*Sustainability*

We agreed Terms of Reference for a new Meeting for Sufferings
Sustainability Monitoring Group to be "responsible for monitoring the
Yearly Meeting’s commitment to Sustainability".

*Post-truth world*

In response to a concern about this matter from Southern Marches Area
Meeting, MfS had asked for input from Area Meetings, which was patchy
and equivocal: not so much that this was a problem, and one that
concerns us, but more that we have neither the capacity nor the
insight necessary to intervene as a Society.  A very useful list of
organisations who _are_ active in relevant ways was included as an
appendix to the item.

Gandi: "Truthfulness is even more important that peacefulness.  Indeed
lying is the mother of violence".

Finding the courage to challenge lies is hard enough to do in person,
it's even harder to do on social media, where the response may well be
both many-fold and obnoxious, the latter particularly in response to
challenges from women.

Can we find ways to provide safe online spaces [perhaps taking EAPPI
as a model]?

[Go not to Sufferings for advice, for they will say both yay and nay :-]

We agreed that we would not suggest any new "committee or programme of
work" at this time. [Ed Hartley?]

*Yearly Meeting*

YM is in London 24--27 May.  Registration is open

  https://forms.quaker.org.uk/ym/

and needs to be done 

Clare Scott-Booth (new YM Clerk) introduced the agenda, see

  http://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/ym

The theme this year is "privilege and assumptions of privilege".

*Yearly Meeting dates/venue*

We confirmed that for 2021 and 2022 these would be

  2021: 30 April – 3 May
  2022: 27-30 May

both at Friends House London.

*Trustees' report*

Given by new Clerk: Caroline Nursey

_Safeguarding_

We may need to work a bit harder on safeguarding awareness and
procedures regarding vulnerable adults:  Trustees will be coming back
to us on this.