A bit of history, to set the scene.

The General Meeting for Scotland (GM) mailing list were told
(2023-11-17), in regard to

  "(1) The possibility of merging our existing 6 charities into a
   single body, Quakers in Scotland.

  "(2) How we might organise all our concerns and worship more
   effectively as a single charity."

that

  "The first step for (1) is to agree a governing document to replace
   the six comparable documents that apply to our existing charities."

and

  "Friends will hear more requests soon to join in important
   discussions relating to (2)."

I've searched my inbox without success for any request to "join in
important discussions relating to (2)" until, possibly, the invitation
from QiS-CG (2024-03-11) to two "information and discussion sessions
on progress with work towards having a single body and charity for
Quakers in Scotland".

However the cover letter from QiS (2024-01-06) sent to SESAM Trustees
says

  "The Options for Scotland group [proposes] that we form a single
   charity and that we form a single body. The idea of a single body
   clearly needs more work to discern what this might look like. It
   will take time. That idea is not part of what we are asking you
   about here."

In fact the document laid before us in the special Area Meeting on
15 January (Draft of 2023 12 29c.docx) had a lot to say about the
body.  Or did it?  As I read it at the time it did't clearly
distinguish between the charity and the body, using the phrase
"Quakers in Scotland" in what I found to be confusing ways.

A new draft (Draft of 2024 03 21.docx) has just been made available,
with only modest changes from the earlier draft.  I'll take it as
definitive with respect to what we will have before us on 6 April.
It hasn't changed much, if anything, of what I've found that makes me
uneasy about agreeing to adopt it.

More background: What do we already have as models for how charities
and their trustees work.  I'm reasonably familiar with two examples,
which guide my thinking in this matter.

1. The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain, and Britain
   Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers),
   Charity number: 1127633

The governing document for the latter charity
(https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/bym-governing-document-revised-min34-bym2014)
begins with the following definitions:

*Definitions*

  a. The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain refers to
     the church in England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands and
     the Isle of Man, including all its local meetings for worship and
     its constituent meetings for church affairs as well as all their
     work [referred to below as *the Society*].

  b. Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
     (Quakers) [*Britain Yearly Meeting*] refers to the centrally held
     and managed policy, property, employment and work of the charity
     constituted by this document.

  c. Yearly Meeting in session [*Yearly Meeting*] refers to the annual
     assembly that is open to all members of the Society.

  d. Area Meetings are the main local meetings for church affairs and
     these are the level of the Society at which individual membership
     is held. Each Area Meeting is a separate charitable entity and
     may be registered as such with the Charity Commission.

  e. _Quaker faith & practice_ is the current edition of the Book of
     Christian discipline of the Religious Society of Friends
     (Quakers) in Britain

  f. Meeting for Sufferings is the standing representative body of the Society.

  g. The term Friend refers to a member of the Society.

* Highlighting added

Note that there are two clearly distinguished entities, "the church"
and "the charity".  The charity is governed by the above referenced
governing document, the church by the Red Book.

Subsequent articles make clear that the Society, embodied in Yearly
Meeting in session and Meeting for Sufferings, is responsible for
amending the governing document, appointing Britain Yearly Meeting
trustees, approving their terms of reference and appointing their
clerks and treasurer.

2. Area meetings in Scotland governing documents

 * North of Scotland Quaker Trust is evidently distinct from NSAM, but
   I haven't found a governing document.

 * The governing document for the Religious Society of Friends
   (Quakers) [in Britain] East Scotland Area Meeting (abbreviated as
   East Scotland Area Meeting) does not make any overt distinction
   between the charity and the church, although the phrases "(East
   Scotland) Area Meeting in session" clearly refer to the church, and
   in "3. Object The object of East Scotland Area Meeting" it is
   evidently the charity.

   This sentence is of note: "If at a meeting of East Scotland Area
   Meeting the members decide that it is necessary or advisable to
   dissolve the Area Meeting or to amalgamate with another Area
   Meeting _and this is agreed by Meeting for Sufferings_, the
   trustees shall have the power to realise any assets held by or on
   behalf of the Area Meeting."  [Emphasis added]

 * The governing document for the Religious Society of Friends
   (Quakers) in Britain: South East Scotland Area Meeting [referred to
   below as South East Scotland Area Meeting or the area meeting and
   formerly known as South East Scotland Monthly Meeting] likewise
   does not make any overt distinction between the church and the
   charity, to my embarassment.  "Subject to the matters set out below
   the resources of the area meeting shall be administered in
   accordance with this governing document by the trustees..." is
   clearly talking about the charity, whereas "Amendments to this
   governing document shall be agreed by South East Scotland Area
   Meeting in session and recorded by minute of the area meeting." 
   it's the church.  The dissolution clause is the same as for East
   Scotland above.

 * I can't find a governing document for whatever charity is
   associated with West of Scotland

 * Dundee Friends Property Trust

 * General Meeting for Scotland

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