Session 12 Activity Sheet 1 – Cut out the instructions and cards along the solid lines Mapping Britain Yearly Meeting’s governance and committee structure

Instructions for card based response activity As well as the cards, you will need a large piece of paper, table top or noticeboard to work on, together with scissors, string or yarn and sticky tack.

In groups of four to six people, do an activity mapping Britain Yearly Meeting’s governance and committee structure. 1. Spread the cards out face up on a flat surface. 2. Take it in turns to read one of the cards aloud and move it where you think it should go in relation to any other cards already placed, with the objective of making a ‘map’ of the governance and committee structures of BYM. (Don’t worry if you don’t know where everything goes – have a go and see how far you can get!) 3. Use string or yarn and sticky tack, to show lines of communication or relationship between the different committees or groupings. 4. Check how your ‘map’ compares with the diagram on Activity Sheet 2 (or Qf&p 8.05).

Stay in your small groups and share anything you notice, for example:  anything surprising or new to you  any experience you have of aspects of the structure and lines of communication  any queries that you might like to follow up after the session

Session 12 Activity Sheet 1 – Cut out the instructions and cards along the solid lines

Local meetings Area Meetings Meeting of Friends in Wales

General Meeting for Scotland Young Friends General Meeting Quaker Life Representative Council

Britain Yearly Meeting Trustees’ Audit Committee Employment Committee subcommittees (standing committees) Session 12 Activity Sheet 1 – Cut out the instructions and cards along the solid lines

Quaker Stewardship Committee Meeting for Sufferings Britain Yearly Meeting Trustees

Standing committees appointed by Meeting for Sufferings Quaker Peace & Social Witness Quaker Life Central Committee and responsible to Central Committee Britain Yearly Meeting Trustees

Quaker Committee for Christian & Quaker World Relations Committee Individual Friends Interfaith Relations

Session 12 Activity Sheet 1 – Cut out the instructions and cards along the solid lines

Finance & Property Committee Management Meeting Staff

Agenda Committee Committee on Clerks Yearly Meeting in session

Yearly Meeting standing committees Central Nominations Committee