A new draft was presented based on the input from the IH. The WB should have the Preamble, be simple, light and short, basic distinction of roles, aimed for a person who is holding a role, Subud democracy explained, and to indicate term limit.

Zone 3 Representative updated the board on the appointment of a new Subud Britain Chair Collin Matthew, during their National Congress; and on preparation for Assisi. Zone 8 Representative announced the second virtual Zone 8 gathering in September. The agenda of the meeting included updates from the Working Party on Guidelines for Delegates with inputs from the International Helpers. The WSA 2022 Budget needed to be amended to reflect the change of the WSC Meeting dates from financial year 2022 to 2023. Amendment to the budget was explained by Hannah Baerveldt, and approved by the members of the board. The minutes of the last board meeting in July was approved.

A summary of the congress survey result was prepared and discussed with the team. Site options discussed and a table of possible venues scenarios was prepared for team members to provided their input and rating to reflect the pros and cons of each scenario. using the result of the survey as a basis. A scoring board for each venue/scenario was produced based on the rating. The result of the team’s analysis will be presented to the next Board Meeting.

The other agenda at this meeting was approval of amendments to the MSF 2022 budget by the WSA board of director for the process of the Gran Salon sale. For this agenda, some of the members of the MSF board were present to explain the amendment in MSF 2022 budget. Updates from the working party on the MOU between WSA and SDIA was reported and follow-up action was discussed. The International Helpers Dewan reported and updated the board on their meeting in Porto (14th to 26th June); on the IH’s guidance for the next World Congress, and other activities of the IH which included zoom calls with helpers from around the world sand visit to Bucelas group. The Executive chair reported on the preparation for the 2023 World Subud Council meeting in Kalimantan, to be held on 6th to 14th February 2023. Also reported was the visit (7th- 10th July) of the Executive Chair to the Subud USA Archives Amani center in Washington DC, with the Chair of the WSA Archives Subcommittee, Matthew Moir.

Team members consist of International Helpers, Zone Representatives, and WSA executive officers.

The WSA Executive Committee and the World Congress Organizing Team (WCOT) would like to invite individual Subud members from around the globe to participate in this short survey about world congress attendance.