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changeset 173:f87fbff7674c
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author | Henry Thompson <ht@markup.co.uk> |
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date | Sun, 06 Oct 2019 10:15:40 +0100 |
parents | 783665c88534 |
children | f5c19d13a040 |
files | Sufferings/2019-10-04/notes.txt |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/Sufferings/2019-10-04/notes.txt Sun Oct 06 10:15:19 2019 +0100 +++ b/Sufferings/2019-10-04/notes.txt Sun Oct 06 10:15:40 2019 +0100 @@ -33,10 +33,9 @@ Group 3 Elaine *Doing now* - "Just transition" ['just' as in 'justice'] - Co-ordination + "Just transition" ['just' as in 'justice'] [breaking out of the bubble?] [1] + Co-ordination Self-awareness - [breaking out of the bubble?] Leverage our privilege "... go on the defensive" Younger friends: veg[an|itarian], cycle/walk by default @@ -48,3 +47,61 @@ small actions vs. despair _Our_ particular angle: faith basis, ref. Eden Grace Central priority [set by PP?] is on the political [Gordon Benson] + +Trees came up a lot + Quaker burial ground? + +*Trustees* + "Meeting-centred support" [2] is the new buzz phrase, 'vibrancy' is no + longer mentioned. + + Woodbrooke: numbers down over several years. Renew purpose to meet + friends and peoples needs. Survey done: Woodbrooke needs to come to + Friends, and too expensive (c.f. someone from Friends House 'for + free'). Vibrancy pilot. Opportunity for renewal. JW Rowntree + "Woodbrooke should not be a privilege for the rich". + + Simpler meetings: 500+ Friends involved in governance/decision-making + about centrally-funded work. Free up that effort to do other things. + Be sustainable. Slow, lack of accountability. Risk of shrinking: + discernment not reflecting the breadth of the YM. + [So, _not_ the leadings of the spirit] + + ['Experiment' of video "had its challenges": Good for trustees, hard + on the person in scotland] + +*Quaker Stewardship Committee* + [remit] + + "We are a bottom-up organisation, and I don't know of any other" [Win + Sutton] + + "The bottom _is_ the top" [Ursula Fuller, QSC Clerk] + + "Yearly Meeting decisions are taken with care because they are + understood to be, as a matter of our faith, decisions by _all_ of + us." [ditto] + +*Safeguarding* + +We've been asked by the English inquiry on this for answers to a +detailed questionaire from their sub-investigation into "child +protection in religious organisations and settings in England and +Wales". + +*Assisted dying* + +This has come around again from several English AMs. Attempted to +focus on what we _as Quakers_ have to say. My memory of our +experience in Scotland is that we are unlikely to reach unity on the +question, but might that in itself may be a worthwhile contribution? + +"Not reaching unity is not a failure" [PP] + +MfS session reflected a wide range of positions. + +Studied neutrality is also a possibility [3]. + +[1] http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/publication/climate-change-and-the-just-transition-a-guide-for-investor-action/ +[2] https://quaker.org.uk/our-organisation/support-for-meetings/meeting-centred-support +[3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3505400/