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1 Devon AM minute: No current investments in West-Bank-active companies,
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2 Investment policy under revue by Trustees.
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4 [Off the record:
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6 1) Reconsidering the way central committees report to Sufferings and
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7 the way Sufferings handles them: this is still being discussed in
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8 the background, and it may be appropriate to review at our
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9 residential meeting in 11/18, perhaps in small (house?) groups.
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11 2) Trustees are gearing up to consider [the value for money of]
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12 Yearly Meeting the event.]
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14 BDRPG
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16 (Paul writes to 2T 1:14 [?] By the Holy Spirit, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.)
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18 They are recommending that we have a full revision.
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20 Merged the 2 books (w/o review of the CG bits) in the 1994 revision.
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22 2014 YM declined to decide, but MfS set up BDRPG to advise Sufferings
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23 about what to do next.
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24
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25 Reading QF&P has been a success (much more than expected)
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26 Engaging
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27 Understanding why revision is appropriate
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28 Listening to differences
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29 Ref. theism/non-theism, but BDRPG don't like the binarism of this,
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30 and find in particular that although non-theism is a label some
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31 adopt for themselves, theism is almost always applied to _others_.
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32 New pamphlet _God, words and us_ from 'theology think-tank'
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34 Discussion with CDAG confirmed that CG parts really need a complete
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35 rewrite.
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36 * Not only are the only completely up-to-date CG parts are online;
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37 * Lots of supplementary information is also available but not
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38 'officially' part of 'the book'
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40 Basic recommendation: separate core from supplementary
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41 E.g. new Chap. 16 (Marriage) -- 1-15 Core, 16-- supplementary
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43 Full vs. partial
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44 "Doing half a job is not a sensible option"
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45 "Opportunity cost of not revising"
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46 "Those to whom the words don't speak"
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47 ['There is nothing that resonates with them']
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48 "Best of the past with what represents the best of the present"
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50 Sufferings _expects_ that if YM agrees, Sufferings will be asked to
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51 appoint (and oversee) a BDRC.
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52
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53 Sufferings endorsed the following summary recommendations and asked
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54 that YM2018 agree the:
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56 the time is right to begin a revision of our book of discipline.
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57 This revision should:
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58
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59 1. begin with, but not be limited to, church government, namely the
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60 sections which focus on our procedures and corporate discipline.
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61
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62 2. divide material between that in the main body of the book, which
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63 lays out principles, and supplementary material, which gives
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64 details.
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65
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66 3. draw on the richness of theological thought in our yearly
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67 meeting, now and historically, seeing diversity as fundamental to
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68 our community, not as a flaw
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69
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70 4. give a Revision Committee the freedom to be creative while
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71 remaining in close contact with the yearly meeting.
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73 [Draft Terms of Reference]
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75 -----
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76 Lobbying Act: Trustees are supporting an exploration of bringing a
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77 case for judicial review to force the passage of an amendment to
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78 remove the vulnerability to retrospective application of the Act in
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79 the case of a snap election. [Bill Moyes, Royal High?]
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80 -----
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81 Contributions are up, a bit, in 2017, and budgetting for that to
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82 happen again in 2018.
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83 -------
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84 *Sanctuary Everywhere Manifesto*
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86 Second draft has come to us. It combines good will and aims with some
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87 inopportune phrasing. MfS offered some further amendments to try to
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88 address this, and then approved its publication.
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90 Adwoa Bittle (GM Clerk) gave an intro to GM, with a lot of good
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91 detail, including our campaigns wrt Fracking, Militarism in Schools
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92 and Economic Justice.
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94 See the GM website: http://www.quakerscotland.org/
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