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1 *Meeting for Sufferings*
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2
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3 7 December 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-2019-12-agenda-papers
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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-2019-12-follow-up-package
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14
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15 *Annual Reports*
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16
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17 We received annual reports (all in the linked-to agenda above) from
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18 the four 'standing' committees: Quaker Life Central Committee (QLCC),
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19 Quaker Peace and Social Witness Central Committee (QPSWCC), Quaker
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20 Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relations (QCCIR) and Quaker
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21 World Relations Committee (QWRC), and had some thoughtful
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22 deliberation, but no action was called for.
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23
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24 *QCCIR and Churches Together in England (CTE)*
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26 The most surprising bit of information concerned our membership in
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27 CTE, the the English constitutent of the Christian ecumenical bodies
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28 in the UK. In brief, the same-sex marriage issue has led to our
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29 representative being uninvited from attendance. Details in CIRCular
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30 [1] and press statements from BYM and CTE [2]. We were led to
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31 Re-affirmi the legitimacy of our presence in the ecumenical movement,
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32 while rejecting the relevance of an individual's sexuality in making
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33 appointments: We're committed to the ecumenical project for the long
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34 haul.
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35
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36 *Has the word 'overseer' had its day?'
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38 Maybe yes, maybe no... An Area Meeting raised this question, we
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39 declined to take a position, deferring to the Book of Discipline
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40 Revision process.
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41
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42 *Central Nominations*
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44 We returned to a proposal which we knocked back at our meeting in
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45 November 2018, now revised. We agreed to combine the work of the
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46 existing Committee on Clerks and Central Nominations Committee.
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48 The result is a larger single body (a "new Central Nominations
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49 Committee") with flexible sub-structure replacing the two separate
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50 bodies, nominating:
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51
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52 * Clerks of YM and MfS
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54 * Other regular central roles: No central public list of posts for
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55 which the existing or new groups are responsible exists, but
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56 here's a partial list, being those appointed at YM in May 2019
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57 (with actual numbers):
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59 Britain Yearly Meeting Trustees (6)
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60 Yearly Meeting Agenda Committee (5)
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61 Yearly Meeting Arrangements Committee (3)
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62 Yearly Meeting Elders (9)
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63 Yearly Meeting Epistle Drafting Committee (6)
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64 Quaker Stewardship Committee (5)
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65 Yearly Meeting Agenda Committee (3)
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66 Yearly Meeting Pastoral Care Group (1)
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67 Yearly Meeting Publications Group for Quaker faith & practice (1)
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69 * _Ad-hoc_ roles, e.g. review groups (at least 1 or 2 small ones per
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70 year) and occasionally big (Review of Yearly Meeting, coming up,
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71 with 4 _ex officio_ members and 4 to be nominated) to very big
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72 (Book of Discipline Revision, 20+ members)
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74 *Budget*
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76 In her introduction, underlining the vulnerability to aging that we
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77 face, the YM Treasurer said that five people, giving 8,000GBP between
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78 them, contribute 30% of the her Area Meeting's income.
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80 As a result of the plans for Meeting-centred support, the budget
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81 projects a deficit, and is expected to do so for some years forward,
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82 so reserves will be lowered.
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84 [1] https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/circular-2019-12
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85 [2] https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/churches-plan-for-new-president-falters-because-of-same-sex-marriage