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1 Meeting for Sufferings 2018-11-23--2018-11-25 (residential, at Woodbrooke)
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3 [She's doing it again: she's making a procedural argument to put down
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4 a concern from two people, arguing against that concern. It would
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5 have been easy to allow for some more positive response.]
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6
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7 [And again, wrt the YFGM rep contra registering fee-paying schools]
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9 Housekeeping occupied all of Friday evening
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13 QCCIR have been busy, with a very extensive research effort on "The
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14 Changing Face of Faith" [1]. The first part of this was discussed at
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15 a conference in March, there will be another in March 2019 to which
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16 AMs are invited to send representatives: "Area Meetings are encouraged
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17 to send representatives to share local experience and learn for
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18 experience in other parts of the yearly Meeting."
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20 [1] http://www.quaker.org.uk/our-organisation/our-structures/quaker-committee-for-christian-and-interfaith-relations
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22 Framework of Eco Church awards [2] has been a useful organising tool
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23 for some AMs, particularly but not necessarily in an ecumenical
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24 context. But it's only England and Wales :-(
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25
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26 [2] https://ecochurch.arocha.org.uk/
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27
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28 "Quakers just get on and do what they say they're going to do"
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29
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30 Sustainability efforts can drive ecumenical engagement rather than the
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31 other way around (Bristol AM)
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32
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33 Jocelyn B-B, QLCC: Historically, staff initiated and committee
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34 endorsed. That's been changing over the last year, being more
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35 proactive. QLCC is not Quaker Life Representative Council good for
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36 the Reps, helps QLCC, _but_ there's a persistent theme: reporting back
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37 is a depressing topic: AMs are not interested -- How do Sufferings
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38 reps find _their_ task? Do we need to rethink this whole reporting
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39 back thing?
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40
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41 Use email to circulate Sufferings report? How many people read
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42 Sesame?
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43
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44 QPSW: _War School_, ref?
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46 QWRC: _Quakers and Climate Change around the World_ Video
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48 QWRC -> FWCC -> access to UN (Geneva and NYC)
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51 We have Co-Clerks for the BoD Revision!
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52 Rosie Carnall, Sheffield and Balby AM
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53 Catherine Brewer, Northumbria AM, Durham LM
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54 Both birthright, involved with YFGM
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55 [Andrew Williams <a.williams2@exeter.ac.uk>]
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56 -------
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57 Kelly 20.36
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59 Brilliant presentation by Ingrid Greenhow, Clerk to Trustees for just
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60 a bit longer, and Paul Parker, Recording Clerk, on new strategic
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61 priorities, BYM Trustees: see the diagram
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64 Clerk did not intend to pass on ConC Clerk's concerns???
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66 Clerk of Central Nominations told some hard truths about the
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67 differences between the tasks of the two groups.
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69 So _neither_ committee's Clerk agrees with the key (MfS and YM)
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70 recommendations.
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72 "Nominations is the holiest thing we do" [Elsie Dick]
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74 2,3,4 Could be from outside Trustees themselves?
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75
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76 [Should not come back to us w/o Clerks of both CNC and ConC present as
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77 we did with Sustainability group]
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79 We've done our jobs, taking care of BYM in its absence.
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80
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82 We laid down the Sustainability Group, but Liz Birch did not go
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83 quietly, in the best possible way.
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84
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85 She raised again the elephant in the room: what does it actually mean
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86 in concrete practical terms for YM to adopt a concern? Substitute
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87 'AM' for 'YM' and you have something we've know we need to address, if
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88 not how...
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90 "Are [we] ready to be held accountable on how [we] are working towards
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91 sustainability?"
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94 Diversity survey
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96 QLCC Gender diversity paper
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