The Hands of the Cause at their London Conclave last May
decided that Auxiliary Board members should be free of administrative
responsibilities in order to devote their full energies to their work as Board
members. Those Board members serving on National Assemblies were therefore
requested to decide, before Ridvan 1964, in which capacity they could best
serve the Cause…
… Should Board members still be elected on National
Assemblies after the above explanation, it should rest with each Board member
to decide which of the two functions he feels best suited to perform. The
Universal House of Justice, therefore, approves the request made by the Hands
of the Cause to their Board members that they choose between the two functions.
- The Universal House of Justice (from a letter to all
National Spiritual Assemblies dated 25 November 1963; ‘Messages from
the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986)