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1 *Meeting for Sufferings*
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3 2 February 2019
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5 Henry S. Thompson, SE Scotland AM representative
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7 All the papers for the meeting are available online at
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9 http://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/mfs-2019-02-agenda--papers-packagev4
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11 The minutes and other follow-up material are available from
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13 https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/mfs-2018-11-follow-up-packagev1
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15 [Yes, that link looks wrong, but as of today it does produce the
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16 February meeting minutes]
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18 *Sustainability*
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20 We agreed Terms of Reference for a new Meeting for Sufferings
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21 Sustainability Monitoring Group to be "responsible for monitoring the
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22 Yearly Meeting’s commitment to Sustainability".
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23
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24 *Post-truth world*
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25
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26 In response to a concern about this matter from Southern Marches Area
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27 Meeting, MfS had asked for input from Area Meetings, which was patchy
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28 and equivocal: not so much that this was a problem, and one that
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29 concerns us, but more that we have neither the capacity nor the
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30 insight necessary to intervene as a Society. A very useful list of
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31 organisations who _are_ active in relevant ways was included as an
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32 appendix to the item (see link above).
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33
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34 Gandi: "Truthfulness is even more important that peacefulness. Indeed
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35 lying is the mother of violence".
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36
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37 Finding the courage to challenge lies is hard enough to do in person,
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38 it's even harder to do on social media, where the response may well be
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39 both many-fold and obnoxious, the latter particularly in response to
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40 challenges from women.
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42 Can we find ways to provide safe online spaces, perhaps taking EAPPI
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43 as a model?
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45 We agreed that we would not suggest any new "committee or programme of
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46 work" at this time.
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48 *Yearly Meeting*
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50 YM is in London 24--27 May. Registration is open
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52 https://forms.quaker.org.uk/ym/
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54 Not required, but helps planning local arrangements.
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56 Clare Scott-Booth (new YM Clerk) introduced the agenda, see
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58 http://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/ym
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60 The theme this year is "privilege and assumptions of privilege".
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