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3 Margaret Burtt, Penn Club/St. Katharine's: Local arrangements
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4 Siobhan O'Hare, (new) Deputy Recording Clerk
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5 Caroline Nursey, Clerk to YM Trustees.
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6 Katey Stroud, BizDev FH London
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8 (?, Oz) Charney Manor Manager, "OK" financially, but not great, fixed
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9 cost vs. income 23 bedrooms. Residential retreats primary business.
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11 Marie, Claridge House: 70 years. Healing/meditation/mindfulness. 10
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12 rooms in the Main House, annex separate unit. Courses: Group stays,
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13 leaders bring their own group, or Quaker-based. Latter are
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14 struggling.
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15
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16 Matt M... Northumbria AM (Sunderland) Line
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17 manager for all (3) employees. Sold Meeting House, looking to
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18 relocate in redevelopment area downtown. Partnering with a bakery?
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19 Strategic overview of property throughout the AM.
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20
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21 Glenthorne, Cumbria, trustee. Dating to the 1950s. Building leased
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22 from National Trust. Local hotels are a competitor for staff. Staff
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23 salaries up 20%, fees up 15%. Quaker meetings take over for a
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24 weekend. Quaker-interest conferences. Coast-to-coast cycle/hike
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25 overnight. Manager in post for 20+ years. "General Assistant" staff.
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26 Formerly in case of Westmoreland GM, committee of York AM.
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27 Surplus _increasing_, annual turnover ~.5M/annum.
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28 Welcome project, hosting groups sent by local charities.
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29
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30 Friends House sales & marketing, The Quiet Company. Good year last
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31 year, return to BYM.
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33 Priory Rooms (Ltd. Cpy), Birmingham, owned by Central England Quakers,
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34 8 rooms let for hire, also one LM. COVID was difficult. 11 staff,
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35 full- and part-time. Exhausted reserves, loan from CEQ, not yet drawn
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36 on. Managing 4 meeting houses for the AM.
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38 Manchester & Warrington, 5 meeting houses, 1 big, 11 rooms for
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39 letting, other 4 much smaller. CM Open 0830-2130, 4 caretakers,
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40 manager, arrangements staff. Manager about to change. Filling roles
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41 difficult, business manager separate, unfilled. Admin role vacant as
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42 well. Daytime business good, evenings not so much. Manchester
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43 Council, NHS big clients [!]. Turnover nearly back to pre-COVID.
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44 AM with a wholely-owned trading subsidiary, senior staff jointly
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45 appointed. .25MGBP _loan_ from AM to trading company.
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47 Sheffield Central MH, three other local buildings. Mostly letting to
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48 small community organisations, so big COVID hit. "Small office" for
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49 employability classes, funded by DWP? City-centre network sharing
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50 customers. Events, with security and CCTV.
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51
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52 Swarthmore Hall closed since COVID. Re-opening in 2024. Lost
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53 manager. Primarily self-catering cottages, plus pilgrimages focussed
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54 on the Hall.
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56 Fergal, Penn Club and Claridge House.
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57 ---------------
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58 *Board session*
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59 [Nursey and Stroud]
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60 - The future of Quakerism & Our centres
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61 - General Tensions Between Governance and Staff
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62 [York person] Bigger outfits can manage these things more easily
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63 Or, smaller makes it harder
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64 [CN] Clarity about expectations at the trustee/staff boundary
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66 [Matt] "The primary use of this building is as a place of public
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67 worship" A self-interest charity: our charitable purpose is to support
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68 our worship and our values...
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70 *Governance*
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71 Paul Waterhouse, Quaker Life/Friends House
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72 MoUs between AM (Trustees) and LM. [do we have such things? Terms of
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73 Reference for committees, e.g. MHMC]
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74 "Area Meetings have become less important in many areas"
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75 Legacies to LM can be a problem as a result.
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76 Tensions emerged at YM2023, particularly Trustees _vis a vis_ Sufferings
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77 One BYM AM is still its own 'trustee'.
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78 Roger Sturge ministry at YM2023
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79 Making "A simple charity in support of a simple church".
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80 Avoiding a decision because then we have to own it.
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81 "You can make the decision"
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82 Which bodies are there / boundaries clear / tension?
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83 Would a document make things clearer?
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84 "We assume we have an understanding of how it works"
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85 Narrate the process of Clerking
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86 "It's not personal"
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87 Treat each person you meet in your 'official' capacity _de novo_.
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88 Remember that they may well see you as your role, even if they know
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89 you.
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90 "Accountable to Trustees, work for the Area Meeting" Matt
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92 *Protected characteristics/beliefs*
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93 Religion/Religious belief/Philosophical belief
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96 *Thoughts for us*
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97 CAB Outreach / surgery ?
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98 Liverpool had a cafe...
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99 HST to introduce his/our understanding of the process and the
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100 structure at 6 June meeting
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101 Need to get agenda out for that:
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102 * Item to review and agree roles and responsibilities
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103 * Item for Neil to report on Letting policy progress
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104 * Item for Miranda's responsibilities and disconnect with what's
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105 actually happening
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106 * Item for BizDev
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108 *Venue/Organisation*
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110 Big difference between the residential places and the Meeting Houses,
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111 not much in common, waste of each others time?
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