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+*Meeting for Sufferings*
+
+2 February 2019
+
+Henry S. Thompson, SE Scotland AM representative
+
+All the papers for the meeting are available online at
+
+  http://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/mfs-2019-02-agenda--papers-packagev4
+
+The minutes and other follow-up material are available from
+
+  https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/mfs-2018-11-follow-up-packagev1
+
+[Yes, that link looks wrong, but as of today it does produce the
+February meeting minutes]
+
+*Sustainability*
+
+We agreed Terms of Reference for a new Meeting for Sufferings
+Sustainability Monitoring Group to be "responsible for monitoring the
+Yearly Meeting’s commitment to Sustainability".
+
+*Post-truth world*
+
+In response to a concern about this matter from Southern Marches Area
+Meeting, MfS had asked for input from Area Meetings, which was patchy
+and equivocal: not so much that this was a problem, and one that
+concerns us, but more that we have neither the capacity nor the
+insight necessary to intervene as a Society.  A very useful list of
+organisations who _are_ active in relevant ways was included as an
+appendix to the item (see link above).
+
+Gandi: "Truthfulness is even more important that peacefulness.  Indeed
+lying is the mother of violence".
+
+Finding the courage to challenge lies is hard enough to do in person,
+it's even harder to do on social media, where the response may well be
+both many-fold and obnoxious, the latter particularly in response to
+challenges from women.
+
+Can we find ways to provide safe online spaces, perhaps taking EAPPI
+as a model?
+
+We agreed that we would not suggest any new "committee or programme of
+work" at this time.
+
+*Yearly Meeting*
+
+YM is in London 24--27 May.  Registration is open
+
+  https://forms.quaker.org.uk/ym/
+
+Not required, but helps planning local arrangements.
+
+Clare Scott-Booth (new YM Clerk) introduced the agenda, see
+
+  http://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/ym
+
+The theme this year is "privilege and assumptions of privilege".
+
+