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1 *Meeting for Sufferings*
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3 2 February 2019
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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-2019-02-agenda--papers-packagev4
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11 The minutes and other follow-up material are available from
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13 https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/mfs-2018-11-follow-up-packagev1
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15 [Yes, that link looks wrong, but as of today it does produce the
16 February meeting minutes]
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18 *Sustainability*
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20 We agreed Terms of Reference for a new Meeting for Sufferings
21 Sustainability Monitoring Group to be "responsible for monitoring the
22 Yearly Meeting’s commitment to Sustainability".
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24 *Post-truth world*
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26 In response to a concern about this matter from Southern Marches Area
27 Meeting, MfS had asked for input from Area Meetings, which was patchy
28 and equivocal: not so much that this was a problem, and one that
29 concerns us, but more that we have neither the capacity nor the
30 insight necessary to intervene as a Society. A very useful list of
31 organisations who _are_ active in relevant ways was included as an
32 appendix to the item (see link above).
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34 Gandi: "Truthfulness is even more important that peacefulness. Indeed
35 lying is the mother of violence".
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37 Finding the courage to challenge lies is hard enough to do in person,
38 it's even harder to do on social media, where the response may well be
39 both many-fold and obnoxious, the latter particularly in response to
40 challenges from women.
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42 Can we find ways to provide safe online spaces, perhaps taking EAPPI
43 as a model?
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45 We agreed that we would not suggest any new "committee or programme of
46 work" at this time.
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48 *Yearly Meeting*
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50 YM is in London 24--27 May. Registration is open
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52 https://forms.quaker.org.uk/ym/
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54 Not required, but helps planning local arrangements.
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56 Clare Scott-Booth (new YM Clerk) introduced the agenda, see
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58 http://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/ym
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60 The theme this year is "privilege and assumptions of privilege".
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