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+To: Juliet Prager <Julietp@quaker.org.uk>
+Cc: Paul Parker <RC@quaker.org.uk>
+Subject: Two agenda points for Sufferings on Saturday
+From: ht@inf.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson)
+User-Agent: Gnus/5.1012 (Gnus v5.10.12) XEmacs/21.5-b34 (linux)
+Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:47:15 +0000
+Message-ID: <f5b7eu7vke4.fsf@troutbeck.inf.ed.ac.uk>
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+[Juliet, could you please forward this to Margaret Bryan and Anne
+Ullathorne, I can't immediately find email addresses for them. Thanks]
+
+1) I haven't checked ever possible document, but looking at this year's
+draft Annual Report for Sufferings, I was reminded of Jocelyn Bell
+Burnell's challenge to us back in December of last year, to consider
+whether our approach to reports from central committees was working
+well.  MFS/16/12/20 refers:
+
+ We have heard of the positive relationship which has been developed
+ between QLCC and BYM Trustees and have been challenged to consider how
+ we as Meeting for Sufferings can work more effectively with QLCC.
+
+ We recognise that this is an area that needs more work and ask our
+ Arrangements Group to do some initial thinking on this, liaising with
+ QLCC as appropriate, and to report back to us.
+
+I note that in the follow-up mailing to that meeting, the minutes of
+MfSAG for 2016-12-12 acknowledges this
+
+ We noted our minute 2016.12.40 about Quaker Life Central Committee
+ (QLCC) in which MfSAG is asked to do some initial thinking on the ways
+ in which MfS can work more effectively with QLCC and will return to
+ this in due course.
+
+But I can't find any sign that this has happened, or any mention in the
+most recent MfSAG minutes that we plan to -- have I missed something?
+
+2) In the Trustee's Minutes of 21 September (MfS 2017 12 13b, item
+BYMT-2017-09-08) I see
+
+ We feel that the time may be right to look at the purpose Yearly
+ Meeting in the life of the Society of Friends, including whether
+ different formats may be appropriate in future.
+
+and a little further on
+
+ We agree that Ingrid Greenhow should prepare a paper and that she
+ should represent us at [YMAC of 28 October].
+
+Was this with reference to that earlier point?
+
+In any case, could we hear a bit more about this issue?  If feels like
+something we should be involved with.
+
+Thanks,
+
+ht