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IDC Annual Meeting International Coordination Committee for 2016 Dzamling Gar, Tenerife, Spain 1 April, 2016 ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY GAKYIL

Our Community  IDC = Unified membership and formal, legal alignment  Rinpoche’s Longsal symbol as authentication of pure Dzogchen Teachings  A single website to access all information  Webcast to unify all students globally with the Master  The Mirror as a multi-lingual source of current and archived global information, news and updates ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY 2 GAKYIL

2015 IDC Membership Trends  Ordinary Members represent 88% of our 6,007 global membership  Other tiers , while only 12% of membership, contribute 41% to global revenues  Global Meritorious: -16 Sustaining: +1 Ordinary: -109 *  Notes of discrepancy from 2014: MMS numbers vs. Gar reports, 91 Introductory members, 15 Family Membership Distribution 2015 Membership Revenue 2015 (€) [global] meritorious [global] meritorious global sustaining global sustaining [local] sustaining [local] sustaining ordinary ordinary ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY * = (Ordinary + Reduced + Intro) GAKYIL

2015 IDC Membership Trends  Total membership for 2015 was 6,007 (-109 from 2014), but WC effect is overstating decline  Small declines in North America, Europe, Russia, South America, Australia. TGW was unchanged.  Dzamling Gar & Asia grew substantially.  As 2015 was the transition year from Gar databases to the IDC global database (MMS), it is probably not useful to draw conclusions. In 2016, we hope many more people interested in the Teachings will choose to become Rinpoche’s student. Membership Trends 2015 Membership Trends 2015 7,000 2,000 1,800 6,000 1,600 5,000 1,400 2014 2014 1,200 4,000 2015 2015 1,000 3,000 800 2,000 600 400 1,000 200 - - Ordinary Sustaining Meritorious MW ME KN&S DZG TGE TGW TS TN NG SG&Asia ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY 4 GAKYIL

MMS: Membership Management System Member Registration in MMS, by Country 876 401 244 228 219 208 122 102 98 87 65 64 61 46 45 38 36 35 28 27 25 23 22 13 10 9 8 5 1 RU CN IT US GB UA CZ PL FR AU AT AR SK NL LV JP VE MX BY ES BG GR LT TW RO FI PE BR VN ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY 5 GAKYIL

MMS: Membership Management System 100.0% 100.0% Payment Percentage on 2015 total Payment Percentage on 2015 total 92.9% 94.7% 88.7% 90.0% 83.6% 85.3% 77.4% 80.0% 70.2% 70.0% 62.9% 59.1% 60.0% 57.0% 49.2% 50.0% 43.1% 40.0% 31.1% 30.0% 20.0% 14.3% 10.9% 10.0% 4.9% 0.3% 0.0% Pr.Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec next Year ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY 6 GAKYIL

Total IDC Membership View Samtengar: 821; 14% Namgyalgar: 154; 3% Merigar West: 1698; 28% Tashigar South: 180; 3% Tashigar North: 46; 1% Kunsangar N&S: 1698; 28% Merigar East: 821; 13% Dzamling Gar: 177; 3% Tsegyalgar West: 113; 2% Tsegyalgar East: 344; 6% ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY 7 GAKYIL

IDC Web Portal Update ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY 8 GAKYIL

International Dzogchen Community (IDC) ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY 9 GAKYIL

International Dzogchen Community (IDC) ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY 10 GAKYIL

International Dzogchen Community (IDC) ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY 11 GAKYIL

International Dzogchen Community (IDC) ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY 12 GAKYIL

International Dzogchen Community (IDC) ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY 13 GAKYIL

Melong.com Statistics • • Sessions per day: around 700 Users per day: around 300 • • Average session duration: 2:03 min Bounce rate: 61% • • Pages per session: 2 Desktops rate: 71% Locations of sessions Pages requested 15.49% 25.31% The Mirror - homepage 9.82% 8.61% 5.97% Complete schedule 15.44% 5.69% 4.76% 4.37% 2.55% Teachings 3.64% 2.90% 0.84% Continuing the Dzogchen Teaching 2.89% ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY 14 14 GAKYIL

Communications: Key Issues  Findability of websites  Understanding members’ use of social media, e-mail networks/groups and websites  Direct messaging: Importance of keeping Gakyil personal e-mail addresses updated in MMS  Mass e-mail system: depends on members keeping personal profiles up to date  Multilingual messages/communication: depends on availability of translators  Personal Interaction: the Dzamling Gar factor  Networking among specialist skill group members for coordinated solutions ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY 15 GAKYIL

IDC Portal & Communication ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY 16 GAKYIL

International Teacher Management Update  Update: – Essential centralized service of the IDC from July – Discussions currently underway on how to best formulate the service – More news mid-year  Questions to think about (please respond via e-mail to blue@dzogchen.net ) : – How does your local community use the International Teachers? – What about local or regional teachers? – How can the IG help you with International Teacher Management? ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY 17 GAKYIL

Administration for Four International Teachers ™ INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY 18 GAKYIL