Meeting for Sufferings 2015-09-05
Copyright © 2015 Henry S. Thompson 
Henry Thompson was present, representing SE Scotland on +Sufferings for the first time at a normal working meeting.
The draft from the Long Term Framework Working Group was presented and +discussed. This single-page draft, which focusses on how we go +forward, rather that on what we will do, has no dates +associated, unlike the existing A Framework for Action, which it replaces. +These changes are worth noting, and is to some extent in my view a recognition +that the very idea of Long Term Frameworks has been effectively rethought.
Some parts of A Framework for Action will continue to be +useful/relevant, but we weren't given sight of an additional document which is +expected to detail these.
A national Quaker initiative to facilitate the creation of AM-level +Credit Unions? We endorsed in principle, with NWAM encouraged to produce a +detailed/costed proposal.
A proposal to add a memorial to the National Memorial Arboretum, close +by the recently erected one for the FAU/FRS one, has been well-received by the +curators there. Despite some continuing concerns about the phrase "innocent victims", we +encouraged SMAM to take this forward.
Quaker Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relationships (QCCIR) +presented a re-draft of our proposed response to the World Council of Churches +consultation paper with the above title. In the spirit of To Lima with +Love ([Quaker] Committee on Christian Relations, 1987), it is an +excellent statement of our understanding of what it means to be a Church. It's +accompanied by a study guide. I'll let Friends know when these are available +in their final form.
Woodbrooke and YM Trustees will shortly review and most likely approve +a pilot scheme, involving new staff specifically hired and locally situated in +four or five 'regions', to enable our meetings to become vibrant.
A draft public statement on the refugee crisis was presented, and judged +to be insufficiently robust. By the time of this report, a revised version +will presumably have been widely circulated.
Reports from YM Trustees, QPS&W Central Committee were received and +briefly reviewed, and various procedural/structural bits of official business +were taken care of.
Henry Thompson was present, representing SE Scotland on +Sufferings for the first time at a normal working meeting.
+The draft from the Long Term Framework Working Group was presented and
+discussed. This single-page draft, which focusses on
Some parts of A Framework for Action will continue to be +useful/relevant, but we weren't given sight of an additional document which is +expected to detail these.
+A national Quaker initiative to facilitate the creation of AM-level +Credit Unions? We endorsed in principle, with NWAM encouraged to produce a +detailed/costed proposal.
+A proposal to add a memorial to the National Memorial Arboretum, close +by the recently erected one for the FAU/FRS one, has been well-received by the +curators there. Despite some continuing concerns about the phrase "innocent victims", we +encouraged SMAM to take this forward.
+Quaker Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relationships (QCCIR) +presented a re-draft of our proposed response to the World Council of Churches +consultation paper with the above title. In the spirit of To Lima with +Love ([Quaker] Committee on Christian Relations, 1987), it is an +excellent statement of our understanding of what it means to be a Church. It's +accompanied by a study guide. I'll let Friends know when these are available +in their final form.
+Woodbrooke and YM Trustees will shortly review and most likely approve +a pilot scheme, involving new staff specifically hired and locally situated in +four or five 'regions', to enable our meetings to become vibrant.
+A draft public statement on the refugee crisis was presented, and judged +to be insufficiently robust. By the time of this report, a revised version +will presumably have been widely circulated.
+Reports from YM Trustees, QPS&W Central Committee were received and +briefly reviewed, and various procedural/structural bits of official business +were taken care of.
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