Brahmacaris are celibate students who officially represent the monastic order in ISKCON. They are not independent but are under an ISKCON authority who is responsible for their behaviour, and to whom they are accountable.
As such, ISKCON brahmacaris who wish their blog feed to be included on Planet ISKCON must approach their temple authority who should provide a letter covering the following:
a) The brahmacari has permission to write a blog
b) The authority has read the blog
c) The authority approves the content
d) The authority would like the content syndicated to Planet ISKCON
Any concerns that may arise about the content of the blog can then be directed to this authority, who sponsors the brahmacari and accepts accountability for their behaviour.
Existing blog feeds from ISKCON brahmacaris as of April 2008 are exempted from this policy, although if you are a brahmacari you might want to check with your authority.
A logical move.
Well done Prabhu, this was a very logical and accountable move. It prevents PlanetISKCON from being implicated in a brahmacari's failure to follow his asrama properly. Independence and brahmacarya are not at all compatible.
To stay in line with the current policy, I even asked my authority before writing this comment.
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Vidyapati das brahmacari