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1 *Meeting for Sufferings* |
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3 7 July and 6 October 2018 |
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5 Henry S. Thompson, SE Scotland AM representative |
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7 All the papers for the meetings are available online at |
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9 https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/mfs-july-2018-agenda--papers-package |
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10 http://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/mfs-october-2018-calling-letter-agenda--papers-package2 |
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12 The minutes and other follow-up material are available from |
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14 https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/mfs-july-2018-follow-up-package |
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15 http://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/mfs-october-2018-follow-up-package |
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17 *7 July* |
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19 This was the first meeting of a new triennium, lots of new appointees, |
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22 As a result, not much actual business was done. |
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24 One fact mentioned almost in passing that was a surprise to me, at |
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25 least: Britain Yearly Meeting has 179 paid employees at last count |
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27 In an otherwise business-as-usual report from BYM Trustees, the |
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28 process of strategic planning I reported on from the April meeting has |
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29 continued, and its goal has been distilled to a remarkable one-liner: |
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31 "a vision of a simple church supported by a simple charity to |
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32 reinvigorate Quakerism" |
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34 BYM is now _three_ things: 1) a body of members, organised into local, |
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35 area, (general) and yearly meetings (a church); |
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36 2) a registered charity; |
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37 3) an event. |
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39 There is a "Quaker Youth Worker" pilot project just launched in |
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40 Bristol and Sheffield ... |
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42 *Revising our Book of Discipline* |
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44 Meeting for Sufferings has asked Central Nominations Committee to |
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45 bring forward names to serve on a Book of Discipline Revision Committee |
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47 It's too late to put your name forward for consideration to serve on |
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48 on this, but you _can_ submit material for consideration, via |
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50 https://forms.quaker.org.uk/qfp-idea/ |
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52 *AM Trustees asked to report on sustainability* |
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54 Minute 17 records our agreement that Area Meeting trustees be |
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57 Guidelines for this have been prepared by Quaker Stewardship Committee |
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58 and members of BYM Sustainability Group have indicated they would be |
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59 happy to supply help and support on request. |
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61 --------------- |
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63 *6 October* |
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65 *Sufferings place in the governance of the Society* |
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67 Exactly what does Sufferings _do_? |
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69 At what level do we exercise "the general care of matters affecting |
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70 Britain Yearly Meeting and, in the intervals between Yearly Meetings, |
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71 the making of decisions and the issuing of statements in the name of |
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74 That view _predates_ the creation of BYM Trustees: |
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76 "The law may assume that authority for determining action passes to |
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77 the trustees and the meeting may choose to do this. However, under |
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78 Gospel Order, the ultimate authority will still lie with the |
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79 gathered meeting. |
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81 Yearly Meeting, 2005 (QF&P 15.03) |
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83 Is it only "discernment in the religious sense" which comes to |
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84 Sufferings? |
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86 Trustees _are_ individually and as a group legally obliged to see that |
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87 all our work conforms to our "charitable object": "furtherance of the |
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88 religious and charitable purposes of the Religious Society of |
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89 Friends". (QF&P 15.13) |
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96 *Trustees report* |
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98 Simplifying and removing some restrictions on the process of launching |
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99 and managing legacy-funded projects. |
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101 Three strategic priorities, to bridge the planning gap between _Our |
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102 Faith in the Future_ and the Operational Plan: "thriving Quaker |
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103 communities, a sustainable peaceful world and simple structure and |
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108 We (BYM) now have a Inclusion and Diversity Co-ordinator, her name is |
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112 * Doing well on age (but see immediately below), gender and sexual orientation |
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116 * Don't ask questions, say a little about yourself, and then leave some space... |
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117 * Asking questions often unintentionally reveals mistaken assumptions |
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120 *BYM investments and occupied Palestine* |
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123 "profiting from the occupation of Palestine". |
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126 divestment a policy. |
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133 companies profiting from the occupation of Palestine, and to amend the |
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134 BYM Investment Policy accordingly." |
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138 After the non-closure of the Sustainability Working Group (see my |
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139 notes from 2018-04-07, a plan of action on supporting |
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140 Sustainability in BYM has come back to MfS. |
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142 Short summary: It's complicated :-( |
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143 Longer summary: see the minutes linked above |
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145 *Young Adult Friends* |
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147 MfS have agreed an experiment to appoint 4 YAFs to MfS for the |
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148 remainder of this triennium. Interested YAFs should contact the |
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149 Engaging Young Adult Quakers project Steering Group: |
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151 Haifa Rashed |
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155 Naomi Major |
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156 Secretary to EYAF SG |
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157 youngadults@quaker.org.uk |
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