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author | Henry S. Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk> |
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date | Wed, 03 May 2023 10:27:19 +0100 |
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*Report from the RC on tabular statement* All data is pre-pandemic... Graph of the whole trajectory of membership Down by more than half by our peak in the mid-20th century, 12.5K in 2019. Net loss of 200 members for the year, to a total of 12,498. 470 local meetings, so One new member net in every local meeting next year would stop the fall. Since 2009: 22% of local meetings have grown by 10% or more 54% of local meetings have shrunk by 10% or more 10% of our Meetings have over 50 members , and account for about 1/3 of our membership Small meetings are more likely to be growing than large meetings More than half the meetings which are losing membership are largish -- 20+ members The national patterns are often seen within individual Area Meetings [true for SESAM, I think] "One in 20 Quakers have to be a Treasurer" See Tabular Statement summary at https://quaker-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/store/5b7910074687ac2797f82da7f1305c9a9eab9866a3fbea89f3fc47f35d5e However, don't forget "regression to the mean" Effect of GDPR-induced culling? SESAM shows _twice_ as many 'terminations' as deaths between 2009 and 2019, in big contrast to the other Scottish AMs. BYM numbers are 50% more deaths than terminations. *Trustees* 35 voluntary redundancies, result no non-voluntary were needed. The vast majority were from the Quiet Company, which has been hard-hit. *Reflections on the past year* There's a website at FWCC that offers online Meetings for Worship around the world, mostly but not entirely from Europe and the US: http://fwcc.world/kinds-of-friends/online-worship Quaker Stewardship C'ttee Training hosting a Blended Meeting discussion for AM Trustees on Thursday.