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RECENT GOINGS ON
WEB SERVICES SHOP OPEN FOR BUSINESS Ruslan Morris - Subud Enterprise Services International (SESI) Coordinator A Web Services Shop (WSS) opened for business in Jakarta in May 2010. The field of endeavor is outsourcing of low-cost Internet Services, particularly web site development. It was founded and is supervised by SESI. Start-up was funded by WSA with an investment of US$2,000. WSA is the de-facto owner of WSS. It is using workshop and office facilities in Jakarta donated by Club Bali, an Indonesian company owned by Subud members. The WSS has started in a small way with one full time web programmer and a part time IT Manager. It also has access to the services of a web designer, additional programmers, and data entry staff on a barter basis. WSS is now building web sites for SESI itself and “Subud Centres and Hotels”. The WSS is open to receive new work orders from Subud institutions, Subud members, and Subud owned companies. Contact Ruslan at rrmoris@clubbali.com with unquiries or comments. Annabella Ashby, New Care Support Coordinator  NEW CARE SUPPORT We are excited to announce that a new World Subud Association Care Support Rayner Sutherland, who so capably led the outgoing To find out more about the program or to learn how to apply for a grant, visit the Care Support section on this site under 'Programs for Subud'. 2010 WORLD SUBUD COUNCIL MEETING IN BRITAIN The World Subud Council met from August 2 - 8, 2010, in parallel with the Subud Britain Family Holiday and Congress and following the Zone 3 Meeting . We thank Subud Britain for their kind invitation. The minutes, some appendices and various reports from Council members and WSA services are available on the World Subud Council page (under the 'WSA Resources for Members' tab). REPORT ON NGO MEETINGS RELATED TO THE UN, by Osanna Vaughn On April 28th Katherine Carré and Amalia Rasheed attended the UN NGO Committee meeting on Spiritual Values and Global Concerns (CSVGC); on the 29th, joined by Sharifin Gardiner, they also attended the Committee on the Environment. One of the WSA Forum’s programmes is to prepare potential participation of Subud members in the UN Earth Summit 2012 and so it was recommended and agreed that SDIA become a founding member of this newly formed Committee on the Environment. Sharifin is now one of four vice chairs. On May 3rd, 2010, Amalia and I then met with the steering committee of the Coalition in Support of a UN Decade of Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, Understanding and Cooperation for Peace, and other member NGOs. The WSA was invited to join this coalition back in 2009, and Amalia and I had already participated in a meeting with them in Melbourne, immediately prior to the Parliament of World Religions at the beginning of December, 2009. All in all, our experience in Geneva shows that, if we move forward carefully and in an attentive manner, we will gradually come to find the most useful place and way for Subud to be active and interact with other NGOs, UN Agencies and International Fora, as part of our intention to join the world community in looking at and dealing with the challenges of our times. To read the complete report visit the 'External Relations' page under 'WSA Activities' or click on the title above. QUARTERLY REPORTS: Luke Penseney, WSA Chair, has written a First Quarter Report along with Maxwell Fraval, Executive Chair, and the executive Fashionation, World Congress 2010
 RE-VISIONING THE SUBUD INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (SICA), March 2010 The complete Re-Visioning paper is available here and visit the culture page of this site for more information. Latifah Taormina, the SICA Chair, writes: "'Begin' may not have the cachet of other words in our Subud lexicon. Yet, it is at the heart — and start — of what we really DO in Subud. And as the latihan also shows us, we must repeatedly “begin” to really grow. So now we begin — again — with SICA. Our re-visioning process will look at ways for SICA...to partner with dedicated and committed groups of people from all over the world that wish to be involved and active in the sharing process of one or more aspects related to Spirituality, Inspiration, Creativity and Action." THE NEW SUBUD ENTERPRISE SERVICES INTERNATIONAL (SESI) BEGINS TO EMERGE, March 2010 The complete press release is available here. We plan to work towards understanding and building a long-term, strategic role for SESI in supporting the development of business enterprises worldwide, and employing business expertise across our Association. We are working with others to explore the history and lessons learned from our SESI and enterprise initiatives in the past. We want to avoid re-inventing the wheel; to build on successes, and learn from any past mistakes. Our work plan is evolving from the objectives and projects expressed by WSA. We welcome any and all inputs. THE SESI Ruslan Morris: rmorris@clubbali.com Harris Madden: harris@madden.net Rashad Pollard: pollardrr@aol.com Read more about entrepreneural and project support here. 2010 WORLD CONGRESS OUTCOMES:  The 13th World Congress in Christchurch, New Zealand was held from January 4 - 18. Much has transpired, with many ongoing ideas being more fully developed and new activities and ideas coming into play.
"Overall the Christchurch Congress showed me at least that Bapak's ideas - which I believe could usher in a different perception of the world, a New Paradigm, a genuinely New Age - are becoming of more interest to more Subud siblings at last." - Salamah Pope, Australia "The young have grown up. They listen and they learn, and they often are clearer and cleaner than their parents." - Santa Raymond, UK "My mother turned 91 last December and the first of January had a stroke. ...Yet she was acutely aware of the events that arose early in Christchurch. I started watching the videos that were appearing on Subud Congress TV..." Martha Cortés, Colombia.
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