journal d'une transition

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arrangement, in coordination with the various units and project holders in Auroville.

2 – To help all such visitors to become aware of the scope of the work of Auroville as a living experiment.

3 – To present the role and function of the Matrimandir in the context of Auroville, with adequate emphasis on the Mother’s guidelines as to its utilisation and access and the essential quality of silence and concentration attached to it. The composition of this team is envisaged as follows: - The Working Committee members act as a core team with the constant participation of a designated person in the Auroville Foundation Secretariat. - Representatives and contact persons are designated in each work area of Auroville as committed to help receive the visiting VIPs according to their special interests.

In the case of Matrimandir it is understood that:

2- Visiting hours must be respected and never compromised. 3- Exceptional arrangements are to be implemented in the case of VIPs who require security measures. 4- Direct coordination of each visit is to be implemented by contacting any one member of the MMCG (Matrimandir Management and Coordination Group). 5- When the VIPs are not able to visit at the appointed time of 4pm to 5pm and in the event that they express a genuine interest in the Matrimandir, they may then be shown the site and, in coordination with at least one member of the MMCG, be introduced to the works in progress.

To ensure the progress of the functioning of this team, it is proposed that the entire team, including its contact persons, meets regularly – once a month initially and, later on, quarterly.

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* Working note on design-related issues, November 22, 1996.

“The MMCG was constituted, end of 1989, by the then Auroville Council, with the mandate to manage and coordinate the completion of the whole of Matrimandir at the earliest, on the basis of the design presented by Roger A.

We have had, individually and as a team, to lay aside our personal opinions and to try and answer the challenge of identifying the practical terms of execution.

Along with the MMCG a Planning Group was also formed which was meant to prepare the ground for the execution of any part of the work and to support it. To this group Piero had been asked to actively participate, in a spirit of collaboration. This participation however did not last very long, or confined itself to specific areas such as the Air Conditioning System for the Inner Chamber.