Update on our Recent Community-Wide Meeting and Dates for Viewing the Provost Property

About thirty members of the local Dzogchen Community met on Wednesday evening, May 11 in the yellow schoolhouse gompa to discuss the availability of the Provost property on Barnes Road on the southern border of the Upper Khandroling property. Another four individuals attended via live Skype.  In 2013, we noted the passing of our good neighbor Mr. Roy Provost here. The property consists of 60 acres with a relatively new house, 2 car garage with a studio, 2 cabins, a sugar house and a pond asking price 375K.

The meeting began with Joe Zurylo outlining the details of the property upon hearing from the Provost family who contacted him about the property before putting it on the market. Following his presentation, there was a Q and A regarding many details such as road access, property boundaries, septic system, zoning, winter plowing, condition etc. Afterwards, everyone present expressed their personal visions, comments, misgivings and consideration for the purchase and its financing. There is still much to explore here. If you are interested, please take part in the viewing listed below and the next scheduled meeting. 

Many thanks to Jeremy for facilitating the Skype communication, Tim for taking minutes and  Amanda for running such a fine meeting. Well Done!!!! 

This weekend we are being given the opportunity to view this property: 

Saturday May 14 at 1:00PM - John Foster will introduce.

Sunday May 15 at 1:00PM - Vern Harrington will introduce.

There will be another meeting to follow up .

Wednesday, May 18th at 7:30PM in the Schoolhouse


{photos by Jacqueline Gens}

News from Tsegyalgar East

The Khandroling road sign is now completed and in place. Many thanks to Joe and company for getting it done. 

There will be a meeting on Weds, May 11, 2016  at 7:30 PM in the Schoolhouse to discuss the availability of the Provost property for sale adjacent to Khandroling.  In 2013 we noted the passing of our good neighbor Mr. Roy Provost here. The property consists of 60 acres with a relatively new house, 2 car garage with a studio, 2 cabins, a sugar house and a pond asking price 375K.

The following photos were taken by Joe Zurylo of the property. After our meeting, we will report further details and proposals presented to the community for consideration.

This meeting is open to everyone. Here is the Skype access information:

"OPEN TO ALL: Discussion Regarding Buckland Property (Neighboring our beloved Khandroling)"

This is a preliminary presentation to inform our Community of the News we have received.
Please, join us!

HOW TO JOIN OUR WEBCAST:

Here is the Skype name to connect to: tsegyalgar.east

(NOTE: There is a PERIOD between tsegyalgar.east)

***Everyone please MUTE your microphones unless you are the one talking. This is very important or there will be background noise and feedback, making it harder for others to hear who are connecting with Skype.***

People can also type in questions or comments into the Skype interface and someone can read them aloud to everyone present.

You can download Skype here: https://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-computer/

**You can also download Skype onto your Mobile Phone, Tablet, SMART TV, device from here. Connecting through Mobile devices may lack stability. **

We will try to start Skype at least 10 minutes early for people to start connecting.

If people have technical difficulties, they can email geko@tsegyalgar.org and we will do our best to help you.



Thank you All,

Tsegyalgar East

Tsegyagar East Gakyil Report

[Rinpoche's cabin on upper Khandroling]

Dear Vajra Brothers and Sisters,

It is the year of the Fire Monkey and things are certainly jumping: May is almost over!​ First, thank you and congratulations, we did it! Our support and enthusiasm for The Khandroling Summer Celebration of Practicing Together has manifested! 

​Click here for the details!

​You can always keep up to date with events and happenings at Tsegyalgar East on our home page 

​tsegyalgar.org . You can look on the front page to the left. Our web Goddess, Nancy Paris, 

​updates these pages many times a week with new information. Take a look!

• ​There is interest in reviving the Farm Coop, If you would like to be a part of this effort contact Amanda redgayil@tsegyalgar.org or Tim secretary@tsegyalgar.org. Last meeting of the Co-op was May 12th. Work is being done to weed raspberries, which will be for sale once they ripen. Blueberry plants are maturing and new additional ones are being planted by Nary this Spring.

• We continue to work with International Dzogchen Community (IDC) to finalize our formal affiliation. We are finalizing the wording of our charter revision and the affiliation agreement. Right now Enrico Dell'Angelo has the documents and we expect to hear from him very soon. Once the documents are finalized, the community will have the opportunity to vote on it. All documents have been scrutinized by our lawyer to assure that our non-profit status will not be affected.

• Additionally, ​we are also working on some clarifications regarding advertising and use of social media with communications for and about our Tsegyalgar East and our community. We will be in touch soon with more about this.

• We are thrilled to share that we have begun work on Rinpoche's cabin on Khandroling, started this week with scaffolding put up and the removal of the old roof starts Monday. ​All the trees around the cabins that were a fall hazard have been removed.

• Two properties have come up for sale. One is the Provost land which abuts Khandroling. It has been viewed by many community members and discussion is underway about the possibilities with this property. The other property is the house and land next to the Gar.there is an informal fact gathering happening at the moment which will be presented to the gakyil for further perusal and discussion.

Fiscally, our current savings is at about $90,000. However, we actually have a budget of almost $200,000 for fixed expenses for 2016, including administration, operations, properties, insurance, KPI rent, etc. As you know, in recent years, $100,000 plus has been made annually from Rinpoche's yearly visit to the Gar. Since He is not visiting this year, we need to secure other means of income. We are aiming to increase our fundraising efforts and will be in touch soon with more about this.

We continue to follow our master’s guidance and direction in collaborating and contributing to the development  ​of our International Dzamling Gar. This includes two main projects for us at this time: ​Dzamling Gar Gompa and Tsegyalgar East &​ West House at Dzamling Gar​

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As always if you are interested in finding out more and wish to attend a Gakyil meeting or wish to add an agenda to the gakyil meeting write Tim, the secretary, ​secretary@tsegyalgar.org 

​Our next meeting will be March 13th at 9:00am EST. To read the minutes of the previous meetings CLICK HERE.

With love and appreciation,
The Tsegyalgar East Gakyil​

Friends & Neighbors: Our Next Door Neighbor to Khandroling "The Colonel" died on July 9, 2013

(Roy,"the Colonel") W. Provost Jr., Lt. Col., USA (ret.), eighty-seven years of age, died on July 9th at his home in Holyoke after a prolonged decline in his health. His wife Madeleine was at his side. "The Colonel" as we called him was our nearest next door neighbor to upper Khandroling. Over the years he proved a good friend and advocate for our community. Many former Gekos of the Dzogchen Communtiy spoke highly of him. A military man, "The Colonel" bought his land called "Buckland Woods" in 1981 upon retirement developing it into a gorgeous complex of multi-use structures. Our new road connecting lower Khandroling to upper exits across from his pond. 

To read the full obituary of his life,  click here.