Following the distribution by the World Congress Logistics Office of registration materials, the Universal House of Justice received some inquities regarding the costs of the travel and hotel arrangements connected with the event.
In reviewing afresh all the details of these arrangements, the House of Justice was prompted to share the following points which we have been instructed to convey to you. New York is one of the most complex cities in the world, combining both the good and evil of modern civilization. The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States with the assistance of its Logistics Office, acting under the direction of the Universal House of Justice, has engaged in prolonged and difficult negotiations to hire an adequate Congress site for some 30, attendants, to acquire space for auxiliary activities, to effect binding contracts for sufficient hotel rooms and for travel arrangements, to provide the means of transport within the city to and from the Congress sessions, and to provide for the security of the friends.
In making all these arrangements, the National Spiritual Assembly is exerting itself to keep the costs to the minimum and to ensure the maximum possible protection of the friends coming to New York. As you know, a travel agency, Corporate Travel Consultants CTC , with capacities suited to the requirements of the World Congress was appointed to help with the travel and hotel arrangements as described in the registration materials you have received.
As it is important that certain details of the agreement with CTC be generally understood by the friends, the National Spiritual Assembly has been asked to convey these to you. The House of Justice feels that the contractual arrangement between the National Spiritual Assembly and CTC has been carefully conceived, given the complexity and scale of the challenges associated with mounting an event of such magnitude in a place like New York; and even though the friends are free to choose what they will do, it urges them to consider seriously the advantages of the arrangements made by the National Spiritual Assembly.
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