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1 *Meeting for Sufferings*
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3 6 April 2019
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5 Henry S. Thompson, SE Scotland AM representative
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7 All the papers for the meeting are available online at
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9 https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/mfs-2019-04-agenda--papers-package
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11 The minutes and other follow-up material are available from
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13 https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/mfs-2019-04-follow-up-packagev4
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15 Not really much to report from this meeting.
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17 The major item of interest was a summary of the external review of the
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18 Vibrancy project, and Trustees' considerations of whether and if so how
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19 it might be continued.
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21 The goal of the Vibrancy project is to "reinvigorate Quakerism":
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22 https://www.quaker.org.uk/our-organisation/support-for-meetings/vibrancy-in-meetings
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24 The problem: Median size (wrt Members) of LMs down from 24 -> 18 over
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25 last 10 years
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27 Trustees: How to take forward the benefits:
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29 "How best [can] the essence of the vibrancy work help us achieve
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30 the priorities that we have identified towards 'A simple church
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31 supported by a simple charity to re-invigorate Quakerism'. We have
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32 to find an affordable, sustainable and spirit-led solution for the
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33 whole of the yearly meeting and not only in the pilot areas."
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34
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35 Some interest in the idea that not all Central-Managed Work has to be
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36 managed by someone actually in the centre (London or, wrt Woodbrooke,
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37 Birmingham).
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38
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39 *Report from Trustees*
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41 Apparently we have, or rather Trustees have, a Risk Register. Two
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42 entries in it caught my attention:
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43
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44 * With respect to Britain Yearly Meeting as a whole: the "lack of a
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45 transmissable Quaker culture";
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46
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47 * With respect to Woodbrooke: a recent big drop in Quaker attendance
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48 at Woodbrook events.
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