THE SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA’IS OF TORONTOANNUAL REPORTRIDVAN 164 - RIDVAN 16521 April 2007 - 20 April 2008APPENDIX 2SIGNIFICANT EVENTS DURING PAST YEAR

These include the following events, listed chronoligically, some of which were called by the National Spiritual Assembly or the Baha'i Council:• Meeting with Mr. Siamak Hariri regarding the Chile Temple project, June 2007• BNASAA seminar on “Spirituality and Sexuality”, September 2007• Meeting of Counsellor Dan Scott with parents and teachers of children’s classes,October 2007• Regional institutional conferences, May and November 2007• National Memorial Service for Hand of the Cause of God ‘Ali-Muhammad Varqa,December 2007• Winter School on “Divine Civilization” – December 2007• Meetings in English and Persian with representative of the National Spiritual Assemblyregarding the National Fund, February 2008• Symposium on spiritual education of children and junior youth, March 2008• Course on public speaking, January – February 2008

APPENDIX 3COMMUNITY STATISTICS

(as of 16 April 2008)Baha'i population: 1744Adult Population: 1440Youth Population: 120Junior Youth: 41Child Population: 131Unknown Age: 8Moved into Toronto: 51Transferred out of Toronto: 20Enrolments: 44Youth Affirmations: 13

Child Registrations: 9Marriages: 12Deaths: 5Births: 11Resignations: 1International Pioneers: 8Pioneers within Toronto: 16Travelling Teachers: data not availableAssembly Meetings: 42

APPENDIX 4LIST OF APPOINTED AGENCIES DURING B.E. 164Assembly Appointed Agencies During Past Year

Care CommitteeCABS (Campus Association for Baha'i Studies)Centre Management CommitteeCluster Growth CommitteeCounseling Committee - EastCounseling Committee - WestDebriefing Taskforce (for pioneers)Deepening CommitteeElections TaskforceExternal Affairs CommitteeFeast Committees (6 committees)Fundraising Taskforce (for Centre Renovation Debt)Funeral ResourcesHiring TaskforceHoly Day CommitteeInformation Technology Coordinator Integration CommitteeToronto List Monitor (listserv)Muslim Enrolment Taskforce Newsletter Persian Gatherings CommitteePre-Marriage Preparation TaskforceSeasonal SchoolsSector Teams/contact personsStatistics Team

Number serving on agencies: 114To contact the above agencies: see newsletter

APPENDIX 5STATISTICS ON THE CORE ACTIVITIES OVER 5 YEAR PERIOD

Number of core activities and of attendance in core activities for each year shown:

Study CirclesChildren's ClassesJunior YouthProgramDevotionalGatheringsDataas of:No.Att.SeekersNo.Att.SeekersNo.Att.SeekersNo.Att.Seekers

Ridvan200462 500 7 10 70 3 23 18 55Ridvan200539 236 17 15 75 4 34 25 350Ridvan200619 148 6 9 55 6+ 4 15 3 32 242 50Ridvan200740 156 34 25 146 65 6 58 29 54 271 28Ridvan200845 122 30 24 126 42 5 32 13 29 261 62

Total number who have taken Ruhi books by the date shown:

Dateas of:Book 1Book 2Book 3Book 4Book 5Book 6Book 7TutorsAnimators

Ridvan2004422 277 158 177 3 107 117Ridvan2005466 305 188 201 3 158 134Ridvan2006482 322 195 225 11 171 147 94 13Ridvan 449 311 193 228 32 169 149 149 32