For example, we put down that there may be a regional committee.
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Jayatīrtha: Just like in Europe, we have a regional committee for managing, I understand...
Prabhupāda: What is that regional co...?
Jayatīrtha: Isn't it Bhagavān, Haṁsadūta...?
Prabhupāda: Yes, I have said that Haṁsadūta, Bhagavān and Brahmānanda may...
Jayatīrtha: So it's a kind of regional committee for managing.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Jayatīrtha: So we similarly...
Prabhupāda: That we can change also. For the time being, it is going on.
Atreya Ṛṣi: I think what Śrīla Prabhupāda has said to us is that if we have very close cooperation, the spirit of committee consultation always exists...
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Atreya Ṛṣi: Like if Bhagavān dāsa is in U.S., then Satsvarūpa Mahārāja and Rūpānuga Prabhu will consult with him, like they always consult with each other.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Atreya Ṛṣi: They should always... And this spirit should go on amongst the twelve. Or if I'm in Tehran, and if there is a financial matter...
Prabhupāda: Yes. Don't bring politics. Then it will be ruined.
Atreya Ṛṣi: Yes. The spirit should be that you write me and ask me, and I will give you all the service that I can. This should come in us.
Jayatīrtha: For example, in the United States...
Atreya Ṛṣi: Not so much, necessarily, committees and formal...
Prabhupāda: So if a committee is necessary, it should be decided, first stage, decided by the GBC, and I'll give final sanction.
Jayatīrtha: For example, one committee that I would propose is in the United States, since we share so many similar problems and so many problems overlap...
Prabhupāda: So you... No, the GBC is already there. But that is... Committee is there, the whole committee. But for any special purpose, if committee is required...
Jayatīrtha: Another example of a kind of committee would be some projects. Say...
Prabhupāda: Project will be decided by the GBC.
Jayatīrtha: Say, the Gurukula, for example...
Prabhupāda: Now I have elected this committee in Europe because the German trouble is going on. When the German trouble is over, there is no need of committee. It is only for this particular purpose because there we have to defend court, we have to see... So two, three heads, not one head. One head may be puzzled. Committee means for special purposes. Otherwise, the standing committee, GBC, is already there.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Śrīla Prabhupāda?
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Just as a question...
Prabhupāda: Just like I appointed the committee to investigate...
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Bali Mardana.
Prabhupāda: Yes. So that committee is not standing. Yet similarly, a committee may be formed for some special circumstances, but otherwise the GBC committee is sufficient.
Jayatīrtha: The main point about that is that the GBC, we all meet together once a year...
Prabhupāda: Yes. And form all, what is to be discussed, what you are going to do, future. Just like you can discuss the German affairs, and find out how to defend ourselves. Of course, it is in the hands of the lawyer. Still, we can suggest...