On 10/1/03 11:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Apparently, some decisions may be postponed until there are nine. > Twenty-some years ago, when speaking at the Bosch School in California, > House member Charles Wolcott told us that the House of Justice has several > agendas, including the regular agenda, an emergency agenda, and an agenda > for nine. I don't know if I heard it accurately, and if I did, if this is > still the practice of the House of Justice.
Brent - I was told much the same about 10 years ago by someone who had served at the World Center. He also said that the regular agenda, plus background and research on the individual items, often is a stack of material a foot thick. Rarely do they get thru' all possible items on the daily agenda. At the end of the day, a new stack is prepared for the following day, and it is available for each member to study 'over night'. He also said that some issues are very contentious. When that happens, the first resort is prayer. If that didn't help enough, then it was tabled til the next meeting. He said he heard that it was not unusual for a particular item to be tabled repetedly before a decision was made. Sometimes, a decision had to be made, tho'. In this case, the House of Justice would take a break to walk in the gardens and pray at the Shrine of the Bab before returning to consultation. I can't imagine anyone wanting to serve on the House of Justice. Don C - - - - - He who believes himself spiritual proves he is not. ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
