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6 <title>Meeting for Sufferings 2015-07-04</title>
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7 <author>Henry S. Thompson</author>
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8 <date> 4 Jul 2015</date>
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11 <div>
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12 <title>Introduction</title>
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13 <p>Henry Thompson and Kate Arnot were present, representing SE Scotland on
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14 Sufferings for the first time. As many of those in the room were new, the
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15 morning's sessions were devoted to introducing Meeting for Sufferings: its
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16 history, its
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17 work, its procedures, its place in the overall structure of BYM.</p>
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18 <p>We were reminded that Suffering is once again, harking back to its
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19 origins in the 1670s, responsible for recording the names and situations of any
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20 Friend in court or in prison for conscience's sake.</p>
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21 <note notInPDF="true">Have an occasional meeting with the QL, QPSW and MfS representatives from AM?</note>
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22 <p>Paul Parker offered the insight that MfS are the only part of BYM who
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23 have, on a regular and ongoing basis, an overview of <emph>all</emph> the
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24 activities of and within BYM, centrally and locally, internally and externally.</p>
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25 <p>The words "visionary and prophetic" recurred, from many different people
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26 throughout the morning, as the core role of MfS.</p>
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27 <note notInPDF="true">To arrangements c'tee: Please may we have <emph>everything</emph>
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28 electronically: the papers distributed on the day as well as everything else.
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29 Sorry if they were online somewhere, I looked but couldn't find them.</note>
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30 </div>
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31 <div>
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32 <title>Actual business</title>
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33 <p>We received minutes from Yearly Meeting 2015, particularly <link href="http://www.quaker.org.uk/sites/default/files/YM-2015-Minutes.doc">Minute 36</link>, now being referred to as the "Call for Equality".</p>
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34 <p>Paula Harvey, Friends House, is contact point for information about an
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35 (invitation-only) threshing event at Woodbrooke in September to explore actions
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36 in progress or contemplated with respect to BYM engagement with the problem of
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37 housing, led by Quaker Housing Trust.</p>
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38 <p>Refugees/migrants/Mediterranean -- QCEA have an Alert Network, which you
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39 can <link>join online</link> to receive information about how you can help with
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40 actions they are recommending.</p>
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41 <note notInPDF="true">Arrangements: We heard this morning that one of the ?requirements? for a
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42 minute coming to MfS is for the action requested from MfS is clear: If such
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43 action(s) are in fact stated, and were endorsed explicitly in the minutes
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44 offered to be taken on draft, it would be more likely that the draft minutes
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45 would be accepted straightaway.</note>
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46 <note notInPDF="true">We <emph>don't</emph> want MfS to get mired down in discussions about
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47 housing politics, welfare/benefit reform or other <emph>symptoms</emph> of
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48 inequality. . .</note>
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