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+*BYM Sustainability Group*
+
+(Set up by BYM at 2011 YM, now attached to MfS)
+
+Annual report after 3 years, "review[ing] progress in 2016 and
+priorities for 2017"
+
+Considerable action centrally, particularly wrt Friends House itself,
+and by providing help to local meetings through a new "project officer
+providing advice to local meetings on property matters, including
+sustainability".
+
+Much harder to assess what's happening across AMs/LMs, as useful
+information gathering and analysis takes resourcing we don't have.
+
+Important recent focus on "What's _Quaker_ about this concern?  Where
+does it get its spiritual grounding?"  Less guilt, more love!
+[ref. SCIAF wrt negative images]
+
+We are asked to feed back to the group on what we think about the
+proposed "a project _Nurturing our Sustainability Ministry_, enabling
+and encouraging Friends to give expression to our sustainability
+commitment in many different forms".  [Don Stubbings, ??? to contact
+Lis Burch, Clerk BYM Sust. Grp.]
+
+Do we, as other AMs apparently do, report our annual energy usage (at
+least for 7VT and Kelso) to BYM along with our annual accounts?
+
+An interesting echo of some of the STIR group's observations: The
+Canterbury Commitment was a commitment made by BYM, but has been
+adopted and acted on by AMs to widely varying degrees.  What does it
+mean for a more central body to make a notionally binding commitment
+when the action involved has to be taken 'lower down'?
+
+As the group was established in 2014 for an initial period of three
+years, there will now be a review group established to consider
+whether "this approach is the right way for our concern to be carried
+forward".
+
+-------
+*Opposition to Fracking*
+
+(From a meeting of Pendle Hill AM)
+
+   We ask Britain Yearly Meeting to maximise involvement in ecumenical
+   and interfaith structures that allow faith groups to have a strong
+   united environmentalist voice on fracking, and that as Quakers
+   nationally we take a public stance against fracking.
+
+MfS supported this, and the minute makes a specific statement on
+behalf of Quakers in Britain in support of sustainable energy and in
+opposition to "unconventional approaches" to fossil fuel extraction,
+including fracking (expanded from the original to imply worldwide, in
+response to a mention about the role of Grangemouth in processing US
+shale gas).
+
+There will be some kind of event on Pendle Hill on 6 May...
+
+---------
+
+*Cadet Forces in Scottish State Schools*
+
+QPSWCC has taken up this matter, and broadened it in the area of
+transparency and accountability
+
+--------
+
+JYM Deadline 15 March
+
+--------
+
+*MfS Annual Report*
+
+[Home groups: Scotland and Wales, only 8 people, half alternates]
+
+Jocelyn's critique: It may seem that nothing is happening here, but
+the delivery of information in person has long-term ramifications
+which are hard to foresee.
+
+"A conduit backwards and forwards"
+
+Vision and prophecy -- where does that happen?
+
+--------
+
+*Quaker Housing Trust*
+
+Outstanding work, enormous almost-all volunteer effort: give them more
+money!
+
+--------
+
+*Yearly Meeting Gathering*
+
+Anchoring: making time and space to digest, both food and
+mental/spiritual/emotional inputs, and no (centrally organised)
+meetings over lunch
+
+Two afternoons with 'all-age activities' (lots of facilities for sport
+at the venue)
+
+Overall theme is 'Movement Building: Working with others to make a
+difference'
+
+----------
+
+*Statement as "Response to the current international situation"*
+
+A good one, hope you've seen it.