As the principal purpose of Convention, apart from the
election of the National Spiritual Assembly, is the consultation of the
delegates with the National Spiritual Assembly, as much time as possible should
be made available for the delegates to consult. It is clear that the exigencies
of modern life limit the length which is practicable for a National Convention
but you may wish to consider starting your Convention on the Friday evening at
the latest so that the delegates may gather and deal with the preliminaries,
thus enabling them to begin the full work of the Convention first thing on the
Saturday morning. Naturally, any introductions of subjects or presentation of
matters to the Convention should be kept as brief as possible to allow the
greatest amount of time for consultation and you may therefore find it helpful
to provide a number of reports to the delegates in advance in written form.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 6 July 1971 to a National
Spiritual Assembly; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. III, The National
Convention)