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1 Finance report -- overall summary: same deficit as last year, about
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2 750,000GBP, out of 11MGBP. A further 2MGBP is available from 'legacy
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3 funding' for new projects. The Hospitality Company represents nearly
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4 1/2 of centrally-funded staff, but turns a profit for us as a whole,
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5 which goes for our 'charitable work'.
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6
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7 QCEA revised its constitutional arrangements. What is our role in
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8 Europe as Brexit unrolls? Our commitment is to Europe as a community,
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9 not an institution. Our calling is to work for peace in Europe as
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10 elsewhere.
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11
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12 We are by far the largest YM in Europe, and the others want (and need)
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13 it to continue.
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14
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15 Governance structure: 'General assembly' replaces 'Council', still
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16 representative assembly of all participating YMs. Strategic
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17 direction, spiritual guidance. Executive Committee
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18 established, as-it-were Board of Directors/Trustees. Appoint
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19 Director, manage resources in keeping with strategic direction.
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20
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21 Programme: Primary focus on peace, new appointment to lead this.
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22 Second focus on human rights. Quaker House (owned by BYM) enables
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23 these well, to focus less on campaigning, more on quiet diplomacy:
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24 intervening carefully on an individual/small group off-the-record
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25 exchanges, on the QUNO model. "Going where only Quakers, as a peace
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26 church, can go.".
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27
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28 Accountability/reporting back. More representation, on both bodies,
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29 more reporting.
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30
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31 _Eight_ reports and Epistles from other European YMs!
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32 ----------
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33 Cornwall AM Decriminalisation
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35 Lots of feedback, but no unity, either among AMs or at MfS. In
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36 particular, no instruction for any central action in aid of Cornwall's
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37 hope that this consultation "will lead to BYM agreeing to support
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38 decriminalisation and issuing a statement to that effect".
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39
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41 BoD RPG: Will now _recommend_ a new BoD, because CG parts are 'not fit
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42 for purpose'. This would come to YM in 2018.
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43
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44 Two aspects of CG part -- principles and background on the
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45 one hand, and details of operational processes -- the first in The
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46 Book, the rest in 'handbooks', responsiblity for which should be
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47 delegated to MfS.
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48
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49 (Questionnaire for office holders?)
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51 Reading QF&P project very successful, feedback request wrt "What have
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52 you learned?" coming soon.
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54 Vision for a Criminal Justice System
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55
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56 Consultative process, _lots_ of feedback, see MfS website
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57 ----------
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58 Quaker Life report -- Elephant in the room!
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60 Pastoral and spiritual care of mobile younger friends/isolated friends
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61 FWCC
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