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+*QLCC report*
+
+ Gender diversity: five personal statements, very powerful
+  Consultation period ending soon
+
+ [Very brief report, some concern about this]
+
+*QPSWCC report*
+
+ Four topics in report: Sanctuary Everywhere, Climate Emergency,
+  Peace Education and Conciliation (Turning the Tide)
+
+ Strategic review underway
+
+ Presentation focussed on Climate Justice & COP26
+ "Zero-carbon Britain" course and resource were mentioned [1]
+ "Ecological footprint" ditto [2]
+
+ [_very_ brief]
+
+ Will 'witness' be included in the remit of "local development workers"?
+
+*QWRC report*
+
+   Europe and Middle East is around 10% of world Friends (377K),
+    Africa more than half.
+
+   Intervisitation?
+
+*QCCIR report*
+
+   Meeting in Limerick very successful
+
+   CTE catastrophe: we've been empty-chaired over the same-sex
+    marriage issue, details in CIRcular [3] and press statements [4]
+   Re-affirming the legitimacy of our presence in the ecumenical movement
+   Rejecting the relevance of an individual's sexuality in making appointments
+   We're in it for the long haul
+
+*Has the word 'overseer' had its day?'
+
+  Maybe yes, maybe no...
+
+*Central Nominations*
+
+  A larger single body (a "new Central Nominations Committee") with
+   flexible sub-structure replacing two separate bodies, nominating:
+
+    Clerks of YM and MfS
+
+    Other regular central roles: No central public list of posts for which the
+    existing or new groups are responsible exists, but here's a
+    partial list, being those appointed at YM in May 2019 (with actual
+    numbers):
+
+      Britain Yearly Meeting Trustees (6)
+      Yearly Meeting Agenda Committee (5)
+      Yearly Meeting Arrangements Committee (3)
+      Yearly Meeting Elders (9)
+      Yearly Meeting Epistle Drafting Committee (6)
+      Quaker Stewardship Committee (5)
+      Yearly Meeting Agenda Committee (3)
+      Yearly Meeting Pastoral Care Group (1)
+      Yearly Meeting Publications Group for Quaker faith & practice (1)
+
+    _Ad-hoc_ roles, e.g. review groups (at least 1 or 2 small ones per
+    year) and occasionally big (Review of Yearly Meeting, coming up,
+    with 4 _ex officio_ members and 4 to be nominated) to very big
+    (Book of Discipline Revision, 20 members@@@)
+
+*Budget*
+
+  5 people, giving 8,000GBP between them, contribute 30% of the YM
+   Treasurer's home Area Meeting income
+
+  Deficit, and for some years forward, so reserves will be lowered
+  over the coming years
+
+[1] https://www.cat.org.uk/info-resources/zero-carbon-britain/
+[2] https://www.footprintnetwork.org/our-work/ecological-footprint/
+[3] https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/circular-2019-12
+[4] https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/churches-plan-for-new-president-falters-because-of-same-sex-marriage
+
+*Sustainability*
+
+*Review of Yearly Meeting*
+
+  Sustainability; Timing/Length/Cost; Accessibility to structures by
+   under-represented groups
+
+  Two-stage process
+