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1 *Report from QCEA*
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2
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3 *Joint statement wrt Brexit from B & I YMs*
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4
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5 *Trustees consultation*
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6
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7 Acknowledged concerns about decisions wrt meeting-centred support
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8
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9 "Very clear steer" from MfS was "that Vibrancy had been a good thing"
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10
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11 But we didn't _ever_ hear about or endorse the new plan
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12
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13 Simple charity -- more work coming on that
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14 What do _we_ need from the centre to help us be simpler
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15
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16 LDW and Hubs: 38 responses
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17 Experiment with one hub later this year
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18 LDW roll-out 'immediately', will take years, still "in reach of"
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19 every meeting
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20
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21 PP: Gradual process, will continue to be wealth of specialist
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22 expertise in London
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23 Discussion w. QLCC on what kinds specialist expertise is needed
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24 and when it needs to be _in London_.
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25
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26 *Speaking out*
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27
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28 Thoughtful contributions from staff
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29
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30 Drawing out two continua
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31 * Complelled to witness <--> Compelled to achieve change
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32 * Be distinctively Quaker <--> Voice all concerns
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33
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34 York 2009 on SSM as example of witness w/o expectation of change
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35 _achieving_ change
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36
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37 ***Nominations to JYM needed by 10 March***
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38
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39 *Diversity*
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40 Sam McNair reported very impressively on a Diversity and Inclusion
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41 5: Hilda Clark
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42 Gay X find X->Y trans people challenging to their own choices wrt
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43 their own dismorphia
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44 Not all trans people are prepared/able to 'come out' to everyone in a
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45 new meeting: how would we as a Meeting cope with a gradual spread of
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46 knowledge?
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47 Meeting equivalent of a pen-friend -- e.g. 'twinning' with a Meeting
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48 from Ghana
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49 Finding a way to make a space that's safe for people who are
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50 labouring under the experience of being 'other' in some way to share
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51 that: they may have been waiting a long time for the opportunity...
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52
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53 *YM Gathering*
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54 https://www.quaker.org.uk/ym
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55 Theme: Listening, prophecy and reconciliation: Allyship in a climate emergency
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56
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57 This emerged from discussions between YM Agenda Committee and JYM
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58 Arrangements C'ttee
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59
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60 1) Why should we care about inclusion when we need to focus on the emergency?
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61 3) Discussing the hard stuff tenderly without blowing up
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62 2) Remembering the warnings of the 1970s and 1980s as prophecy, what
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63 are we hearing _now_ that is prophetic
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64 ------------
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65 News about Hubs and LDWs v. welcome, one aspect of this has been
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66 concerning members of my AM, which is the LDW recruitment process
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67
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68 Vibrancy in Meetings evaluation [has some good things to say about the
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69 value of the LDW-Centre connection]
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70
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71 - Quaker discipline 2nd-largest "of all presenting needs"
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72
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73 - What is important
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74
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75 "delivered by a skilled worker and based on deep understanding of
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76 local meetings and the local context"
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77
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78 - Recommendations
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79
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80 "there is considerable need [in Meetings] around the basics of
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81 Quakerism, meetings and processes"
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82 ----
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84 "As Quakers, we all share responsibility for the Meeting. You may
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85 have questions about Quakerism in general, or our Meeting in
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86 particular ~ if so, please feel free to share these with someone
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87 sitting near you. If they can't help you, they can probably point
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88 out someone to you who probably can.
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89
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90 I accept that the evidence has convinced Trustees that overall we are
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91 not delivering on that promise, and that paid LDWs are necessary.
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92
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93 Couldn't find in the record whether the 4 VW were
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94 Members/Attenders/...
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95
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96 And I take it from reviewing various job ads that we do not ever
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97 'require' applicants to be Members.
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98
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99 But all the evaluation comments, and my takeaway from the video,
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100 suggest that that would be very desirable.
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101
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102 Is this recognised as a priority?
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103
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104 Will we at least advertise 'internally' before publicly?
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105 -----------
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106 In practice, not a problem: no-one could apply w/o a "deep
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107 understanding" (not Membership, YFs not joining on principle).
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108
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109 [wrist-slap from Clerk -- too 'narrow']
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