From: The Southeast Regional Baha’i Council Newsletter ‘Update’,
November 2016
What is a grouping of adjoining clusters?
"In some regions that stretch across a large territory,
Councils have made arrangements for nurturing the development of groups of
adjoining clusters. Meanwhile, in smaller countries that do not require the
establishment of Regional Councils, National Assemblies are increasingly giving
thought to ways of helping clusters advance, in some instances by forming a
working group charged with this task; you are encouraged to stimulate learning
in this area, with the aim that, in due course, formal structures can be
defined that would assume this responsibility in much the same way that
Councils do in other countries." - The Universal House of Justice (Dec 29,
2015)
What are the groupings in the Southeast?
The Southeast region has identified nine groupings, one in
Mississippi, one in Alabama, three in Florida, two in Georgia and two in South
Carolina. On the average there are nine clusters in each grouping, the majority
being milestone ones as of the beginning of the Five Year Plan. The grouping
maps for the Southeast region is shown in the Council website
www.rbcsoutheast.org. The color coding corresponds to programs of growth
(milestone ones, yellow) and intensive programs of growth (milestone two's,
blue) respectively. One cluster within each grouping is designated as reservoir
cluster with the expectation that it would supply the flow of resources with
knowledge and experience to the remaining clusters within the grouping.
