# HG changeset patch
# User ht
# Date 1523110651 14400
# Node ID 550f9806fd9694dba52aae698bc916d8b0afdbd5
# Parent  253b2a382e406d8ebf53ae369304db3bfba5a72b
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diff -r 253b2a382e40 -r 550f9806fd96 Sufferings/2018-04-07/notes.txt
--- a/Sufferings/2018-04-07/notes.txt	Sat Apr 07 09:42:26 2018 -0400
+++ b/Sufferings/2018-04-07/notes.txt	Sat Apr 07 10:17:31 2018 -0400
@@ -99,3 +99,46 @@
 
 We agreed to ask for input on this from Area Meetings, regarding both
 difficulties experienced and actions being taken.
+
+*Trustees Report*
+
+There's a _lot_ of work that Trustees do for us, it's quite amazing.
+
+There's two points of particular interest:
+
+The first is expressed in a single 3-line paragraph in the middle of a
+10-page report:
+
+  "We agree that trustees, with the support of Management Meeting,
+   should prepare a multi-year strategic plan. This should be done in
+   careful consultation with committees and Meeting for Sufferings."
+
+This is explained as
+
+  "We acknowledge that there is a lack of an overall strategic
+   framework below the very high level Our Faith in the Future and
+   above the operational plan, which makes prioritising difficult and
+   which we now need to address."
+
+The second was a reflection about diversity:
+
+  "[Trustees] are diverse in gender and geographical spread, do not
+   know on sexuality, and are not diverse on ethnicity."
+
+  "In terms of age, we are better than many Quaker committees and
+   half of us are in paid employment, but we do need younger Friends.
+   We recognise that time constraints can be a problem for younger
+   Friends who have less flexibility in their work schedules and often
+   have family commitments.
+
+  "At present only 15 of the 400 places in the BYM committee
+   structure are occupied by under-35s."
+
+  "We need to be radical as BYM trustees and experiment. Young
+   Friends will bring themselves and bright thinking to being a
+   trustee and learn in the process.  We can and will adjust our
+   meeting schedules to accommodate individual trustees."
+
+Although filling jobs is hard enough without adding additional
+constraints, but it might be a good idea for SESAM to look to its own
+structures in this regard.