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+*Court & Prison Register*
+
+ Some 14 Friends are reported as arrested in connection with 1 or more
+ alleged offences undertaken as part of Extinction Rebellion actions.
+ 5 of these are from SE Scotland Area Meeting:
+
+  Cath Dyer
+  Justin Kenrick
+  Saul Kenrick
+  Lesley Morrison
+  Eva Schonveld
+
+Please hold these Friends in the Light as they prepare for their
+trials.
+
+*Gender diversity*
+
+Sufferings are going to consider this matter in more detail in our
+October meeting.
+
+The background for this is QLCC's November statement _Quakers and
+gender diversity_ and YFGM's _YFGM minute and values statement_.  The
+YFGM value statement is at least in part a response to the QLCC
+statement.
+
+We are asked "to encourage Friends [to reflect on these statements
+and] to explore this in our local Quaker communities."
+
+My personal view is that it is the very politically-charged issue of
+shared spaces that is implicated in conflicting interpretation of the
+wordings where it is felt that "the two statements contradict".
+
+Although the MfS agenda quoted above continues "... perhaps using the
+resource provided at the end of this paper."  I doubt that this issue
+can be explored without participation from both sides of the matter,
+as third party assertions of the form "feminists think X" or
+"trans-rights people think Y" are rarely either accurate or useful.
+
+QLCC are happy to receive submissions, which will be treated
+confidentially if so requested, from individuals and Meetings on this
+matter.
+
+*Sustainability*
+
+Three thoughtful minutes received.  I particularly like the _West
+Weald AM Statement from the Quaker Meeting for Worship held at the
+Extinction Rebellion camp at Marble Arch, Easter Sunday, 21st April
+2019_.  MfS takes no action to speak of.
+
+QPSWCC is trying to raise 75K to keep support for Sanctuary Everywhere
+via Sanctuary Meetings going for another year.
+
+*Trustees*
+
+Joint full-day meeting with Woodbrooke Trustees on "taking forward the
+benefits of the Vibrancy Project".
+
+[blamed it on us, for saying we thought Vibrancy and devolved projects
+ were working well "very strongly" "being encouraged to be bold" [!]]
+
+Joint statement: "a meeting-centred approach to providing support can
+deepen our worship and transform our communities".
+
+  "We share the aspiration to
+
+   a) extend and expand the current model of Locally Based Development
+      workers so that there is a local development worker within reach
+      of every Meeting in Britain within 5 years.
+
+   b) work rapidly towards more local support for Meetings and begin
+      to experiment with new regional bases, hubs or clusters."
+
+Details still "totally up in the air".  Not a cookie-cutter, same
+thing is not going to work everywhere.
+
+[Area Meeting that has a lot of money, could fund a worker for 'us'
+ and the next door AM]
+
+"Evolution not revolution" [she would, wouldn't she]
+
+Going to use reserves to cover the [short-term] overspend.
+
+Transition planning in hands of Management Meeting.
+
+Q: what's meant by "within reach of" [Roy Stevenson]?
+CN: [that's challenging]
+PP: [reaching out _to_ Meetings][HST: Ah, so it's _peripatetic_ pastors :-]
+
+HST: The cost is not just financial -- we are admitting we can no
+longer say that we take care our of our business ourselves, we have to
+pay someone to do it for us.
+
+[The big meetings are dwindling the most -- ref. average size dropping]
+
+Staffing impact - we're not closing Friends House!  Management C'ttee
+are working actively on what will be devolved, where/when/how this
+will happen, what IT infrastructure is needed.  Hubs/clusters/bases
+important for staff welfare: 100% lone-working is not always an easy
+life.
+