# HG changeset patch # User Henry S. Thompson # Date 1711976030 -3600 # Node ID e516458a4f69a13a17542087539e3d618f8773dc # Parent 770d1724b6806466bbdec198ccd7d7226daa37d1 tidying up the background more diff -r 770d1724b680 -r e516458a4f69 QiS/What_are_QiS.xml --- a/QiS/What_are_QiS.xml Mon Apr 01 13:18:48 2024 +0100 +++ b/QiS/What_are_QiS.xml Mon Apr 01 13:53:50 2024 +0100 @@ -316,6 +316,25 @@
General Meeting for Scotland +
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"There are five Trustees of General Meeting for Scotland who have responsibility to the Office of the Scottish Charity Registrar (OSCR) for the right ordering of General Meeting.

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"General Meeting itself meets quarterly for business

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"General Meeting acts on behalf of Britain Yearly Meeting in such procedures as may be required by the Scottish Parliament and Scottish legal affairs."

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https://www.quakerscotland.org/general-meeting

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GM's governing document is here: https://www.quakerscotland.org/sites/quakerscotland.org/files/documents/Governing%20Document%20amended%202021.pdf. It appears to be based on the Quaker Life template for Area Meetings. Section 12. Constituent Meetings says "i) General Meeting for Scotland consists of all the local Meetings in Scotland."

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QF&P (13.54) gives area meetings responsibility for appointing prison +chaplains and "General Meeting for Scotland is responsible for +providing [their names] to the governors of all prison establishments +in the area meeting area".

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A similar story, without the involvement of GM, obtains for +registering officers. "Each area meeting shall appoint a suitable +Friend as registering officer ... the area meeting ... shall report +[the appointment] to the Recording Clerk without delay, by minute +signed by the clerk ... The Recording Clerk is required to certify all +such appointments ... in Scotland, to the Registrar General for +Scotland"; "The registering officer, acting on behalf of the area +meeting, ..." (QF&P 16.22,23)

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Prison Chaplains

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QF&P (13.54) gives area meetings responsibility for appointing prison -chaplains and "General Meeting for Scotland is responsible for -providing [their names] to the governors of all prison establishments -in the area meeting area".

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Registering officers

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A similar story, without the involvement of GM, obtains for -registering officers. "Each area meeting shall appoint a suitable -Friend as registering officer ... the area meeting ... shall report -[the appointment] to the Recording Clerk without delay, by minute -signed by the clerk ... The Recording Clerk is required to certify all -such appointments ... in Scotland, to the Registrar General for -Scotland"; "The registering officer, acting on behalf of the area -meeting, ..." (QF&P 16.22,23)

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