Baha’i National Convention UK

Our Baha’i National Convention opened in the North Wales Victorian seaside resort of Llandudno this afternoon at 2 p.m. (By the way, the town’s name is very approximately pronounced “thlandidno” - very approximately, that is.)

Convention from a delegate’s viewpoint

National Convention is one of the most important occasions in the Baha’i administrative year. Delegates elected by all adult Baha’is in 95 units across the UK come together to consider the annual report of the National Spiritual Assembly, the community’s national governing council, for the previous year, to consult about the Baha’i community’s work for the coming year, and to take part in electing the National Assembly.

Manchester delegate Darren Smith addresses Convention

Delegates Julia Havilland and Minou Cortazzi think about what they are hearing

This year’s delegates have a special responsibility. The nine people they elect tomorrow to serve on the National Spiritual Assembly will travel to the Baha’i World Centre in Haifa, Israel, in April next year as delegates on behalf of the UK Baha’is to take part in the election of the Baha’i international governing council, the Universal House of Justice. These delegates will play their part in linking the grassroots of the community to the community’s most senior administrative body.

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