{"id":1321,"date":"2015-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/news\/delegates-elect-national-governing-body-2\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T04:49:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:49:04","slug":"delegates-elect-national-governing-body-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/delegates-elect-national-governing-body-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Delegates elect national governing body"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/Portals\/0\/NSA%202015.jpg\" alt=\"Delegates elect national governing body\" \/><figcaption>National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha&#8217;is of Australia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In an election without nominations or campaigning, delegates from Baha\u2019i communities throughout Australia today chose the Faith\u2019s national governing body, the National Spiritual Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Delegates cast secret ballots as they voted in the election in which all adult Baha\u2019is in Australia, men and women, were eligible for the nine-member National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha\u2019is of Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The ballot was held this morning at the national Baha\u2019i convention being held 24-26 April at the Sydney Baha\u2019i Centre in Silverwater.<\/p>\n<p>The Faith has no clergy but is governed by elected councils. Rules aim at a bias-free ballot in which voters make their own decisions without pressure from others.<\/p>\n<p>The Baha\u2019i writings specifically encourage the election &#8212; with due regard for factors such as age distribution, diversity, and gender &#8212; of individuals with<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 recognised ability<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 mature experience<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 a well-trained mind<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 unquestioned loyalty<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 selfless devotion.<\/p>\n<p>Those elected to the National Spiritual Assembly were David Chittleborough, Jonathan Hancock, Anton Jones, Fiona McDonald, Saloomeh Mohebbaty, Fariborz Moshirian, Shahram Noorgostar, Vahid Saberi, and Bijan Samali.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After participating in the election of the National Spiritual Assembly, the convention delegates, representing electoral units in all parts of Australia, are continuing to discuss issues of concern to the Australian Baha\u2019i Community.<\/p>\n<p>They are employing a special discussion method called consultation, a consensus-seeking style that avoids the personal and focusses on the topics themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Among the discussion topics are how Baha\u2019is can more effectively work with other Australians to positively transform the neighbourhoods in which they live.<\/p>\n<p>The convention is taking place during the twelve-day Ridvan Festival, in which Baha\u2019is celebrate events associated with the announcement by Baha\u2019u\u2019llah of His spiritual revelation.<\/p>\n<p>As it is Anzac Day, the delegates observed a minute&#8217;s silence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an election without nominations or campaigning, delegates from Baha\u2019i communities throughout Australia today chose the Faith\u2019s national governing body, the National Spiritual Assembly.<\/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-1321","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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