May 2011 - Subud Voice

The Foundation is especially needing and seeking Subud members with experience in:
(1) fundraising; (2) communications/PR/graphics; and (3) in South America and/or Africa with fluency in Spanish and/or
French.
National committees and World Subud Council members may send their nominations, accompanied with CV and references,
to the MSF Administrator, Lillian Shulman: lillianshulman@netscape.net. The deadline for nominations is 31
March 2011. Please refer to the Foundation website for a description of the role, responsibilities and qualifications
expected of a trustee at www.msubuhfoundation.org and visit the 'news' section.
WSA visit to Puebla Mexico Maya Korzybska writes...
Luke Penseney (WSA chair ) and Maya Korzybska (WSA Executive team) travelled to Puebla Mexico in April, to participate
in their national congress and zone 7 meeting, as well as to meet and work for the first time with the World
Congress Organizing Team.
The next Subud World Congress will take place during the northern hemisphere summer of 2014, in the beautiful city of
Puebla, Mexico. The exact dates will probably be fixed during the upcoming Subud World Council meeting, 23rd June
to July 1st in Rungan Sari, Kalimantan.
This first meeting was to establish a project schedule and retro-planning right up to the World Congress, as well a communications
process between the WSA Executive and COT. The immediate priorities are related to the legal structure
that needs to be set up to host the World Congress, negotiations with local authorities and finalizing agreements for the
booking of the main congress venues, as well as meetings with the federal authorities to ensure that we do not have the
visa problems for certain countries that we had in New Zealand. Building the on-line registration program and website
are another of the immediate priorities.
During the Zone 7 meeting, were established some of the areas that other countries of the zone will take on specifically
to support the Congress Organizing Team in Mexico. For reports and news from these meetings check out
www.subudworldnews
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Thanks to Rashid From the WSA Executive...
Thanks to Rashid Butte, the former webmaster for www.subud.com who
has retired. We are grateful to Rashid for his many years of dedication
and service.
Rashid reminisces about creating the site: “I started working on [the
website] right around the time the 'world wide web' began, around 1992
- 1993. I was creating one of the early intranets for the company I
worked for, and realized Subud needed to get a show on the road -- er --
on the information highway. Harun Murray, then ISC Chair, wanted to
have a good face on the web...and having developed expertise, I guess
he thought I was the logical one to run with it officially.
I remember getting the Subud symbol done right thanks to the help of
members in Portland and Vancouver. There was discussion regarding the
exact geometry of the Subud symbol [this being the first time the symbol
was on the web] -- but we went with the existing format. Then it
was a matter of getting the domain.
Originally, my vision was to have basic introductions to Subud in as
Rashid Butte
many languages as possible, in as simple [read fast over slow dial-up] a format as possible, for as many people around
the world who might be searching for something. I really wanted the presentation to be like the latihan -- clean, light,
simple, not a lot of jazz or 'stuff' -- just pure clean content. That's why it stayed the same for so long.”
[NOTE: WSA’s public website was originally ‘subud.org’ and became ‘subud.com’ in 2009, allowing the .org domain to
become a resource site for members. The site is now maintained by the Web Services Shop.]
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SUBUD VOICE PAGE 20 MAY 2011