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On the 3rd of August 2008, 22 friends from the Padawan community including 3 children and 2 junior youths met at Mr. Bonaventure’s home to learn more about the recent Ridvan Message 2008… The turnout was encouraging as not only did 9 members of the local Majlis Rohani attend, but AJKs from every sector in the Padawan area were also present. Most of the information that was shared by the ABM were in line with the 27 Dis messages that outlined the role of the MRT in the development of the clusters.

Two representatives of the Spiritual Assembly of Sarawak, namely, K C Yong and Robert Ting, joined members of the national and local institutions in Bintulu for a 2-day retreat at the Likau National Park on 23 - 24 July 2005.

The institutions involved were Regional Baha’i Council for the Northern Region of Sarawak, Area Growth Committees, and Local Spiritual Assemblies. Among the participants was also an assistant to the Auxiliary Board.

The 2-day retreat was held to prepare the friends for the launching of an intensive programme of growth in the Bintulu Cluster before the end of the year. The participants studied documents related to growth and discussed on the institutional set-up necessary for such growth as well the strategies required to advance to the next stage of growth in their cluster.

At the end of a recent retreat held in Ranchan Pool Resort, about 70 km from the state capital Kuching, four additonal clusters have been considered for possible launching of Intensive Programme of Growth (IGP).

Presently, there are only two clusters which have launched IGP, namely, Kuching and Miri clusters, which started their first cycle of growth in March and April this year, respectively. Both clusters are now nearing the end of their first cycle and will soon be preparing for the launching of their respective second cycle.

Dateline: Thu, 2 Sep 2004:
This is to inform that the Continental Board of Counsellors in Asia has accepted request for resignation of Mr. Kantha Kumar Ramasamy from serving as Auxiliary Board Member for Miri Town. The Board is grateful for the service he rendered to the Board and trusts that he will continue his dedicated [...]

The newly elected and appointed Regional Council members of both the northern and southern region had a joint meeting with Counsellors, members of the National Spiritual Assembly and the Auxiliary Board on the weekend of 27-28 December 2003, in Kuching. Initially the meeting looked like “business as usual”, but towards the end of it most participants realized and admitted that the councils would bear heavy responsibility in the future unlike that of their predecessors, the regional teaching committees.

From 17 till 27 November, Auxiliary Board Member Mr. Bunsie Tunton made a ten-day trip to the northern region by driving the family van all the way to Rh. Ansok, Sg. Kelabit in the Bakong area. He was accompanied by wife Bari and their three children. For Bari it was more like a happy reunion after a long separation. In her report about the trip, Bari wrote that their visit coincided with the Reflection Meetings organised by the Area Teaching Committees. At Rh. Ansok, representatives from ten communities in the Bakong-Tinjar Cluster attended the reflection meeting held on 19 Nov. The friends studied the 26 Nov 2001 document from the International Teaching Centre and the 2002 Ridvan Message.