{"id":1182,"date":"2010-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/news\/bahais-elect-national-governing-body\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T04:48:16","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:48:16","slug":"bahais-elect-national-governing-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/bahais-elect-national-governing-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Baha&apos;is elect national governing body"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/Portals\/0\/TAS%20BCL%20Auditorium%20and%20dome.jpg\" alt=\"Bahais elect national governing body\" \/><figcaption>The Tasmanian Baha&#8217;i Centre of Learning was a tranquil venue for the National Baha&#8217;i Convention<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Baha\u2019is from throughout Australia have gathered in Hobart to elect the members of the Faith\u2019s national governing body.<\/p>\n<p>All adult Baha\u2019is in Australia, men and women, are eligible to be elected to the nine-member National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha\u2019is of Australia. The Faith has no clergy but is governed by elected councils at national, State and local levels.<\/p>\n<p>Conducted by secret ballot in a prayerful atmosphere with no nominations or electioneering, the election was the central focus of the National Baha\u2019i Convention, held from 24-25 April at the Baha\u2019i Centre of Learning for Tasmania.<\/p>\n<p>Those elected to the National Spiritual Assembly were Bijan Samali, Vahid Saberi, Tessa Scrine, Fariborz Moshirian, Arini Beaumaris, Fiona McDonald, Kathryn Podger, John Walker and Golshah Naghdy.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the incoming National Assembly, Professor Bijan Samali said that although the members elected were the same as the previous year, the Assembly would approach its tasks with &#8220;new vision, new vigour and new energy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consultation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As well as participating in the election of the National Spiritual Assembly, the convention delegates, representing electoral units in all parts of Australia, discussed issues of concern to the Australian Baha\u2019i Community.<\/p>\n<p>These included discussions on fostering spiritual life, running programs for children and young teenagers, and working with other Australians to transform the neighbourhoods in which we live.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tranquil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Tasmanian Baha\u2019i Centre of Learning, officially opened by Tasmanian State Governor Peter Underwood last year, provided a beautiful and tranquil setting for the Convention.<\/p>\n<p>Constructed to high standards of environmental sustainability, the Centre of Learning is an educational institution established for the benefit of the people of Tasmania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baha\u2019is from throughout Australia have gathered in Hobart to elect the members of the Faith\u2019s national governing body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-releases","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - 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