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World Congress & International Gatherings
Photo: Puebla, Convention Center
WORLD CONGRESSES
The World Subud Association held its 13th World Congress in Christchurch New Zealand in January 2010. These international meetings of member countries usually happen every four years and last approximatley two weeks. Members from around the world gather to enjoy being together and doing latihan, to join in workshops and discussion groups and to take pleasure in concerts, exhibitions and a variety of events. It is a multi-dimensional global festival and spiritual event as well as a youth gathering and jamboree of workshops and meetings. World Congresses draw between 1500 - 3000 members and are an extraordinary opportunity for individual Subud members.
During this colorful event, the World Subud Association holds its business meeting. Member countries may have up to four delegates who, as a group, hold one vote on proposals presented to Congress. The Congress is the supreme authority of the WSA, which is the umbrella organization for the international Subud association. This is the time that member countries decide on goals, priorities and policies of the WSA and review past activities. New officers are elected such as the WSA and WSA executive and affiliate chairpersons. Congress makes decisions by consensus. Usually the delegations split into official working parties dedicated to specific topics such as finance, helper work and project support. These working parties are distinct from the varied workshops that do not form part of the official congress business. The more informal workshops; however, comprise one of the most important experiences during a Congress. There is the opportunity to share experiences, learn from others and do testing regarding a wide variety of themes. During the congress, there are a host of other official meetings such as those of the Muhammad Subuh Foundation (MSF), the affiliates, the zones and the World Subud Council. World Congresses to date:
WORLD CONGRESS 2014 - PUEBLA HERE WE COME - 2nd -17th of August 2014
Photo: Part of the Congress Organizing Team, talavera, and Puebla HERE'S THE LATEST... World Congress Website: As of April 2013, the World Congress website is up and running, please visit it: www.subudworldcongress2014.com. You will find updates, useful information, basic explanations about congress, our go green and social awareness activities, links to tourism information and lots of lovely pictures of the congress site and environment. You will also find the latest about online registration.
World Congress logo selected – March 2013 In January, the WSA Chair, the WSA Executive Chair, members from SICA International, Susila Dharma International, the SYAI youth reps, MSF, International helpers and the World Congress Organizing team, met to have a planning meeting in Puebla. At that meeting the logos were short listed down to five. The five left were each asked to make certain amendments which they did, and one month later the final choice was made. The winning logo shown here was designed by the Puebla Group and was also one of the two most popular choices on the Facebook page, so we are very happy that this was overall the popular choice.
REGISTRATION FEE: There is one registration fee and one discount fee. The discounted fee must be requested, but has been set up to help anyone in need and is not simply based on country of residency. The reduction will apply for people on low incomes, from developing countries but also, members on unemployment or elderly members on low pensions, youth who are studying or starting their careers, etc. There will be a daily rate at congress, but this is not fixed as yet. Registrations will begin online in March 2013. Read the full report! Report January 2012 in English, Spanish and Indonesian. A list of current members of the World Congress Organizing Team (WCOT) is taking shape. And check out the facebook group: Subud World Congress Puebla 2014. The New York Times picked Puebla as one of the 45 sites to see in 2012, calling it "the affluent capital of one of Mexico’s safest states". The city is making major investments in civic improvements, including light-rail and modernizing public spaces. Puebla is today one of Mexico's major industrial cities. Its historic district is a World Heritage site and when you attend congress, you'll want to bring home a piece of talavera, famous local pottery (photo). Read the article here. To get even more of a feel for Puebla, the Smithsonian magazine features an article on "Savoring Puebla: Mexico's 'City of Angels'" with a short video on 'Mariachis in Puebla'. Check them out!MEXICO CONGRESS AND MEETINGS in PUEBLA, 2011
SITE SELECTION for Puebla was supported by this proposal. In April 2011 several events were hosted in Puebla for the first international planning meetings.
Osanna's Prelude to the Congress Minutes 
2010 World Congress and Indonesian dancers, photos by Rachman Cantrell
INTERNATIONAL GATHERINGS
In addition to the world congress every four years, the WSA organizises many international gatherings in between. It is customary to host gatherings when the World Subud Council meets, which is usually annually. In recent times, there were such get-togethers in India (2006), England (2007), Colombia (2008), Spain, (2009), and Indonesia (2 2012 AMERICAS GATHERING in Vancouver, Canada. Along with rich cultural and spiritual programs, there were international presentations, outings (kayaking photo) and meetings, including the World Subud Council meeting, the Muhammad Subuh Foundation Trustees meeting, an International Culural Association meeting, Zone 7 Council meeting and Subud Canada's Annual General Meeting. In 2004 a Zone 7 Gathering was held at the same venue. Prior to that, a ‘Pan-American’ Gathering was hosted by Subud Mexico in 1999 with Ibu Rahayu in attendance. This gave rise to subsequent such gatherings – in Colombia and Brazil in 2003, in Colombia in 2008 and Vancouver in 2012. Prior to 1999 the only other Zone 7 gathering, (or North America event at that time), was in Montreal in 1992 and so it was truly a unique opportunity for members spread over the continent as well as Latin America. For additional news, visit the Zone 7 page.
2011 RUNGAN SARI INTERNATIONAL GATHERING Being in Rungan Sari, a community of Subud members, allowed for a special atmosphere. It also gave members from around the world a taste and first-hand experience of the amazing number of projects and activities that are intertwined with the community around Rungan Sari. To see a glimpse of these activities you may visit www.rungansari.net.
2010 SUBUD BRITAIN FAMILY HOLIDAY AND CONGRESS
Subud Britain hosted not only their annual holiday and their 2010 national congress in the historic spa town of Great Malvern, but the Zone 3 Council (Western Europe) and the World Subud Council meetings were held at the same time. Over 600 members attended. 2009 CAMINO GATHERING IN SPAIN
Western Europe, (Zone 3), hosted an international Gathering for a week in May in near one of the famous pilgram's roads to Santiago de Compostela, or the 'Camino,' in northwest Spain. A monastery provided the accommodations and various international Subud bodies such as the World Subud Council, the Muhammad Subuh Foundation Trustees, and the Zone 3 Council met at the same time.
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(Photo: Luthfi, Fernando and Arif, Subud Mexico's Kejiwaan Councillor, Congress Organizing Chair and Committee Councillor)
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