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changeset 357:e516458a4f69
tidying up the background more
author | Henry S. Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk> |
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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&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&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&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&P 16.22,23)</p> -</div> + </div> </body> </doc>