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1 *Court & Prison Register*
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3 Some 14 Friends are reported as arrested in connection with 1 or more
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4 alleged offences undertaken as part of Extinction Rebellion actions.
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5 5 of these are from SE Scotland Area Meeting:
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7 Cath Dyer
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8 Justin Kenrick
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9 Saul Kenrick
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10 Lesley Morrison
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11 Eva Schonveld
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12
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13 Please hold these Friends in the Light as they prepare for their
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14 trials.
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15
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16 *Gender diversity*
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17
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18 Sufferings are going to consider this matter in more detail in our
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19 October meeting.
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20
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21 The background for this is QLCC's November statement _Quakers and
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22 gender diversity_ and YFGM's _YFGM minute and values statement_. The
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23 YFGM value statement is at least in part a response to the QLCC
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24 statement.
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25
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26 We are asked "to encourage Friends [to reflect on these statements
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27 and] to explore this in our local Quaker communities."
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28
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29 My personal view is that it is the very politically-charged issue of
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30 shared spaces that is implicated in conflicting interpretation of the
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31 wordings where it is felt that "the two statements contradict".
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32
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33 Although the MfS agenda quoted above continues "... perhaps using the
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34 resource provided at the end of this paper." I doubt that this issue
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35 can be explored without participation from both sides of the matter,
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36 as third party assertions of the form "feminists think X" or
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37 "trans-rights people think Y" are rarely either accurate or useful.
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38
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39 QLCC are happy to receive submissions, which will be treated
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40 confidentially if so requested, from individuals and Meetings on this
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41 matter.
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42
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43 *Sustainability*
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44
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45 Three thoughtful minutes received. I particularly like the _West
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46 Weald AM Statement from the Quaker Meeting for Worship held at the
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47 Extinction Rebellion camp at Marble Arch, Easter Sunday, 21st April
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48 2019_. MfS takes no action to speak of.
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49
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50 QPSWCC is trying to raise 75K to keep support for Sanctuary Everywhere
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51 via Sanctuary Meetings going for another year.
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52
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53 *Trustees*
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54
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55 Joint full-day meeting with Woodbrooke Trustees on "taking forward the
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56 benefits of the Vibrancy Project".
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57
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58 [blamed it on us, for saying we thought Vibrancy and devolved projects
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59 were working well "very strongly" "being encouraged to be bold" [!]]
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60
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61 Joint statement: "a meeting-centred approach to providing support can
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62 deepen our worship and transform our communities".
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63
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64 "We share the aspiration to
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65
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66 a) extend and expand the current model of Locally Based Development
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67 workers so that there is a local development worker within reach
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68 of every Meeting in Britain within 5 years.
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69
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70 b) work rapidly towards more local support for Meetings and begin
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71 to experiment with new regional bases, hubs or clusters."
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72
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73 Details still "totally up in the air". Not a cookie-cutter, same
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74 thing is not going to work everywhere.
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75
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76 [Area Meeting that has a lot of money, could fund a worker for 'us'
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77 and the next door AM]
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78
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79 "Evolution not revolution" [she would, wouldn't she]
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80
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81 Going to use reserves to cover the [short-term] overspend.
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82
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83 Transition planning in hands of Management Meeting.
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85 Q: what's meant by "within reach of" [Roy Stevenson]?
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86 CN: [that's challenging]
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87 PP: [reaching out _to_ Meetings][HST: Ah, so it's _peripatetic_ pastors :-]
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89 HST: The cost is not just financial -- we are admitting we can no
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90 longer say that we take care our of our business ourselves, we have to
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91 pay someone to do it for us.
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92
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93 [The big meetings are dwindling the most -- ref. average size dropping]
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94
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95 Staffing impact - we're not closing Friends House! Management C'ttee
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96 are working actively on what will be devolved, where/when/how this
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97 will happen, what IT infrastructure is needed. Hubs/clusters/bases
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98 important for staff welfare: 100% lone-working is not always an easy
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99 life.
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