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+     </style><title>Meeting for Sufferings 2015-09-05</title></head><body style="font-family: DejaVu Sans, Arial; background: rgb(254,250,246)"><div style="text-align: center" class="head"><hr/><h1>Meeting for Sufferings 2015-09-05</h1><div class="byline">Henry S. Thompson</div><div class="byline"> 5 September 2015</div><div class="copyright">Copyright &#xa9; 2015 <a href="http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/">Henry S. Thompson</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en"><img src="D:/Documents/HTalks/Icons/cc.png" title="CC sharealike license" height="15.0em"/></a></div></div><div class="body"><div><h2>1.  Introduction</h2><p>Henry Thompson was present, representing SE Scotland on
+Sufferings for the first time at a normal working meeting.</p></div><div><h2>2.  Selected highlights</h2><div><h4>2.1.  09 03 "Our faith in the future"</h4><p>The draft from the Long Term Framework Working Group was presented and
+discussed.  This single-page draft,  which focusses on <i>how</i> we go
+forward, rather that on <i>what</i> we will do, has no <i>dates</i>
+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 <i>idea</i> of Long Term Frameworks has been effectively rethought.</p><p>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.</p></div><div><h4>2.2.  09 05 Minutes received 1, North Wales: Quaker Credit Union</h4><p>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.</p></div><div><h4>2.3.  09 05 Minutes received 2, Southern Marches: Memorial to Innocent
+Victims of War</h4><p>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.</p></div><div><h4>2.4.  09 07
+The Church: Towards a Common Vision</h4><p>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 <a href="http://old.quaker.org.uk/sites/default/files/To-Lima-With-Love.pdf">To Lima with
+Love</a> ([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.</p></div><div><h4>2.5.  09 08 Vibrancy</h4><p>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.</p></div><div><h4>2.6.  09 09a Statement on refugee crisis</h4><p>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.</p></div></div><div><h2>3.  Other business</h2><p>Reports from YM Trustees, QPS&amp;W Central Committee were received and
+briefly reviewed, and various procedural/structural bits of official business
+were taken care of.</p></div></div></body></html>
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+  <title>Meeting for Sufferings 2015-09-05</title>
+  <author>Henry S. Thompson</author>
+  <date> 5 September 2015</date>
+ </head>
+ <body>
+  <div>
+   <title>Introduction</title>
+   <p>Henry Thompson was present, representing SE Scotland on
+Sufferings for the first time at a normal working meeting.</p>
+  </div>
+  <div>
+   <title>Selected highlights</title>
+   <div>
+    <title>09 03 "Our faith in the future"</title>
+    <p>The draft from the Long Term Framework Working Group was presented and
+discussed.  This single-page draft,  which focusses on <emph>how</emph> we go
+forward, rather that on <emph>what</emph> we will do, has no <emph>dates</emph>
+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 <emph>idea</emph> of Long Term Frameworks has been effectively rethought.</p>
+    <p>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.</p>
+   </div>
+   <div>
+    <title>09 05 Minutes received 1, North Wales: Quaker Credit Union</title>
+    <p>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.</p>
+   </div>
+   <div>
+    <title>09 05 Minutes received 2, Southern Marches: Memorial to Innocent
+Victims of War</title>
+    <p>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.</p>
+   </div>
+   <div>
+    <title>09 07
+The Church: Towards a Common Vision</title>
+    <p>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 <link href="http://old.quaker.org.uk/sites/default/files/To-Lima-With-Love.pdf">To Lima with
+Love</link> ([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.</p>
+   </div>
+   <div>
+    <title>09 08 Vibrancy</title>
+    <p>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.</p>
+   </div>
+   <div>
+    <title>09 09a Statement on refugee crisis</title>
+    <p>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.</p>
+   </div>
+  </div>
+  <div>
+   <title>Other business</title>
+   <p>Reports from YM Trustees, QPS&amp;W Central Committee were received and
+briefly reviewed, and various procedural/structural bits of official business
+were taken care of.</p>
+  </div>
+ </body>
+</doc>