--- a/QiS/What_are_QiS.txt	Thu Mar 28 19:34:16 2024 +0000
+++ b/QiS/What_are_QiS.txt	Thu Mar 28 19:34:37 2024 +0000
@@ -46,19 +46,43 @@
 
 1. The church and the charity
 
-The distinction between the SCIO and the RSFS is explicitly modelled
-on the distinction found in the governing document of "Britain Yearly
-Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) (Britain Yearly
-Meeting)" as registered with the Charity Commission (charity
-no. 1127633).  Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) is (an English) Charitable
-Incorporated Organisation.  Its governing document defines that
-lengthy name as the charity and "The Religious Society of Friends
+Making a distinction between the SCIO and the RSFS is explicitly
+modelled on the distinction found in the governing document of
+"Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
+(Britain Yearly Meeting)" as registered with the Charity Commission
+(charity no. 1127633).  Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) is (an English)
+Charitable Incorporated Organisation.  Its governing document defines
+that lengthy name as the charity and "The Religious Society of Friends
 (Quakers) in Britain" as the church.
 
 The GD uses "Quakers in Scotland" (QiS) for both of these, without
 ever explicitly acknowledging that they are distinct.  Sometimes
 context makes clear which they are referring to, but not always.
 
+There are two problems here:
+ a) The lack of a clear distinction between the two;
+ b) The very limited nature of what is said, or more often implied,
+    about the RSFS.  This is acknowledged by what in the quote above:
+    "[RSFS] is not part of what we are asking you about here".
+
+These problems arise in large part because, perfectly understandably,
+QiS-CG evidently started with the template for governing documents for
+(English/Welsh) CIOs made available by Quaker Life
+(https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/cio-constitution-template-agreed-2014).
+
+Indeed SESAM-the-charity's own governing document is also based on a
+similar, more recent, template for non-incorporated Area Meetings from
+Quaker Life
+(https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/governing-document-for-am-cc-approved-11-2022-final),
+and so also suffers from these problems [footnote: East of Scotland
+AM's governing document is also based on the non-incorporated Area
+Meeting template.  North of Scotland Quaker Trust is evidently
+distinct from NSAM, but I haven't found a governing document, nor have
+I found one for West of Scotland]
+
+But _why_ is these problems, and even granted that they are, why do
+they need to be fixed _now_?
+
 2. The future of the Area Meeting(s)