# HG changeset patch # User Henry S. Thompson # Date 1613412308 0 # Node ID 67b9388265aa11b1c4c11e938159db529f31ac67 # Parent c3323a789df2405ccbf8d8cfd4cf52f2e5830f90 as sent to Sesame, Clerks diff -r c3323a789df2 -r 67b9388265aa Sufferings/2021-02-06/notes.txt --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/Sufferings/2021-02-06/notes.txt Mon Feb 15 18:05:08 2021 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +*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. diff -r c3323a789df2 -r 67b9388265aa Sufferings/2021-02-06/report.txt --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/Sufferings/2021-02-06/report.txt Mon Feb 15 18:05:08 2021 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +*Meeting for Sufferings* + +6 February 2021 + +Henry S. Thompson, SE Scotland AM representative + +All the papers for the meeting are available online at + + https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/mfs-2021-02-agenda--papers-package + +The minutes and other follow-up material are available from + + https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/meeting-for-sufferings-minutes-follow-up-2021-02 + +*Report by the Recording Clerk on tabular statement for 2019* + +Paul Parker gave an excellent illustrated presentation on the changes +for Britain Yearly Meeting in the numbers of members, attenders, etc. + +It's worth noting that the data reported on is all pre-pandemic... + +He started with a graph of the whole trajectory of membership from the +late 19th century onward. This showed that we are down by more than half +from our peak in the mid-20th century, to 12,498 in 2019. + +There was a net loss of 200 members for the year. + +There are 70 Area Meetings, made up of 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, +that is, with 20 or more members. + +The national patterns are often seen within individual Area Meetings +[true for SESAM, I think] + +Paul pointed out that a simple consequence of the numbers is that +approximately "One in 20 Quakers has to be a Treasurer". + +If you're interested in reviewing the numbers yourself, they're online +in the Tabular Statement summary at +https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/tabular-statement-2019-for-ym-2020, +which also includes one of the graphs from the Recording Clerk's +presentation to Sufferings, which is not available online (yet, it is promised). +His commentary for his presentation at Yearly Meeting in December +2020 _is_ available online: +https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/tabular-statement-plain-text + +There was some comment on the likely effect of GDPR-induced culling, +which our Area Meeting certainly experienced. I noted that we show +_twice_ as many 'terminations' as deaths between 2009 and 2019, in big +contrast to the other Scottish AMs. BYM itself shows 50% _more_ +deaths than terminations. + +*Report from Trustees* + +The financial situation is not great, but we're not in serious trouble +yet. There were 35 voluntary redundancies, with the result that no +non-voluntary redundancies were needed. The vast majority were from +the Quiet Company, which has been hard-hit. + +*Reflections on the past year* + +We spent time in small groups sharing our Meetings' experiences since +March, drawing some comfort in hearing that most Meetings seem to be +coping, and have coped in similar kinds of successful and +not-so-successful ways. + +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 + +