Over the years, we have collected a large number of documents regarding the failure of the Anugraha enterprise: letters, minutes of meetings from the members of the Boards involved, articles in publications and comments from Shareholder Representatives, Directors, Andreas & Susannah Zys and members of Subud.
For the first time, we are presenting them for you to see: to expose the truth about the fall of Anugraha.
In chronological order, we start from the announcement of the International Centre and the requests from Subud to all members to help with investment. We end with unanswered MPs letters to the Chairman of the WSA, and reminders of what Anugraha meant to Bapak, the Founder of Subud.
We hope to shed light on the injustice which led us to name the final home of the Hardship Cases as ‘The House of Conscience.’ Please click on a document to see it enlarged.
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- Part 1- Article in World Subud News announcing Board for the International Hall (Anugraha) – published October 1979
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- Part 2 – Article in World Subud News announcing Board for the International Hall (Anugraha) – published October 1979
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- Article from Subud World News about the need for the International Centre – dated April 1981
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- Subud International Centre visualisation in the ‘Subud World’ Publication – September 1981
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- Information about the Subud International Centre together with artist’s impression, published in ‘Subud World’ Publication – October/November 1981
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- Information about the Subud International Centre , published in ‘Subud World’ Publication – October/November 1981
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- Bapak lays the first foundation stone, declaring his hopes that “the building…be occupied and lived and used by Subud Members forever.”
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- Great Effort
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- Progress report on the Subud International Centre , Now known as Anugraha, published in ‘Subud World’ Publication – August 1983
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- Tomorrow’s World TV Celebrity
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- Bapak visiting the Anugraha Conference Centre after it had been completed.
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- Post-Congress Report on Anugraha – letter dated 12th October 1983
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- Letter From Michael Leach Proposing Maxum Stafford to be appointed to the Board of Anugraha dated 24th April 1986
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- Board Two – High investors, did nothing for Subud, produced a refinancing plan that would have sold Anugraha and the members down the river. Removed at an Extraordinary General Meeting. Need to examine the activities and influence of Adam Albright, Samuel Simonsson and Leonard Lasselle following the collapse of this Board – photocopy of list of directors from minutes of meeting – January 1986
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- Board Three – Short-term – to save Anugraha, but prevented from completing job. Established the International Subud Centre and achieved financial control, and were on the verge of securing Anugraha forever. Improved the effectiveness/efficiency of the Conference Centre and established the Shareholders Representatives Committee. Directors crossed the floor and the Board was brought down by the Shareholders Representatives and removed at the AGM. Photocopy showing list of Directors from minutes of a meeting dated 7th October 1986
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- Board Four – Fraud – Trading, though insolvent – many questions were unanswered. Why did they not sell at £16million and £14million? Was Anugraha held back purposefully for tax benefit/gain?
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- Anugraha Charge Holders – dated 12th March 1987
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- List of Large Investors into Anguraha as at 30th April 1987
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- The Shareholder Representatives were formed by the MD of Board 3 and grew in power and influence, acting illegaly as non-executive Directors. Undated letter about Anugraha Shareholder Representation, but mentioning next AGM of 24th January 1988
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- Part 2 of undated letter about Anugraha Shareholder Representation, but mentioning next AGM of 24th January 1988
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- This letter from Rifai Lawrie, Co-ordinator of the Shareholder Representatives, is regarding election to that body – dated 21st April 1988.
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- Part 1 – Letter from Anugraha Shareholder Representative co-ordinator Rifai Lawrie putting listing the names of those appointed to the body – dated 6th July 1988
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- Part 2 – Letter from Anugraha Shareholder Representative co-ordinator Rifai Lawrie putting listing the names of those appointed to the body – dated 6th July 1988
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- Part of Shareholder Representatives’ Directive, it is unclear who the author is of this document.
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- Part 1 – Letter from Maxsum Stafford to Luthfi O’Meagher dated 9th July 1988
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- Part 2 – Letter from Maxsum Stafford to Luthfi O’Meagher dated 9th July 1988
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- Part 1 – Memo from Luthfi O’Meagher to Howard Loch, Rodger Slape, John Pitman, and Howard Paice regarding illegal fundraising activity within Anugraha, shareholder representatives and mulling over the possibility of resignation as MD – dated 23rd September 1988
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- Part 2 – Memo from Luthfi O’Meagher to Howard Loch, Rodger Slape, John Pitman, and Howard Paice regarding illegal fundraising activity within Anugraha, shareholder representatives and mulling over the possibility of resignation as MD – dated 23rd September 1988
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- PART 1 – Letter from Andreas Zys to Edward Mackenzie, Subud Britain National Chair, regarding Anugraha, dated 13th October 1988
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- PART 2 – Letter from Andreas Zys to Edward Mackenzie, Subud Britain National Chair, regarding Anugraha, dated 13th October 1988
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- Letter from John Pitman to the Board re: concerns about Shareholder Representatives – dated 21st November 1988
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- Part 1 – Luthfi O’Meagher tenders resignation – cites structural and organisational issues – Withdrawn. Letter dated 21st November 1988
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- Part 2 – Luthfi O’Meagher tenders resignation – cites structural and organisational issues – Withdrawn. Letter dated 21st November 1988
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- PART 1 of Andreas Zys’ account of Anugraha Shareholder Representative Meeting on 9th December 1988
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- PART 2 of Andreas Zys’ account of Anugraha Shareholder Representative Meeting on 9th December 1988
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- PART 3 of Andreas Zys’ account of Anugraha Shareholder Representative Meeting on 9th December 1988
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- PART 4 of Andreas Zys’ account of Anugraha Shareholder Representative Meeting on 9th December 1988
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- Susannah’s account of Anugraha Shareholder Representative Meeting on 9th December 1988
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- Part 1 – Letter to Anugraha Board from John Pitman, citing concerns, including Shareholder Representatives – dated 30th December 1988
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- Part 2 – Letter to Anugraha Board from John Pitman, citing concerns, including Shareholder Representatives – dated 30th December 1988
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- Part 1 – Report Entitled ‘Anugraha AGM Drama: Managing Director Sacked – Maxsum Stafford Stays on as Director’ – dated 20th February 1989
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- Part 2 – Report Entitled ‘Anugraha AGM Drama: Managing Director Sacked – Maxsum Stafford Stays on as Director’ – dated 20th February 1989
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- Part 3 – Report Entitled ‘Anugraha AGM Drama: Managing Director Sacked – Maxsum Stafford Stays on as Director’ – dated 20th February 1989
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- Part 4 – Report Entitled ‘Anugraha AGM Drama: Managing Director Sacked – Maxsum Stafford Stays on as Director’ – dated 20th February 1989
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- Minutes of Meeting of Anugraha Board of Directors dated 20th December 1988
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- Part 1 – Letter to Board from John Pitman, voicing concerns, dated 6th January 1989
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- Part 2 – Letter to Board from John Pitman, voicing concerns, dated 6th January 1989
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- Part 1 – MD report at Anugraha AGM by Luthfi O’Meagher – dated 19 February 1989
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- Part 2 – MD report at Anugraha AGM by Luthfi O’Meagher – dated 19 February 1989
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- Part 1 – ‘Frontrunners’ – a report by Luthfi O’Meagher
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- Part 2 – ‘Frontrunners’ – a report by Luthfi O’Meagher
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- Part 3 – ‘Frontrunners’ – a report by Luthfi O’Meagher
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- Part 4 – ‘Frontrunners’ – a report by Luthfi O’Meagher
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- Part 5 – ‘Frontrunners’ – a report by Luthfi O’Meagher
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- Luthfi O’Meagher voted to by removed from Board – note dated 19th February 1989
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- Part 1 – Letter of Resignation from Anugraha Board by Luthfi O’Meagher – dated 27th March 1989
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- Part 2 – Letter of Resignation from Anugraha Board by Luthfi O’Meagher – dated 27th March 1989
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- Part 3 – Letter of Resignation from Anugraha Board by Luthfi O’Meagher – dated 27th March 1989
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- Part 4 – Letter of Resignation from Anugraha Board by Luthfi O’Meagher – dated 27th March 1989
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- Part 1 – Letter to Raymond Prescott re: Board by Luthfi O’Meagher – dated 6th June 1989.
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- Part 2 – Letter to Raymond Prescott re: Board by Luthfi O’Meagher – dated 6th June 1989.
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- Part 3 – Letter to Raymond Prescott re: Board by Luthfi O’Meagher – dated 6th June 1989.
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- Part 4 – Letter to Raymond Prescott re: Board by Luthfi O’Meagher – dated 6th June 1989.
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- Report produced for Ruth Kelly, USA Chair of Subud, after a conversation with John Pitman – by Luthfi O’Meagher, dated 20th July 1989
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- Subud Britain notice – concern for members who supported Anugraha and Bapak’s vision.
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- Andreas Zys Letter of resignation as co-ordinator of Anugraha Board, following Financial Director’s advice to sell Anugraha at £16million to save the members – dated 14th March 1989
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- Part 1 – leaflet advertising The Anugraha Festival – a musical extravaganza – August 1988
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- Part 2 – leaflet advertising The Anugraha Festival – a musical extravaganza – August 1988
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- Letter from a Subud Member ‘Hans’ to Andreas Zys, which suggests that Subud members believed that the Music Festival contributed to the failure of Anugraha, used to discredit Luthfi O’Meagher – dated March 1990
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- Part 1 – Board 4 – Letter to Adreas Zys from Mark Jacobson, Financial Advisor, showing that evidence has been substantiated – dated 20th March 1990
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- Part 2 – Board 4 – Letter to Adreas Zys from Mark Jacobson, Financial Advisor, showing that evidence has been substantiated – dated 20th March 1990
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- Part 1 – Board 4 – Letter to Adreas Zys from Mark Jacobson, Financial Advisor, showing that evidence has been substantiated – dated 4th April 1990
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- Part 2 – Board 4 – Letter to Adreas Zys from Mark Jacobson, Financial Advisor, showing that evidence has been substantiated – dated 4th April 1990
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- Andreas Zys – notes reagarding situation with Luthfi O’Meagher – dated April 1990
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- Subud Britain Notice – Part 1 – Warning that Members are in peril – news sheet dated 17th April 1990
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- Part 2 – Warning that Members are in peril – news sheet dated 17th April 1990
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- Article in support of the Zyses published in the ‘Subud Voice’ published March 1995
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- Letter published in the ‘Subud Voice’ – Dominic Rieu criticizes wrong Subud testing.
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- Part 1 – Extracts from John Pitman’s Investigation of Anugraha’s loss (known as the ‘Hercule Pitman Schedule’ – Compiled by Luthfi O’Meagher – dated April 1991
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- Part 2 – Extracts from John Pitman’s Investigation of Anugraha’s loss (known as the ‘Hercule Pitman Schedule’ – Compiled by Luthfi O’Meagher – dated April 1991
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- Letter from KM Davies, ex Director of Anugraha Board, expressing concerns re: Board’s competence – Marked “Confidential – Not to be Copied, Mentioned or Even Read” – dated 31st May 1990
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- Report on John Pitman’s Investigation into Anugraha’s Loss after visiting Youngstein and Gould (Us Taxation Lawyers, practicing in London) by Luthfi O’Meagher – dated 18th January 1992.
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- Part 1 – Letters criticizing Subud testing published in the ‘Subud Voice’
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- Part 2 – Letters criticizing testing published in the ‘Subud Voice’
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- Part 3 – Letters criticizing testing published in the ‘Subud Voice’
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- Anugraha in administrative receivership – H Loch (Chair), Travis-Smith (MD), R Heaslip (Director) and R Prescott (Company Secretary) use innocent people’s names on official forms, thus holding them responsible for Anugraha’s loss – Part of a letter from Ernst & Young, solicitors, dated 30th August 1990
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- Anugraha in administrative receivership – Letter stating sale of Anugraha for £6.86million – dated 20th December 1991
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- Photos showing actities at the The Anugraha International Centre
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- Bapak’s Daughter, Ibu Rahayu, comments about about Anugraha
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- Document – Travis-Smith allegedly lost £16million sale through negotiating from self interest – undated but post-1992
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- High Court decision – Subud doesn’t support Zys action against the Directors of Anugraha Hotels Ltd – Company dissolved. Dated 18th March 1998.
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- Letter to Andrew Bromley, Chairman of Subud Britain, from Suzanna Zys about Anugraha Dated 6th April 1998. He threatened Anugraha with legal action re: unpaid bill. Andreas Zys paid from his own money. When Andreas approached him for help, all he got was ‘Subud will never help you.’
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- Letter to Andrew Bromley, Chairman of Subud Britain, from Suzanna Zys about Anugraha Dated 7th April 1998. Susannah realises that Andrew was the person who threatened legal action on Anugraha.
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- Part 1 – Letter dated 16th November 2010 from Joe Lewis, acting on behalf of Anreas and Susannah Zys – to Luke Penseney, WSA Chairman, asking for an inquiry into Anugraha. Inquiry and negotiations refused.
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- Part 2 – Letter dated 16th November 2010 from Joe Lewis, acting on behalf of Anreas and Susannah Zys – to Luke Penseney, WSA Chairman, asking for an inquiry into Anugraha. Inquiry and negotiations refused.
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- Part 3 – Letter dated 16th November 2010 from Joe Lewis, acting on behalf of Anreas and Susannah Zys – to Luke Penseney, WSA Chairman, asking for an inquiry into Anugraha. Inquiry and negotiations refused.
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- Part 4 – Letter dated 16th November 2010 from Joe Lewis, acting on behalf of Anreas and Susannah Zys – to Luke Penseney, WSA Chairman, asking for an inquiry into Anugraha. Inquiry and negotiations refused.
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- Letter from Henley MP John Howell to Luke Penseney, Chairman of the World Subud Association, with regard to the ‘House of Conscience’ Heath End. Letter dated 2nd November 2011. Ignored by Luke Penseney.
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- Letter from Henley MP John Howell to Paul Gawen of Subud Britain, with regard to the ‘House of Conscience’ Heath End. Letter dated 2nd November 2011. Ignored by Paul Gawen.
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- Letter from Henley MP John Howell to Leaonard Hitchcock, National Chairman of Subud Britain with regard to the ‘House of Conscience’ Heath End. The letter was rebuffed with embarrassing inaccuracies. Letter dated 2nd November 2011.
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- Article about Anugraha by Susannah Zys to address all members of Subud – publication of article was denied.
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- Quotations from Bapak about Anugraha
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- Quotation from Bapak
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- Letter of support from Loudwater Farm, received 4th October 2014
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- Reply by Susannah Zys to letter of support from Loudwater Farm, dated 6th October 2014
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- Banner and extract from the January 2013 issue of Subud Britain Journal mentioning the Zys case and the Charity Commission – previously in the public domain, this was removed from public view by Subud after the launch of the subudconscience.com website.
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- Two-page extract of of a much larger document of evidence presented to the ESCC (East Sussex County Council) Audit and Best Value Scrutiny Panel, concerning the disposal of the former St Anne’s School site, Lewes. The extract shown is part of the evidence from a number of locals, known as The St Anne’s Group, who are in opposition to Subud’s intended purchase of the site. The failure of Anugraha is cited as one of the reasons for Subud’s unsuitability as a bidder, as the group claim this shows the Council’s Policies regarding asset tranfers were not followed. Reference to the SubudConscience website has also been included. The full .pdf document is avaiable here: http://tinyurl.com/lx6dnvs
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- Part 1 – This is the Introduction to Subud’s Internet Policy, which was part of additional documents submitted to The East Sussex County Council for their scrutiny review of the Subud bid for the former school site of St Anne’s in Lewes, which took place on 14th November 2014. SubudConscience is not mentioned in this document.
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- Part 2 – Subud’s Internet Policy by Matthew Weiss, WSC Internet Co-ordinator. Mr Weiss has written to us at Subudconscience asking for us to stop using our domain name. Please note how members are asked not to click on any links they are sent so as not to spread messages virally across the internet.
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- Part 3 – Subud’s Internet Policy by Matthew Weiss, WSC Internet Co-ordinator. Mr Weiss has written to us at Subudconscience asking for us to stop using our domain name. In this section, members are warned to be very careful when writing comments on the internet.
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- Part 4 – Subud’s Internet Policy by Matthew Weiss, WSC Internet Co-ordinator. Mr Weiss has written to us at Subudconscience asking for us to stop using our domain name. Here, members are informed of plans to ensure official content about Subud is not freely available to all, but locked down and only available to Subud Members via a password protected redirect.
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- The SubudConscience website and Anugraha are once again mentioned in supporting documents for the scrutiny review by East Sussex County Council of the bid for the former St Anne’s School site in Lewes, held 14th November 2014. This was provided by those in opposition to Subud’s bid.
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