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1 To: Juliet Prager <Julietp@quaker.org.uk>
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2 Cc: Paul Parker <RC@quaker.org.uk>
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3 Subject: Two agenda points for Sufferings on Saturday
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4 From: ht@inf.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson)
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5 User-Agent: Gnus/5.1012 (Gnus v5.10.12) XEmacs/21.5-b34 (linux)
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6 Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:47:15 +0000
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7 Message-ID: <f5b7eu7vke4.fsf@troutbeck.inf.ed.ac.uk>
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8 --text follows this line--
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9 [Juliet, could you please forward this to Margaret Bryan and Anne
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10 Ullathorne, I can't immediately find email addresses for them. Thanks]
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12 1) I haven't checked ever possible document, but looking at this year's
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13 draft Annual Report for Sufferings, I was reminded of Jocelyn Bell
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14 Burnell's challenge to us back in December of last year, to consider
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15 whether our approach to reports from central committees was working
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16 well. MFS/16/12/20 refers:
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18 We have heard of the positive relationship which has been developed
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19 between QLCC and BYM Trustees and have been challenged to consider how
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20 we as Meeting for Sufferings can work more effectively with QLCC.
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21
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22 We recognise that this is an area that needs more work and ask our
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23 Arrangements Group to do some initial thinking on this, liaising with
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24 QLCC as appropriate, and to report back to us.
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26 I note that in the follow-up mailing to that meeting, the minutes of
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27 MfSAG for 2016-12-12 acknowledges this
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29 We noted our minute 2016.12.40 about Quaker Life Central Committee
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30 (QLCC) in which MfSAG is asked to do some initial thinking on the ways
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31 in which MfS can work more effectively with QLCC and will return to
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32 this in due course.
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34 But I can't find any sign that this has happened, or any mention in the
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35 most recent MfSAG minutes that we plan to -- have I missed something?
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36
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37 2) In the Trustee's Minutes of 21 September (MfS 2017 12 13b, item
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38 BYMT-2017-09-08) I see
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40 We feel that the time may be right to look at the purpose Yearly
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41 Meeting in the life of the Society of Friends, including whether
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42 different formats may be appropriate in future.
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43
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44 and a little further on
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45
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46 We agree that Ingrid Greenhow should prepare a paper and that she
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47 should represent us at [YMAC of 28 October].
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49 Was this with reference to that earlier point?
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51 In any case, could we hear a bit more about this issue? If feels like
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52 something we should be involved with.
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54 Thanks,
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