New website iskconconnection.org hopes to get an accurate count of all ISKCON members for the first time ever, and to help them feel part of an international family by connecting them to all the inspirational activities in ISKCON around the world.<\/p>\n
The website is the face of ISKCON Connection, ISKCON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s global membership program, developed by the GBC and based at ISKCON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s headquarters in Mayapur, West Bengal.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re inviting all devotees, well-wishers and friends of Krishna to stand up and be counted as part of our spiritual family,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says team-leader Praharana Dasi. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is important because we have no idea how many of us there are in the world \u00e2\u20ac\u201c we just have guesses.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
By making this call to action, Praharana explains, ISKCON Connection is expecting to generate a database with millions of members around the world.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This will give us more credibility with governments, legal entities and in marketing and promoting events,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she says. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Each ISKCON center will also regularly receive updates on membership statistics for their local area and country, which will help their local efforts.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n