QCA at Yearly Meeting, 5-6 May 2018:
AGM + Special Interest Meeting + Groups Fair
AGM – Saturday 5 May
Time : 10:45 for 11:00, finishing 12:30
Venue: The Penn Club, Cadbury Room, 21 Bedford Place , WC1B 5JJ
The Penn Club is a short distance from Friends House, just south of Russell Square
The 59, 68, 91, 168 bus routes run between Euston Station (across the road from Friends House) and Russell Square.
Travel subsidy: QCA will reimburse attending Members who have traveled from outside London to a maximum of £20 on presentation of receipts.
Light refreshments will be available (tea/coffee with soy milk and vegan biscuits)
This year’s AGM will be just 90 minutes to allow Friends to take full advantage of Yearly Meeting proceedings and events.
Agenda:
- Greetings, refreshments settling in, 11.00 – 11.05
- Opening worship, 11.05 – 11.10
- Business: Appointments and Accounts, 11.10 – 11.30
- Business: Amendment of QCA Constitution (sections 9, 11, 13 & 17) 11.30 – 11.55
- Discussion, Legacy Project, 12:05 –12:25
- Close – 12.30
Special Interest Meeting- Saturday 5 May
We hope that Friends who’ve come for the AGM will be able to stay on for QCA’s Special Interest Meeting that evening
Time : 17.30 – 18:30
Venue: Drayton House (adjacent to Friends House), Room B16 Edgeworth
Vegan Living as Quaker Witness: an introduction
Do the consumption choices we make exemplify our spiritual values and social commitments? Can they lead us toward simpler lives and demonstrate our care for our common planet? More and more people around the world are considering a mostly plant-based diet. Come hear from Friends who are exploring this path and join the discussion.
Three speakers will share with us their stories, followed by a facilitated discussion and questions from the audience.
Groups Fair – Sunday 6 May
Time : 18.00 – 20:30
Venue: Friends House, the Large Meeting House
Come visit us! We will be proudly featuring the new Spring 2018 issue of our newsletter and we will have back issues and assorted items for sale and give away … and no doubt a selection of delicious vegan treats
Hello!
I hope you are well. it is with tremendous joy that I write to you. I am a vegan Friend in the USA. I am often disheartened by the good intentions and works toward refugees and other humans, only to be followed by a bacon sandwitch. After my steadily raising the issue of compassion to all, a neighboring Meeting has invited me to speak on Quakerism and veganism-this Sunday! Do you have any suggestions? Early Friends, websites, books-anything would be appreciated. I am so overjoyed to learn of this group! Is there an American QCA? If not, perhaps you would help me get one started? Peace & Joy for All.