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Documents in Advance for CANADIAN YEARLY MEETING of the RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS and Minutes of Representative Meeting (June and November 2017) 2018 Documents in Advance for Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends composed of* Canada Yearly Meeting (Five Years Meeting) Genesee Yearly Meeting (General Conference) Canada Yearly Meeting (Conservative) and Minutes of Representative Meeting 2018 2 * Since 1955 many new Meetings and individual members have joined Canadian Yearly Meeting. The designation on the previous page was approved in 1955 for inclusion in all published reports and minutes to indicate the pre-existing legal entities now incorporated in Canadian Yearly Meeting. These Documents in Advance are the first part of the Minutes of Canadian Yearly Meeting, 2018. As this material will not be included with the Minutes and Late Reports (second part), both volumes will be required for a complete record. Minutes and Late Reports will be available in October 2018. These documents are published on-line and are available for download from our website. Canadian Yearly Meeting 91A Fourth Avenue Ottawa, ON K1S 2L1 CANADA Tel: 613.235.8553 / Fax: 613.235.1753 Email: [email protected] Website: www.quaker.ca Thank you, Kerry MacAdam Office Administrator July 2018 3 CONTENTS REPRESENTATIVE MEETING MINUTES Minutes: June 2017, (Toronto) Representative Meeting ................................................... 6 November 2017, (Ottawa) Representative Meeting ......................................... 20 COMMITTEE and ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS Ad Hoc Committee on Forming an Atlantic Half-Yearly Meeting ........................... 27 Archives Committee .......................................................................................... 27 Camp NeeKauNis.............................................................................................. 28 Canadian Friends Foreign Mission Board ........................................................... 29 Canadian Friends Service Committee: Clerk’s Report ................................................................................................ 29 Administrative Reports (including Treasurer’s) ................................................. 30 Quaker Peace Committee ............................................................................... 31 Quaker Indigenous Rights Committee ............................................................. 32 Quakers Fostering Justice............................................................................... 33 CYM Clerk’s Report ........................................................................................... 34 Continuing Meeting of Ministry and Counsel ....................................................... 38 Contributions Committee ................................................................................... 39 Epistle Summarizing Committee ........................................................................ 39 Finance Committee ........................................................................................... 45 Nominating Committee ...................................................................................... 46 Personnel Committee ........................................................................................ 46 Program Committee .......................................................................................... 47 Publications and Communications Committee .................................................... 48 Statistical Secretary Report ................................................................................ 51 Treasurer’s Report ............................................................................................ 56 Trustees Report ................................................................................................ 56 Yearly Meeting Secretary ................................................................................... 61 MEMORIAL MINUTES Corbett, David ................................................................................................... 70 Downham, Tina ................................................................................................. 72 Engelmann, Mary .............................................................................................. 73 Frost, Donald Leslie........................................................................................... 73 Graham, Angela Baird ....................................................................................... 74 Hill, Susanne Richards ...................................................................................... 75 Johnson, Caroline ............................................................................................. 76 Johnson, Jean Margaret Loy .............................................................................. 78 Lembke, Patty ................................................................................................... 79 Miller, Edith Hoisington ...................................................................................... 80 Milton, John Edward .......................................................................................... 82 Osborne, Valerie ............................................................................................... 83 4 Rajagopal, Dagmar............................................................................................ 84 Rahn, Barbara Ripley Myers .............................................................................. 85 REPRESENTATIVES TO OTHER QUAKER BODIES Canadian Council of Churches Commission on Justice and Peace .................................................................. 87 Canadian Multi-Faith Federation ........................................................................ 87 Friends General Conference ............................................................................. 88 Kairos ............................................................................................................... 89 Kairos Ecological Justice Circle .......................................................................... 90 Kairos Indigenous Rights Circle ......................................................................... 91 Kairos Summary of Circle Gathering .................................................................. 92 Project Ploughshares......................................................................................... 93 World Council of Churches ................................................................................ 95 STATE OF SOCIETY REPORTS Annapolis Valley Monthly Meeting ...................................................................... 96 Argenta Monthly Meeting ................................................................................... 97 Calgary Monthly Meeting ................................................................................... 98 Coldstream Monthly Meeting.............................................................................. 99 Cowichan Valley Monthly Meeting .................................................................... 100 Edmonton Monthly Meeting ............................................................................. 101 Halifax Monthly Meeting................................................................................... 102 Hamilton Monthly Meeting ............................................................................... 106 Interior British Columbia Quaker Meeting ......................................................... 107 Montreal Monthly Meeting ................................................................................ 108 New Brunswick Monthly Meeting ..................................................................... 108 Ottawa Monthly Meeting .................................................................................. 111 Pelham Executive Meeting............................................................................... 113 Peterborouch Monthly Meeting......................................................................... 114 Prince Edward Island Allowed Meeting ............................................................. 115 Saskatoon Monthly Meeting ............................................................................. 116 Thousand Islands Monthly Meeting .................................................................. 117 Toronto Monthly Meeting ................................................................................. 119 Vancouver Monthly Meeting ............................................................................ 123 Vancouver Island Monthly Meeting ................................................................... 125 Winnipeg Monthly Meeting ............................................................................... 127 Yarmouth Monthly Meeting .............................................................................. 127 Yonge Street Monthly Meeting ......................................................................... 129 5 MINUTES OF REPRESENTATIVE MEETING Minutes of Representative Meeting held to consider business in lieu of CYM-in-Session 2017 Toronto, Ontario, June 28 – 30, 2017 Present: * Wednesday evening, June 28, 2017 Clerk: Elaine Bishop Recording Clerk: Seán Hennessey also supporting the clerks’ table: Barbara Horvath 17-06-1 Opening worship: We opened with worship, during which the Clerk read from the Pendle Hill Pamphlet, Beyond Consensus: