changeset 357:e516458a4f69

tidying up the background more
author Henry S. Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>
date Mon, 01 Apr 2024 13:53:50 +0100
parents 770d1724b680
children fb8261490a5c
files QiS/What_are_QiS.xml
diffstat 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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 @@
  </div>
  <div>
   <title>General Meeting for Scotland</title>
+  <blockquote>
+   <p>"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.</p>
+   <p>"General Meeting itself meets quarterly for business</p>
+   <p>"General Meeting acts on behalf of Britain Yearly Meeting in such procedures as may be required by the Scottish Parliament and Scottish legal affairs."</p>
+   <p><link href="https://www.quakerscotland.org/general-meeting">https://www.quakerscotland.org/general-meeting</link></p>
+  </blockquote>
+    <p>GM's governing document is here: <link href="https://www.quakerscotland.org/sites/quakerscotland.org/files/documents/Governing%20Document%20amended%202021.pdf">https://www.quakerscotland.org/sites/quakerscotland.org/files/documents/Governing%20Document%20amended%202021.pdf</link>.  It appears to be based on the Quaker Life template for Area Meetings.  Section <name>12. Constituent Meetings</name> says "i) General Meeting for Scotland consists of all the local Meetings in Scotland."</p>
+<p>QF&amp;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".</p>
+<p>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&amp;P 16.22,23)</p>
  </div>
 </div>
  <div>
@@ -350,20 +369,6 @@
    matters should set out the arrangements for trusteeship."
    </p>
  </div>
-<p>Prison Chaplains</p>
-<p>QF&amp;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".</p>
-<p>Registering officers</p>
-<p>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&amp;P 16.22,23)</p>
-</div>
+ </div>
  </body>
 </doc>