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1 *Meeting for Sufferings*
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3 23--25 November 2018
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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-november-2018-agenda--papers-packagev5
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11 The minutes and other follow-up material are available from
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13 http://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/mfs-2018-11-follow-up-package2
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15 This was a residential meeting, at Woodbrooke, and the opportunity to
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16 carry discussions forward in the corridors and over meals was very
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17 valuable, as was the opportunity to get to know people informally.
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18 Staying at Woodbrooke provides a rare occasion of living in
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19 "Quaker-time" [1] for much longer than just a Sunday morning: I recommend
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20 it!
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21
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22 *Quaker Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relations*
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24 QCCIR have been busy, with a very extensive research effort on "The
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25 Changing Face of Faith" [1]. The first part of this was discussed at
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26 a conference in March, there will be another in March 2019 to which
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27 AMs are invited to send representatives: "Area Meetings are encouraged
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28 to send representatives to share local experience and learn for
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29 experience in other parts of the yearly Meeting.":
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30
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31 http://www.quaker.org.uk/our-organisation/our-structures/quaker-committee-for-christian-and-interfaith-relations
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32
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33 "Quakers just get on and do what they say they're going to do"
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34
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35 Sustainability efforts can drive ecumenical engagement rather than the
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36 other way around (Bristol AM)
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37
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38 *Quaker Peace and Social Witness*
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40 Promoting a new film, _War School_, "this film from Pow Productions
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41 takes a closer look at militarisation in Britain":
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43 https://www.quaker.org.uk/our-work/peace/challenging-militarism-1#heading-1
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44
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45 *Quaker World Relations Committee:
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46
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47 Promoting a new film, _Quakers and Climate Change around the World_:
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48
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49 http://fwcc.world/sustainability-resources
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50
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51 *Books of Discipline revision*
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52
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53 We have Co-Clerks for the BoD Revision:
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54 Rosie Carnall, Sheffield and Balby AM
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55 Catherine Brewer, Northumbria AM, Durham LM
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56
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57 Over 300 Friends have volunteered to serve on the BoD Revision
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58 Committee, so, it's probably too late to volunteer...
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59
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60 *Trustee's strategic priorities*
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61
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62 "A simple church supported by a simple charity"
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63
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64 Brilliant presentation by Ingrid Greenhow, Clerk to Trustees for just
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65 a bit longer, and Paul Parker, Recording Clerk, on new strategic
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66 priorities, BYM Trustees: see the diagram
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68 http://hst.name/RSoF/Trustees_strategy_2018-11.png
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69
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70 or read the report in the papers linked above.
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71
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72 * Recommendations from the Review of the Committee on Clerks*
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73 [A bit of a procedural mess, ask me if you are interested in the
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74 minutiae of BYM procedures]
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75
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76 "Nominations is the holiest thing we do" [Elsie Dick]
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77
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78 *Sustainabilty Group, again*
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79 We laid down the Sustainability Group, but Liz Birch did not go
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80 quietly, in the best possible way.
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81
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82 She raised again the elephant in the room: what does it actually mean
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83 in concrete practical terms for YM to adopt a concern? Substitute
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84 'AM' for 'YM' and you have something we've known we need to address, if
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85 not how...
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86
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87 "Are [we] ready to be held accountable on how [we] are working towards
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88 sustainability?"
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89
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90 *Diversity*
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92 We have a new Inclusion and Diversity Coordinator at Friends House,
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93 Edwina Peart. She quite sensibly suggested that we need to know where
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94 we actually _are_ before we can decide what we need to _do_. She's
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95 produced a survey:
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97 http://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/quakersurvey
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98
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99 which I would encourage everyone to fill in, it's quite short.
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100
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101 People might also be interested in Quaker Life Central Committee's new
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102 statement on gender diversity, which was introduced to us by Jocelyn
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103 Bell Burnell:
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105 http://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/qlcc-gender-diversity-statement-for-discussion-2018-11
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106
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107 Finally we should consider sending a representative to the national
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108 gathering at Woodbrooke 18th-20 January, ‘Answering that of God in
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109 everyone’, albeit it's only a few days away:
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111 https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/item/answering-that-of-god-in-everyone-a-diversity-and-inclusion-national-gathering/
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112 -----------------
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113 [1] For more on this concept, and Woodbrooke, Friends may be
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114 interested in a something I wrote some time ago: _Reflections on
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115 Woodbrooke_ (http://hst.name/RSoF/woodbrooke_thoughts.html)
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