Council News

WSA Board of Directors Meeting – 18 December

The WSA board meeting on 18 December focused on the 2022 WSA budget which included the budget propose by the Sub-Committee WSA Archives.

Other agenda items; the draft SDIA Charter and Subud Symbol was to be discussed and agreed by email correspondence. Matthew Moir, Chair of the WSAA Sub- Committee presented the proposal on the creation of a WSA living archive and WSAA budget for next year. Another line item from the budget proposal that was discussed was the budget for SYAI, and SPI. The draft SDIA Charter will be sent to SDIA, and a meeting proposed in January 2022. On the Subud Symbol, the executive office will review the proposals from various parties and provide a recommendation to the board.

Zone 1 & 2 Annual Meeting – 4 December

Muchtar Rawlings, Zone 1 & 2 Representative organized the meeting on Zoom which was attended by more than 45 delegates from Zone 1 & 2 country members, and observers.

The first agenda item was to approve last year’s minutes of Zone 1 & 2 meeting, followed by report of country contributions and other finance matters. Mauricio Castillo, MSF Chair was present to report on MSF’s activities in 2021. He also introduced Markus Fraval, one of the newly appointed MSF Trustees who resides in Australia. Member countries presented their report; There were no delegates from Vietnam and Singapore. Most observers were from Subud India. Suyono, Executive Chair shared the process of supporting Subud India in drafting a democratic constitution and bylaws, and the activities of the WSA Executive Office during 2021. Nahum Harlap, WSA Chair, shared his main focus on how to improve the Subud organization.

WSA Executive meeting with Subud Youth Coordinator – 24 October

The topic of the meeting was fundraising for the Youth.

The meeting discussed on how the Youth can fundraise and the coordination with other wings in the fundraising.

WSA Board of Directors Meeting – 16 October

This time the monthly WSA board meeting in October by Zoom was attended by 16 members. The International Helpers did not join the meeting, as they were having a Dewan meeting in Porto.

The first item on the agenda was approval of the minutes of 18 September WSA BOD Meeting, followed by discussion and agreeing on the resolution on policy in the treatment of restricted funds in relation to the WSA budget. The highlight of the meeting was the announcement by the International Helpers Dewan of the result of testing the MSF trustee candidates selected by the WSA board. Half- way through the meeting the IH Dewan who were gathering in person in Porto joined the WSA Board meeting. Suryadi, on behalf of the IH Dewan announced the names of candidates recommended by the I based on their testing. After the announcement, the IH left the meeting, and the board continued with the agenda. A board resolution was passed on the appointment of the recommended MSF trustee candidates.  The board members have agreed, in a subsequent separate meeting, review the process and the criteria for selecting applicants for the MSF trustees position. The proposed MSF Budget for 2022 was also discussed, the board asked for detail of the proposed budget and past years of actual expenses vs budgeted. Nahum updated the board on the result of his meeting with SDIA in connection with the relationship between WSA and SDIA.  The meeting was adjourned after more than 5 hours.

WSA Executive meeting with Translations Services Coordinator (periodic) – 1 October

Updates from Elisa Sanchez on the process and procedures on the work from translating to making the translated Talks available to members.

Also discussed was how the work is coordinated between the archives, the translators (of various languages), SPI, and Subud library. The translations services is also conducting periodical workshop for the units involved in the translations of Talk.

 

White Book Team Meeting – 25 September

Monthly White Book team meeting was attended by Zone 1&2 Rep (Muchtar Rawlings), as invitee. Muchtar was invited to give his comments on the current draft.

His main comments were about the definition of National Council and National Committee. The team also agreed to insert a paragraph on consensus decision making in Subud Organization and compliment it with an excerpt from Y.M. Bapak’s Talk 64 MLG 1.

WSA Board of Directors Meeting – 18 September

The monthly WSA board meeting in September by Zoom was attended by Representatives of the Zones, International Helpers, the WSA team, and translators for Spanish and French. In total the monthly zoom meeting was attended by 23 participants.

The meeting discussed in length the travel for the IH Dewan to meet in Portugal this October. In particular, discussed were the risk of the travel and the possible cost. The board decided on a general policy treatment of Board Restricted Funds and Donor Restricted Funds to be approved by a board resolution. With the end of the fiscal year coming to an end, and with every budgetary planning, the board talked about preparatory matter for MSF grant to WSA allocated for Archives and IH Travel. The Treasurer, Hannah Baerveldt updated on the WSA new account with Fidelity. At the end of the meeting, the board observed and reviewed the list of MSF trustee candidates. The meeting was adjourned after almost four hours.

WSA Board of Directors Meeting – 14 August

The monthly WSA board meeting in August by Zoom was attended by seven Zones Representatives, ten International Helpers, the WSA team, and translators for Spanish and French. In total the monthly zoom meeting was attended by 26 participants.

The International Helpers conveyed the outcome of the International Helpers Dewan meeting on how consensus should be reached. Main topic of discussion and action plan was the care Support Program; on its budget treatment and arrangement with other Subud organization. Also discussed was the Tape Preservation Unit (TPU) and topics relating to MSF matters.

Zone8 Meeting – 7 & 8 August

Zone 8 organized a two-day virtual “meeting” with programs from 17:00 to approximately 23:00. There was participation of 286 members.

The first day was opened with the video of YM Bapak’s Talk (70OSL3), with Helen Muñoz’s keynote address, and musical welcome from SICA Latin America. Helen read the letter received from Ibu

Siti Rahayu and then another video was screened of YM Bapak’s Talk (63 CLO4) given in Cali Colombia,subtitledinSpanishfortheoccasion. WSAChair,NahumandDeputyChair,Rosario shared their experience as WSA officers, followed by questions and answers from the participants. After the break, and conversation with Area 3 International Helpers and Zone Council Helpers, there was latihan and general testing, where ladies and gentlemen were divided into separate meeting rooms. The evening of the first day was filled with cultural activities and solidarity campaign by Susila Dharma and Zone 8 Treasurer (Arsad Medina), and closed with MSF talk by Mauricio Castillo and Amanda Rivera and sharing session. At the start of the second day, we heard the 59PAR3 Talk by YM Bapak, followed by kejiwaan sessions (latihan, testing and discussions with the helpers). The second day focused on archives with a presentation by the WSA Archives Subcommittee (Suyono Sumohadiwidjojo and Matthew Moir) and Zone 8 Archives (Sharif Mark). The youth team and the business promotion team talked about their activities and after the evaluation and discussion in the evening, the virtual meeting closed with activities of SICA Latin America.