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1 *QLCC report*
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2
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3 Gender diversity: five personal statements, very powerful
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4 Consultation period ending soon
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5
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6 [Very brief report, some concern about this]
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7
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8 *QPSWCC report*
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9
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10 Four topics in report: Sanctuary Everywhere, Climate Emergency,
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11 Peace Education and Conciliation (Turning the Tide)
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12
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13 Strategic review underway
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14
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15 Presentation focussed on Climate Justice & COP26
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16 "Zero-carbon Britain" course and resource were mentioned [1]
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17 "Ecological footprint" ditto [2]
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18
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19 [_very_ brief]
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20
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21 Will 'witness' be included in the remit of "local development workers"?
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22
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23 *QWRC report*
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24
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25 Europe and Middle East is around 10% of world Friends (377K),
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26 Africa more than half.
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27
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28 Intervisitation?
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29
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30 *QCCIR report*
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31
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32 Meeting in Limerick very successful
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33
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34 CTE catastrophe: we've been empty-chaired over the same-sex
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35 marriage issue, details in CIRcular [3] and press statements [4]
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36 Re-affirming the legitimacy of our presence in the ecumenical movement
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37 Rejecting the relevance of an individual's sexuality in making appointments
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38 We're in it for the long haul
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39
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40 *Has the word 'overseer' had its day?'
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41
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42 Maybe yes, maybe no...
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43
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44 *Central Nominations*
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45
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46 A larger single body (a "new Central Nominations Committee") with
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47 flexible sub-structure replacing two separate bodies, nominating:
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48
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49 Clerks of YM and MfS
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50
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51 Other regular central roles: No central public list of posts for which the
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52 existing or new groups are responsible exists, but here's a
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53 partial list, being those appointed at YM in May 2019 (with actual
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54 numbers):
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55
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56 Britain Yearly Meeting Trustees (6)
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57 Yearly Meeting Agenda Committee (5)
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58 Yearly Meeting Arrangements Committee (3)
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59 Yearly Meeting Elders (9)
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60 Yearly Meeting Epistle Drafting Committee (6)
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61 Quaker Stewardship Committee (5)
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62 Yearly Meeting Agenda Committee (3)
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63 Yearly Meeting Pastoral Care Group (1)
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64 Yearly Meeting Publications Group for Quaker faith & practice (1)
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65
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66 _Ad-hoc_ roles, e.g. review groups (at least 1 or 2 small ones per
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67 year) and occasionally big (Review of Yearly Meeting, coming up,
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68 with 4 _ex officio_ members and 4 to be nominated) to very big
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69 (Book of Discipline Revision, 20 members@@@)
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70
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71 *Budget*
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72
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73 5 people, giving 8,000GBP between them, contribute 30% of the YM
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74 Treasurer's home Area Meeting income
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75
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76 Deficit, and for some years forward, so reserves will be lowered
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77 over the coming years
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78
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79 [1] https://www.cat.org.uk/info-resources/zero-carbon-britain/
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80 [2] https://www.footprintnetwork.org/our-work/ecological-footprint/
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81 [3] https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/circular-2019-12
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82 [4] https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/churches-plan-for-new-president-falters-because-of-same-sex-marriage
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83
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84 *Sustainability*
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85
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86 *Review of Yearly Meeting*
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87
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88 Sustainability; Timing/Length/Cost; Accessibility to structures by
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89 under-represented groups
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90
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91 Two-stage process
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