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| 4 <doc> | |
| 5 <head> | |
| 6 <title>Meeting for Sufferings 2015-07-04</title> | |
| 7 <author>Henry S. Thompson</author> | |
| 8 <date> 4 Jul 2015</date> | |
| 9 </head> | |
| 10 <body> | |
| 11 <div> | |
| 12 <title>Introduction</title> | |
| 13 <p>Henry Thompson and Kate Arnot were present, representing SE Scotland on | |
| 14 Sufferings for the first time. As many of those in the room were new, the | |
| 15 morning's sessions were devoted to introducing Meeting for Sufferings: its | |
| 16 history, its | |
| 17 work, its procedures, its place in the overall structure of BYM.</p> | |
| 18 <p>We were reminded that Suffering is once again, harking back to its | |
| 19 origins in the 1670s, responsible for recording the names and situations of any | |
| 20 Friend in court or in prison for conscience's sake.</p> | |
| 21 <note notInPDF="true">Have an occasional meeting with the QL, QPSW and MfS representatives from AM?</note> | |
| 22 <p>Paul Parker offered the insight that MfS are the only part of BYM who | |
| 23 have, on a regular and ongoing basis, an overview of <emph>all</emph> the | |
| 24 activities of and within BYM, centrally and locally, internally and externally.</p> | |
| 25 <p>The words "visionary and prophetic" recurred, from many different people | |
| 26 throughout the morning, as the core role of MfS.</p> | |
| 27 <note notInPDF="true">To arrangements c'tee: Please may we have <emph>everything</emph> | |
| 28 electronically: the papers distributed on the day as well as everything else. | |
| 29 Sorry if they were online somewhere, I looked but couldn't find them.</note> | |
| 30 </div> | |
| 31 <div> | |
| 32 <title>Actual business</title> | |
| 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> | |
| 34 <p>Paula Harvey, Friends House, is contact point for information about an | |
| 35 (invitation-only) threshing event at Woodbrooke in September to explore actions | |
| 36 in progress or contemplated with respect to BYM engagement with the problem of | |
| 37 housing, led by Quaker Housing Trust.</p> | |
| 38 <p>Refugees/migrants/Mediterranean -- QCEA have an Alert Network, which you | |
| 39 can <link>join online</link> to receive information about how you can help with | |
| 40 actions they are recommending.</p> | |
| 41 <note notInPDF="true">Arrangements: We heard this morning that one of the ?requirements? for a | |
| 42 minute coming to MfS is for the action requested from MfS is clear: If such | |
| 43 action(s) are in fact stated, and were endorsed explicitly in the minutes | |
| 44 offered to be taken on draft, it would be more likely that the draft minutes | |
| 45 would be accepted straightaway.</note> | |
| 46 <note notInPDF="true">We <emph>don't</emph> want MfS to get mired down in discussions about | |
| 47 housing politics, welfare/benefit reform or other <emph>symptoms</emph> of | |
| 48 inequality. . .</note> | |
| 49 </div> | |
| 50 </body> | |
| 51 </doc> |