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