In Germany we have one sole individual who is involved in the external affairs work. And the German National Assembly has far less resources than the Australian National Assembly but they do a very good job because he is smart and he gets around and he talks to people in the Bundestadt and the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the like and they trust him and they like him and he’s a reliable figure. So it is the calibre of the people more than the resources at this point. In the future it won’t necessarily be that way but certainly at the moment it is. We are drawing more and more National Assemblies into having to take part in major activities.
New Zealand is becoming more involved because it has a very crucial role in relation to Iran with trade. So there are a number of things that are expanding.
We bring together a number of representatives of National Assemblies in a place called Acuto, Italy in September/October. They discuss the issues that are before them and they network with each other. So nowadays we’ve reached a point that whenever there is an outbreak of opposition to the Faith in Iran, the National Assemblies, the 7 or 8 key ones pick up the ball immediately, share information using the Internet and the defence occurs within the first 2 or 3 days which is about all the time you’ve got. It has happened with minimal intervention by the House of Justice, which makes us feel real good. Because in the past we had to come and manage the whole thing, telling them what to do, whereas now the network is so good that we can just watch it all happen and get copies of emails back and forth and then fine tune it as we will. We also bring together a number of representatives at a meeting at New Year in the Holy Land where we interact with them and define what we think are the needs and the pressures. We are in that sense actively involved.
(The Need for Bahá'ís of Capacity and Expertise by Peter J. Khan, 2002)
https://bahai-library.com/khan_bahais_capacity_expertise
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