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1 *Meeting for Sufferings Appeal Review Group final report*
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3 QF&P provides for an process of appeal to MfS with respect to
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4 decisions of an Area Meeting and disputes between Area Meeting.
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5 Experience with this process has been less than wholly positive, and
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6 MfS commissioned a review. The review group reported with
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7 recommendations for a narrowed and simplified process, including a
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8 preference for a "conflict transformation" approach (as opposed to
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9 "conflict resolution") and an explicit place for mediation before
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10 things get to Sufferings.
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12 MfS approved these recommendations, and specific changes to QF&P will
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13 be forthcoming.
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15 In this context Friends are reminded that Quaker Life can provide help
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16 and guidance to Meetings which are taken by surprise/taken aback by
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17 apparently irresolvable internal conflict.
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19 We were also reminded that difficulties around Membership often arise
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20 from "lack of familiarity with Quaker ... processes" and that
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21 accordingly care for a Ministry of Teaching in our meetings is
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22 necessary to help promote this familiarity.
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