Rungan Sari

The Management Board is pleased to present the following list (in alphabetical order) of 16 candidates who are willing and eligible to stand for election to the new Management Board of the Rungan Sari Residents Association. We will be asking each candidate to give us a brief profile of themselves this week, and we will send the complete set of profiles to the membership in a week’s time.

Hermia Brockway, Muhammad Bachrun Bustillo, Lorna Dawson Collins, Simon Dick, Utami Geiger, Maji Haryono, Halim Korzybski, Maya Korzybska, Salamah Leclaire, Karim Mcdonald, Mahrus McKingley, Litha Mustafa, Rusdi Noor, Muhammad Mustafa Syafrudin, Gaye Thavisin and Björn Vaughn

The number of Board members that can be elected is seven (7), so you may vote for a slate of up to seven (7) candidates – ie, any number of candidates from one (1) to seven (7). The deadline for voting is the 16th of January 2012. We will announce the results on the 17th of January. Voting is still governed by our Articles of Association, which stipulates vote counting is based on the number of plots each member owns. Each plot counts for one (1) vote per slate of candidates selected. Members may appoint a proxy to vote on their behalf, if they do not wish to vote themselves. The Management Board must be notified in writing (e-mail) of the appointment of a proxy before January 16th.

The Board will select an independent group of two (2) residents to collect, count and compile the votes.  Please send your list of nominees to our e-mail address at mb.rsra@gmail.com .

Thank you all for your participation and interest.

On September 8th Immanuel Bryson-Haynes from our own Rungan Sari ‘in house’ film production company’ Borneo Productions International proudly received the first prize of the Superpitch as part the Annual Asian TV Awards, for their project Jungle Racer.

The competition was tough with finalists travelling to Singapore from all over the Asian region including New Zealand, Malaysia, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Thailand and the Philippines. PT Borneo Productions International were the only representatives from Indonesia.

This is a special competition for film production comp anies and film makers in Asia, BPI were shortlisted in the Formats category which basically is looking for new formats and concepts for TV shows.

The Superpitch judges consisted of top level television professionals from around Asia including Myleeta Aga, General Manager and Creative Head of BBC World wide Productions India and Kevin Dickie, Senior Vice President, Content Group, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific.

The award was celebrated at the Rungan Sari Meeting Centre and Resort, with over 60 people coming to congratulate the team, Hamid da Silva gave an inspiring speach and after dinner an impromptu showing of an extract of the Jungle Racer Trailer as well as some of BPI’s latest films took place and everyone agreed that it was a great party.

The photo (photographer Thomas Perry visiting journalist from the magazine Get Lost) shows the full BPI team….in the middle back, Pierce, Immanuel and Björn, in front Abdul (assistant) and Henny (junior producer) surrounded by Isti and Hamid da Silva (investors) and Ibu Amy (Administration)

BPI are currently in negotiations with major production and distribution companies….so keep a look out for the following updates…

” These are exciting times for BPI, we are at a new junction where a whole new horizon of opportunity is opening up for us” said the happy Immanuel.

Thanks to Thierry Nieto’s donation (see previous article) and Halim Korzybski’s very hard work organizing the cleaning re-surfacing and painting, we are proud to present the upgraded Badminton Court.

As from the 23rd of June, running parallel to the Subud World Council meeting, there will be a gathering in Rungan Sari open to all. On the 24th will be a kejiwaan day, openspace, which will allow all those present to determine and schedule kejiwaan events for the following week. As from the 25th the council meeting is open to observers, but there will be many other things to do. Visit social and agricultural projects and enterprises, take river trips on the Rahai’i Pangun or the Spirit of Borneo, or a simple local canoe around the orangutan islands…..visit the temples, monasteries or mosques…..check out our attractions page for the many things there are to do.

On the 25th in the evening there will be an opening dinner party, to which a number of local dignitaries will be invited, please take care to dress nicely as there is a certain amount of protocol involved. Ibu Rahayu will be coming for a number of days and will give a talk and do some testing. The exact dates will be determined later.

A flexible schedule for the gathering will be posted soon, there will also be cultural events and an evening to Discover Kalimantan.

For more information contact us a kalimantan2011@gmail.com – The Rungan Sari Gathering comittee

Mansur Geiger takes aerial shots of Rungan Sari

Thierry Nieto a Subud member living in the beautiful French pyrenees, spent 2 weeks in Rungan Sari. He had no preconceived idea of what he might find here and certainly it turned into a very intense and active visit. Because he is an outgoing person and open to opportunities his schedule was soon fully booked, he did a number of boats trips (Big and small), visited the BOS centre (Borneo Orangutan Survival), the YUM new farm project, Stephanie Holloway’s cow farm… he also went to the BCU Monday morning assembly as well as the orphanage where Emilie Lapez teaches art once a week. He regularly disappeared on a bicycle driving through the back paths to Sei Gohong and made daring trips on a motorbike to Palangka Raya (rewarded by a good Patin restaurant or two !) Along with all this he managed to play hot games of badminton nearly every afternoon when it was not raining, with residents and youth from the neighboring villages….after all that he did manage to get  in one well deserved massage. His long term contribution is the donation of a badminton net and rackets for the school children as well as the resurfacing and painting of the badminton court for the benefit of all in Rungan Sari. Many people met and spent time chatting with him and we will be happy to see him back here some time. The picture shows Thierry prepared for a trip to the jungle (ha! ha!) fan, cooler and badminton rackets !

Author Rungansari.net team.

Dear Visitors and viewers,

Welcome to the new rungansari.net website. This website has been created to allow, the worldwide Subud community, as well as the many other people who are interested, to find out more about who we are and what we do here. We hope that by visiting this site people will become familiar with the history and the many activities happening here in Rungan Sari, but also that it may entice people to visit as well as strengthen our relationship with the surrounding communities. We have also  tried to put a lot of useful information for those wishing to travel here for short or even longer stays. We are extremely happy to receive your comments, if there is an important feature or piece of information you feel is lacking please let us know click here. We wish to thank everybody who contributed to the creation of this site, especially Pierce Vaughn of Borneo Productions International, who saw the need and persevered through the making of and up to the final delivery.

Author Maya Korzybska, November 2010.

Members of the community in Rungan Sari have decided to organize a number of parties under the title “Mobile Night” *. The idea is that each party will be around a different theme and take place in a different place. The first party at the beginning of September was the Latin Night and took place at Maya and Halim Korzybski’s ‘longhouse’. Alinah Woodhouse desperately tried to teach a number of people how to dance salsa, but improvisation was the name of the game. The following party, the Indian Night, took place at the Rungan Sari resort restaurant and was also a farewell party for Maia Jones, Harris Smart and Evaline  (Lilian) Haitzman, who were all leaving Rungan Sari after longer or shorter stays. Great effort had been made in dressing up and in cooking Indian food; again, there was much music and dancing and, though we may not make it to Bollywood, great fun was had by all. Björn Vaughn (in red in the photo below), in particular, looked very much the part. Future themes are already being suggested, a French Night and a Cowboy Night with the presence of a Line dance expert teacher. So, keep a look out on the calender for the next Mobile Night….   * (c) courtesy Guillaume Sanchez.