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1 23.48
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2 *Court and Prison Register*
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3
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4 [York meeting attender] had a contract with the Church Commissioners
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5 cancelled mid-way through for "attending Quaker worship and refused to
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6 give any assurance that she would cease to do so"
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7
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8 Change name to "Record of Sufferings" and expand the scope? We'll
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9 come back to that, some hard boundary questions...
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10
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11 *Diversity*
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12
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13 "Sometimes [I don't] feel at home among Friends, but I do feel at
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14 home in Meeting for Worship"
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15
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16 1) Does anybody have a claim on the universal / baseline?
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17
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18 2) Do Quakers think that everyone should aspire to become middle
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19 class by middle age?
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20
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21 3) What makes for a welcoming welcome?
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22
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23 Overall, what are the weaknesses inherent in my [privileged] position?
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24 [I.e. what do I have to _gain_ from diversity?]
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25
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26 ----------------
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27 [Does an unselfconscious internal question along the lines of "would I
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28 like to be friends with this person" get in the way of an effective
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29 welcome?]
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30 ----------------
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31 *Vibrancy*
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32
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33 See papers for lengthy report, of little interest to us IMO
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34
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35 Median size (wrt Members) of LMs down from 24 -> 18 over last 10 years
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36 OTOH More LMs have childrens' meetings
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37 16 Younger Friends groups
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38
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39 Goal is to reinvigorate Quakerism
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40
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41 Trustees: How to take forward the benefits:
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42
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43 "How best [can] the essence of the vibrancy work help us achieve
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44 the priorities that we have identified towards 'A simple church
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45 supported by a simple charity to re-invigorate Quakerism'. We have
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46 to find an affordable, sustainable and spirit-led solution for the
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47 whole of the yearly meeting and not only in the pilot areas."
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49 Some interest in the idea that not all Central-Managed Work has to be
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50 managed by someone actually in the centre (London or, wrt Woodbrooke,
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51 Birmingham).
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52
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53 [Option 4 vs option 5 as crisis team or towards a new normal? Compare
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54 aid charities which focus on helping after the earthquake/crop
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55 failure/flood to rebuild the schools/provide food and seed corn/dry
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56 things out and rebuild and once they've done that go home with aid
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57 charities which fund agricultural development workers and scholarships
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58 for medical school]
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59
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60 [Individual VW staff need some modest amount of discretionary
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61 spending]
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63 [Risk register: lack of a transmissable Quaker culture
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64 Woodbrooke: big drop in Quaker attendance at Woodbrooke events]
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