December 2008
SARM minutes ..................................... 2
World children’s choir for peace ............... 3
Christmas concert ................................ 4
Quaker reading group ............................ 4
Members and attenders list ..................... 4
FWCC AWPS ‘Gathering in clear light and
fresh hope’ ....................................... 5
Flying from Delhi to Singapore ................. 6
Aboriginal Australia demands justice re-
instate the Racial Discrimination Act;
repeal intervention laws ....................... 7
Yearly Meeting 2009: Canberra ................. 9 Never do anything
Yearly Meeting 2010: What canst thou do? ... 9
Pacifism or non-violence? ...................... 10
against conscience
even if the state
demands it.
Albert Einstein
Ffriends at 2008 Yearly Meeting in Melbourne
Juchniewicz, David Barry, Liz Pyatt,
SARM minutes Lucinda Armitage. We authorise the
walking cheerfully Sunday, 7 December 2008 Clerk, in consultation with R M&O, to
is available in approve further applications.
hardcopy or from In attendance
◊ RM roles
sa.quakers.org.au Enid Robertson, Charles and Elizabeth
We nominate Kate Alessia and Roger
Stevenson, Trish Hensley, Ann Rees, Roger
We welcome your Keyes as Pastoral Carers.
Keyes, Humphrey Tranter, Jenny Stock,
contributions We ask those attending to reach
Diana Lorking, Inga and Michael Tolley,
by post, email mutually satisfactory arrangements for
Chris Colgan, Beverlie Hopkins.
or in person. other roles.
The closing date 1 Opening in worship/Reading ◊ Welcome fair
is the first Sunday Be aware of the spirit of God at work We ask SA Friends who are attending to
of the month. in the ordinary activities and arrange suitable representation. We
Love debra experience of your daily life. Spiritual suggest the inclusion of the 2008
learning continues throughout life, editions of Walking cheerfully in our
Editor: and often in unexpected ways. There presentation/exhibit.
debra hackett is inspiration to be found all around ◊ Documents in Advance
0438 869 099 us, in the natural world, in the Page 48: Child Protection Policy and
sciences and arts, in our work and Procedures Review.
walkingcheerfully@ friendships, in our sorrows as well as We support the suggestion of a
diemperdidi.info in our joys. Are you open to new light, preparatory session at YM 2009 to
from whatever source it may come? Do discuss possible interim
PO Box 55 you approach new ideas with recommendations regarding emerging
North Adelaide SA 5006 discernment? (Advices and Queries 7) issues.
2 Acknowledgement of Country Page 60: FWCC
sa.quakers.org.au/ We suggest that the Regional Meeting
3 Permission to attend/Confirm agenda
walkingcheerfully/ Finance Committee be asked to
4 Minutes of October Regional Meeting consider budgeting for the second and
We ask that the Minutes be signed. third suggestions. We suggest that
Subscription:
$20.00 pa 5 Membership matters priority be given to assisting other
◊ Application for membership— Yearly Meetings in the Asia-West Pacific
Tina Namow Section, rather than assisting
We are delighted to receive this Australian Friends to travel to such
application from Tina, currently living gatherings.
in Darwin. Darwin Recognised Meeting Page 61: Handbook Committee
offers the names of Elaine Edwards We hope that an editor will be
and Elizabeth Kwan as visitors. We appointed as soon as possible.
accept these nominations, and look Page 64: Morrow Bequest
forward to their report. We hope that WARM will proceed as it
◊ Transfer of Membership— sees fit with regard to the recommend-
Elizabeth De Sa ations from the Morrow Bequest
We approve this transfer. Elizabeth has Committee.
been a much loved and valued Page 74: Publications Committee
member of our community. We do not see it as advisable to
◊ Testimony for Ruth Beckwith commit to further expenditure. We
Preparation is continued. suggest an evaluation of the role,
◊ Testimony for Myles Pulsford functioning, and output of the
We hear the testimony prepared by Publications Committee over the past
Roger Keyes. We ask that a copy be five years.
included in the Minutes, and also Page 78: Quaker Voices in the 21st
forwarded to the YM Secretary. Century
6 SARM Annual report We are grateful for the input of the
two Friends who have had this
We accept the annual report.
concern. We believe that it should now
7 Treasurer’s report be laid down knowing that each
We hear Minutes of the Finance regional meeting will discern in faith
Committee Meeting of 1 December. as they always have, what is needed at
8 Yearly Meeting 2010 a particular time.
◊ Permission for Attenders Page 81: Sexual Abuse and Misconduct
We support the attendance at Yearly Prevention
Meeting of the following attenders We recommend that the Child
Deb Munro, Jim Wilson, Rudi Herr, Protection Contact Persons and the
Jordan Twartz, Keith Twartz, Joseph Contact for Sexual Abuse and
walking cheerfully december 2008 page 2
Misconduct be separate persons. We the Heads of Christian Churches group
believe the two issues must be kept to Quaker participation, and support
completely separate. The role of Child the Clerk in carefully pursuing this.
Protection person is sufficient in itself 10 Peace and Social Justice Report
and should not be loaded with The Committee continues to meet
additional responsibilities. We believe monthly. The Committee recently
that mixing them could lead to hosted a meeting after ALM with
misapplication of the Sexual Abuse and Christian Peacemakers Casper and Erin
Misconduct policies to children, in Adson.
ways that would be contrary to Child
Protection guidelines, thus leading to a 11 Nomination of Chaplain to Flinders
failure in our duty of care to children, University Oasis Centre
a risk of legal liability which would not Minute 12 of the October Adelaide
be covered by the Society’s insurers, Local Meeting for Business for Worship
and a risk of committing a criminal is read.
offence in jurisdictions in which We hear debra hackett’s desire to We acknowledge
mandatory reporting laws apply to follow a concern to work as a Quaker
religious organisations. chaplain in the OASIS multifaith centre and respect the
Page 83: Thanksgiving Fund at Flinders University. We give her our
By the term ‘endorsement’ our Meeting blessing and ask SARM to approve this traditional
normally means that the applicant is a concern.
We support debra in this leading, and custodians on
bone fide member or attender.
We do not feel competent to comment ask the Clerk to advise the relevant
person within Flinders University of whose ancestral
on Point 3 and hope the committee will
our support.
conduct this and advise YM. lands we live.
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We are delighted that Young Friends (Minute 14 October 2008 continued)
are giving the Backhouse Lecture in The Clerk continues in negotiation We acknowledge
2010. We hope some money will be with the YM secretary for an
made available to them from the appropriate opportunity for this
the deep feelings
Backhouse Lecture Fund. We concern to be presented. of attachment
recommend that Young Friends 13 Regional Meeting Nominations
produce a proposal event by event for Committee and relationship
use of the money for which they are We receive from Adelaide Local
asking. Meeting the names of Kerry O’Regan of Aboriginal
It has been suggested that some and Sonia Raupach. Eastern Suburbs
regional meetings might consider has nominated Inga Tolley to join peoples to
inviting the Young Friends as guest Elizabeth Stevenson, who is continuing
speakers to their residential weekends. and will convene the Committee. country.
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We believe that there is duplication of 14 Next Meeting
Adelaide Meeting House, Sunday We acknowledge
the concerns of AQC and QLA. We
consider that there is a great hunger 1 February, 1.00pm.
the Kaurna
for learning among Quakers. We hope 15 Close in silent worship
that a group culled from members of people as the
the two concerns (AQC and AQL) will
be formed to meet, dialogue, and custodians of the
discern together and report the World children’s
findings of the group to YM 2010. Adelaide region
9 SA Council of Churches Executive choir for peace and that their
report
We are represented on the Executive World children’s choir for peace
cultural and
by debra hackett and Drew Thomas. is seeking sources of funding
The Clerk presents a brief report on heritage beliefs
activities. There is interest among for all sorts of things. Anyone with
members of the SACC in the faith and knowledge or ideas about possible are still important
practice of Friends.
We agree to inviting the April General sources, please contact Deb Munro to the living
Council meeting to convene on debmunro@youngadelaidevoices.asn.au
Saturday for devotions in the Meeting Kaurna people
House before adjourning to St Peters
for the business component of the today.
meeting. We hear of an openness of
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Christmas concert
The 2008 Christmas Concert will be held Barbara True to let her know the child’s
on Saturday 20 December at the North name and suggest a book the child would
Adelaide Meeting House. All Ffriends are like or give Barbara the child’s age and
welcome to this gathering to celebrate any preferences the child has in their
Christmas with song. reading.
There will be a shared dinner at 6.00pm, Barbara can be contacted by
followed by the concert in the Meeting email on barbaratr@adam.com.au
House at 7.00pm. Anybody who would or text her on 0419822917
like to give a performance is welcome to or ring her on 83655383.
do so. We will all sing carols together. This event is always a lot of fun, so we
Each child receives a gift of a book from hope you can make it.
the South Australian Meeting. If you are Trish Hensley
bringing any children, please contact Convenor, Children’s Committee
Quaker reading group
Our reading for this Meeting will come
Quakerism is a living spirituality. It has a
from the book Sacred compass: the way
wonderful literature that reflects on our
of spiritual discernment by J Brent Bill.
centuries-old traditions and explores new
understandings of what a Quaker might Format for the evening:
be. 1. Silence
2. Welcome
This group offers Ffriends the opportunity
3. Explanation of the process
to delve into some of the thoughtful and 4. Reading and responding
exciting writings that our spiritual 5. General discussion as we share food
tradition offers. It is not your normal 6. Feedback to help plan the next
book club, so come prepared for session
something a little—or maybe even a lot— 7. Silence
different. Inquiries
Our inaugural meeting will be held at the Chris Colgan
North Adelaide Meeting House 0414 615 089
Saturday 17 January ccolgan@ozemail.com.au
Trish Hensley
5.00pm—7.00pm
8295 5990
Please bring food and drink to share. hensleytwartz@pacific.net.au
Members and attenders list
This year’s List of members and If members or attenders do not feel
attenders will be drawn from the online comfortable making their own changes,
database, so please log on to they can alert their membership
www.quakers.org.au and check that your secretary of the changes and ask them to
details are correct. please update the database.
First time loggers on should click ‘forgot Source: YM Secretary’s newsletter
your password’ and you will receive an
email with username, then use your
postcode as your password.
Once logged on you can change your
username and password, but should
record it as no one else will know what
it is.
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churches. We need to hold all Indians in
FWCC AWPS ‘Gathering in the Light and pray for a peaceful
clear light and fresh hope’ resolution, leading to peaceful co-
We are Friends. We are Friends gathered existence and the ability to live together.
together at the FWCC AWPS Gathering in PV Rajagopol, of Ekta Parishad, a non-
Bhopal—India. violent protest group, told us of a 340km
We are Friends from YMs/MMs from march by 25 000 landless people to Delhi.
Aotearoa/New Zealand, Australia, Some people had been made landless by
Bhopal, Bundelkand, General Conference developers; others had been driven from
of Friends in India, Hong Kong, Japan, their forest land by timber merchants
Mahoba True Friends Church in Uttar and government agencies. Their
Pradesh, Marble Rocks Church in Madhya peaceful, non-violent protest forced the
Pradesh, Mid-India, Philippine Evangelical National Government to consider
Friends Church, Seoul and Switzerland, adopting some serious land reforms.
plus from within AWPS section; Indonesia, With the help of Rajagopol of Ekta
Nepal and an AFSC worker from Parishad and the strength of the women
Cambodia, plus countries from outside from the Self Employed Women’s
the section: Cuba, Ireland, Kenya, Association, we learned to approach
Norway, Rwanda, South Africa, UK and people with charity, engage the energy of
USA. young people, and build a grassroots
We are Friends, with many different movement by helping people use their
cultures, ages and ways of expressing our anger to ‘build a social moment’. We
faith but we remember that we are more learned that in the midst of extreme
than just Friends from different places— poverty, gratitude can give just enough
we are all members of one world wide hope to move to new action and work to
family of Friends. empower oneself and others. As Gandhi
There have been reports from Philippine suggested, we must each think of the
Evangelical Friends, newly affiliated with poorest person we know, and if our action
AWPS, who have 35 churches and 3500 empowers him or her, only then should
members, Nepal Friends with 32 churches we go forward.
and 2500 members and Indonesian We were equally challenged to be
Friends with 32 churches and 2000 fearless in our approach to difficult
members. These groups have had rapid situations. We must be willing to be
growth over the last 20/25 years, yet transformed, even as we hope others
membership in the more established might confront challenges with us. Love
YMs—for example, Japan and Australia— is large enough to encompass us all. We
have, in recent times, expressed some must be willing to name what we
concern over declining membership. experience, to listen deeply, and to let
We welcome the affiliation of Mahoba go. We must be both fearless, as Gandhi
True Friends Yearly Meeting in Uttar required and sensitive, as Gandhi
Pradesh, India and the acceptance of the exemplified. God asks nothing less.
application from Marble Rocks Monthly We sang with Friends from the Africa
Meeting, with its principal location in Section. They reminded us that
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. regardless of what modes of transport-
Under the warmth of the Indian sun and ation we use to get around, our
the generous care of Indian Friends, we destination as Friends is all the same.
experienced their cultural richness Due to challenges of travel and cost,
through music and dance in the hues of their Representative Meeting, usually
green, red and gold. Other dancers cast held annually, has been laid down. Still,
shadows, challenging us to cast our own intervisitation lays the foundation for
shadows in the clear Light. holding challenging conversations and for
conferences that promote learning and
We have been made aware of serious
fellowship. Through strategic planning,
religious tensions in India between
the Africa Section’s focus is on inclusive
Christians, Hindus and Moslems, leading
decision-making, encouraging leadership
to persecution and deaths of Christians
among young people, supporting the
and the destruction of their homes and
ministry of women, actively engaging in
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peace efforts, forging ecumenical
partnerships, and growing in Christ’s
Flying from Delhi to Singapore
love. They remind us that supporting Barbara True
Young Friends is an active process, I just watched the end of the film Dark
patiently allowing the space for big Knight. Because it was a well-written
questions to emerge and providing story, the consummate destruction was
opportunity for them to try new ideas. not disturbing so much as purposeful to
the moral message: that we all have the
Young Adult Friends challenged us with
their visions and plans for the years to capacity for evil, and that to be good is a
come. They shared the importance of conscious, indefinite choice.
Young Friends by actively involving them I am on flight SQ 405 , returning to
in their own Meetings and in our section. Adelaide after attending the triennial
They hope to build a close relationship to meeting of the Asia West Pacific Section
each other in spite of the diversity of of the Friends World Committee on
culture, languages and geographical Consultation (AWPS of the FWCC), held
locations this year in Bhopal MP, India. Please,
Home groups, Interest groups and please read the beautiful epistle, as my
Information panel groups, along with report is only personal and not corporate.
Business sessions, kept us very busy from How personal? Well, I just used the
dawn to dusk but we made time to speak airplane lavatory and rejoiced in the
with each other during our breaks and return of toilet paper to my life. While
meal times. There was even time for a the majority of world citizens do not use
total break from the ‘busy-ness’ for two toilet paper, I and those in my life always
busloads of Friends to visit Sanchi, an have. Arriving five days early in Delhi for
important Buddhist centre, about 46kms pre-conference events (the Gandhi Peace
from Bhopal. A few centuries before Centre! the Taj Mahal!) we were at first
Observance of customs
Christ, local merchants built a large mystified by the plastic buckets and cups
and laws can very easily complex of stupas, monasteries and in the bathrooms of the YMCA tourist
be a cloak for a lie so monuments on a high hill top. The Great hotel. ‘Something to do with Islamic
Stupa, 37 metres in diameter and 16 washing practices’ I thought, using the
subtle that our fellow
metres high, is the largest in India and paper.
human beings are provided a breathtaking backdrop for
Friends to have a picnic lunch, to stroll Welcome to Bhopal. ‘Pastoral Centre
unable to detect it. It
and be in communion with each other at guests are requested not to flush toilet
may help us to escape a slow pace. paper into our plumbing. Cups for
all criticism, we may washing are provided. If paper is used, do
Worship took many forms, spoken in
so after washing for drying purposes only
even be able to deceive English and Hindi, in the fullness of
and place used paper into the plastic
expectant waiting and through the
ourselves in the bags provided.’ If locals can go without,
exuberant words of scripture and
belief of our obvious so can we, said me and my roommate,
ministry. We delighted in celebrating our
Liz Gates (Philadelphia YM).
righteousness. But deep love of God.
We are Friends. Some Friends took it a step further,
down, below the surface
cleaning with the left hand and eating
We hold all Meetings in the clear Light
of the average [person]’s with the right (with lots of water, soap
and with fresh hope until our section
conscience, [they] hear a and alcohol hand-washing). Friends got to
meets again in the Philippines in
know one another in unexpected ways.
voice whispering, ‘There November 2011. Friends also anticipate
‘Well, you have to be sitting down...’ or
gathering together for the World
is something not right’, ‘One can scrape excess water with the
Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, in August
no matter how much straightened index finger, like so’, said
2012.
Marit Kromberg (Norway YM). ‘You have
[their] rightness is In Love and Peace to be comfortable with your body.’ I
supported by public Friends at the AWPS section Gathering in thought I was! It goes to show you that
Bhopal, India, 6-13 November 2008 there is always more to learn.
opinion or by the moral Michael Corbett—Convener
code. Gretchen Castle, John Ocol & Arvind There is a heart-breaking squalor in India
Swan that one struggles to describe. For those
Carl Gustav Jung of us used to private luxuries, this is
intimately real in the bathroom. One
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‘showered’ using the large bucket and
small cup. The bucket captured most Aboriginal Australia demands justice re-instate the
water from the tap and then this was Racial Discrimination Act; repeal intervention laws
used to second-flush the loo. One used In March this year, Human Rights
the cold water in the small cup to wash Commissioner, Tom Calma said, ‘The
one’s body. I avoided the corner of the most revealing indicator that the NT
cement floor where the water never intervention was not consistent with
dried. Here the mosquitoes hovered, as if human rights principles was the provision
to remind me to take my malaria tablets. at the centre of the legislative machinery
India Friends have been isolated from the used to support the intervention, namely
world practices of other Quakers more suspending the operation of Racial
than most. Their services are evangelical Discrimination Act.’
and semi-programmed, consisting of Yet the Rudd government says the Racial
silence followed by continuous ministry Discrimination Act will remain suspended
shifting quickly with quiet urgency from and a blanket welfare quarantine from
one Friend to another, and comprised of which there is no appeal will be
the readings of entire psalms, chapters of maintained for at least the next year.
the Bible or songs with many verses. Under the Northern Territory Emergency
Spontaneous vocal ministry seemed more Response (NTER), leases and government
like a sermon or homily. business managers have been imposed on
What did India Friends love and admire? prescribed communities. Overcrowding,
The quiet power of the gathered meeting lack of basic infrastructure, health and
for worship for business and the education services, which have for
politeness and respect of the language decades shamed successive Australian
we used at these meetings. The young governments, are now being used by
pastor Friends from Nepal and the government bureaucrats to force
Philippines looked shocked when I communities to relinquish even more
suggested that the pastors (spiritual control of their land.
leaders) and clerks (business ‘leaders’) The only houses built in twelve months of
were not one and the same. I saw the Intervention have been for the
enlightenment occur in their faces. ‘Um, business managers many of which are
well...’, I said. ‘Friends abandoned the unoccupied. ‘Prescribed’ communities
laity. We’re all ministers. All are to be have been offered millions in housing
empowered.’ So the word spreads. only if they lease their land to the
Of course, I have left out a great deal: government for 40, 60 or even 90 years.
Sari shopping, relentless beggars and Programs empowering local communities
sales people, the late evening motorised to deal with issues of alcohol abuse,
rickshaw ride to New Market with Julian domestic violence and education have
Stutgart (Hong Kong YM) and John been discarded as the NTER has taken
Fitzgerald (Ireland YM); curry three times bureaucratic control. The recommend-
a day; chai tea; meeting Patricia DeBoar ations of the Little children are sacred
(AFSC, Cambodia); having David Atwood report are being ignored.
(QUNO, Geneva YM) in my home group The NT Intervention is based on racial
again. Boarding the sleeping car of a discrimination
train with no visible beginning or end in An Intervention that relies on the
the middle of the night, eyes and throat suspension of the very Act designed to
burning from carbon emissions. protect people from racism, makes a
... mockery of any claim that it is for the
Meanwhile, back in Adelaide, Molly, benefit of Aboriginal people.
Andrew and Ian got gastro.
That the Rudd Labor government says it
will re-instate the RDA next year is an
Do you give sufficient time to sharing with admission that it is currently violating the
others in the meeting, both newcomers human rights of Aboriginal people.
and long-time members, your Welfare rights are non-negotiable
understanding of worship, of service, and The Intervention represents a wholesale
of commitment to the Society's witness? Do attack on Australia’s commitment to
you give a right proportion of your money universal social security rights. ‘Income
to support Quaker work? management’ means Aboriginal people in
Advices and queries 20 affected communities cannot access
welfare payments in cash like non-
Aboriginal Australians. Half of their
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payments are issued in gift-vouchers, or Aboriginal people across the country is
store cards which control where people alive and well.
shop and what they are able to buy. The assimilation policies that resulted in
Some communities literally rely on the the Stolen Generations are being imposed
uncertain delivery of food parcels. In on new generations of Aboriginal children
other places people can no longer who are forced to leave their homelands
budget, and have no money to attend to access basic education and any
funerals, ceremonies, or even buy prospect of future employment.
Christmas presents.
The solution to the poverty and
Self-determination—Aboriginal control disadvantage of Aboriginal communities
of Aboriginal affairs begins with self-determination—allowing
‘For old people the intervention is affected communities to decide what
bringing up bad memories of the past, programs are needed and how they will
the old days, the ration days, the dog tag be implemented.
days and the mission days’ (Women’s The Labor government’s own NTER
statement from the inaugural Prescribed review (14 October 2008) stated,
Area People’s Alliance, 29 September ‘...addressing specific concerns of
2008). Aboriginal communities does not require
The NT Intervention has seen government the exclusion of fundamental human
take control of the prescribed commun- rights such as the Racial Discrimination
ities. The Federal government now Act.’
dictates which communities will get basic A continuation of these Intervention
housing, and which will be left with policies is not acceptable to the
appalling overcrowding, which stores will prescribed Aboriginal communities who
thrive, and which will be forced to fold. have had their rights suspended since
It has raised the prospect of communities June 2007, and it is not acceptable to an
declared to be ‘unviable’ being denied Australian community committed to
funding and basic welfare rights. human rights.
It is clear that the 12 months the Rudd We therefore call on the Rudd Govern-
Government plans to continue current ment to immediately re-instate the
Intervention policies will be used to Racial Discrimination Act (1975) and to
ensure government control of the end the NT Intervention policies which
communities in future decades. remove basic welfare and human rights
But communities are standing strong for Aboriginal people.
against government control: ‘Our laws ◊ Immediately reinstate the Racial
don’t change. White people are changing Discrimination Act
their law all the time. We have been
◊ Repeal the NT Intervention laws
practicing our culture for thousands and
thousands of generations. We want to ◊ All Intervention funds to be
strongly maintain and practice our controlled by Aboriginal community
culture. We want to stay in our organisations
communities and pass on traditional ◊ Protect full welfare rights for all
knowledge to the future generations’ people
(Women’s statement from the inaugural ◊ Immediately sign the International
Prescribed Area People’s Alliance, Declaration on Indigenous Peoples
29 September 2008).
Endorsed by: Prescribed Area People’s
Never again Alliance (PAPA) meeting, Alice Springs,
In February 2008, Prime Minister Rudd 7 November 2008, STICS (Stop the
said ‘Sorry’ on behalf of the Australian Intervention Collective Sydney), Professor
Parliament: ‘We today take this first step Larissa Behrendt, Director of Research at
by acknowledging the past and laying the Jumbunna Indigenous House of
claim to a future that embraces all Learning UTS, Mark McMillan LLB GDLP
Australians. A future where this LLM Senior researcher, Alison Vivian BSC
Parliament resolves that the injustices of Dip Ed LLB LLM, Women’s Reconciliation
the past must never, never happen Network NSW,
again’. To add your endorsement
But injustices are happening now in the email stoptheintervention@gmail.com
name of the NT Intervention. The or call 0449 646 593.
paternalism that created ‘the gap’ Source:
between the lives of the rest of Australia stoptheintervention.org/news/2/57/2008-
and the appalling living conditions for International-Human-Rights-Day-Statement/
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Other requirements for Summer School
Yearly Meeting 2009: Registration Website with electronic
Canberra registration Registration forms Pre- and post-
Yearly Meeting 2009 will be at Australian YM plans YM Worship and Gatherings
National University (ANU) from Saturday
Epilogues Backhouse Lecture—location,
3 January to Saturday 10 January.
catering, logistics, sound Music, singing,
To register, go to www.quakers.org.au piano Concert Share-and-Tells Promotion and
and log into the site, click the Calendar
of Events link at the top ribbon. Find media Promote in Australian Friend Quaker
Yearly Meeting 2009, and click on the website additions FWCC/AWPS website
Click here to Register link. If you need additions World Quaker websites
the Word registration form, please look
on the home page of the website for a Advertise Backhouse lecture and any other
link to it. public lecture Yfs Yfs’ Locations Yfs’
Otherwise contact Michael Searle by Theme Yfs’ Activities YFs’ Personnel
email michsear@homemail.com.au Yfs’ Points of linking into other
or phone 0428 630 691. YM activities Transport Collecting from
Yearly Meeting 2010: airport, Transport from other accommodation
What canst thou do? Involvement of Locals Outreach to
non-Quakers Briefings for new-comers,
While we are preparing for YM 2009, we
explanations of processes Help desk
also need to start working towards YM
Registration Name tags Daily info sheet on
2010 to be held in Adelaide. If we all
sessions and announcements Notice pin-
contribute in some way, the job won’t be
board Data projector board with most up-to-date session and
too onerous for any one individual. The
YM 2010 Arrangements Committee is announcement info Photo-copying Post-YM Activities—
seeking your involvement. If you get in organization Billeting for people who stay on
first, you can choose what you’d like to after YM Social events Equipment, sound,
do, rather than wait for us to guess what notices Sound reinforcement in sessions,
you might be good at. Here’s a list to get Backhouse lecture Concert Radio transmitters for partly deaf
you going. Pick something from the people Computers and technology Printing
selection below (or think of something Merchandise & Books Water bottles
we’ve overlooked) and tell one of the YM Cloth bags T-shirts Mugs Car stickers Sales
2010 committee. Otherwise, we’ll pick Secondhand books Conduct of YM
for you:
To get in first with your choice, talk to
Meeting venue Disability access Business Drew Thomas, Elizabeth Stevenson,
meeting rooms Working groups and Geoff Greeves, Harald Ehmann,
other break-out spaces Meeting for Kate Alessia or Kerry O’Regan
Worship room Office with photocopiers email
access Hanging out spaces Quiet room
Display space Registration/reception
area Budget Planning Income and
expenditure Registration payment Meal
only payment Excursion payment
Accounts Handling of cash Banking
Children Children’s locations Children’s
Theme Children’s Activities Children’s
Personnel Children’s linking into other
YM activities Penn Friends JYFs JYF’s Location
JYF’s Theme, JYF’s Program JYFs Activities, Camp JYF’s
Personnel JYF’s linking into other YM
activities Compliance with Child
Protection legislation Accommodation
Camping Billeting Catered meals Food
Special diets Summer School Summer
School theme and facilitators
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Meetings for Worship
Adelaide Local Meeting Friends Meeting House
11.00am Sunday 40a Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide
Alice Springs Worshipping Group Katy Eggar alicesprings@quakers.org.au
Copper Triangle Recognised Meeting Roger Norris-Green (08) 8825 1981
11.00am third Sunday of each month
Senior Citizens Hall, Taylor Street, Kadina
Evening meeting once a month in various homes
Darwin Recognised Meeting Elizabeth Kwan (08) 8948 3305 or
4.45pm first and third Sunday of each month Neil Chadwick (08) 8932 1351
Salvation Army Community Centre
cnr Lee Point Road/Yanyula Drive, Anula, Darwin
Eastern Suburbs Local Meeting Leabrook Guide Hall
10.00am Sunday Rochester Street, Leabrook
Evening meeting Friends Meeting House
6.00pm Sunday 40a Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide
Fleurieu Recognised Meeting Shirley Dunn (08) 8555 2778
11.00am second and last Sunday of each month
Council Chambers, The Strand, Port Elliot
Gawler Worshipping Group Colin and Eva Jordan (08) 8522 1255
7.00pm third Sunday of each month
Hills Recognised Meeting Kevin Burrett for venue (08) 8339 5360
10.30am second Sunday of each month
Southern Worshipping Group Colin & Barbara Talbot
Third Sunday of each month cbtalbot@sa.chariot.net.au
Meetings for Worship for Quaker Business
Adelaide Local Meeting: Co-clerks: Ann Rees & Roger Keyes
last Sunday of the month (except December) annrees@chariot.net.au
Eastern Suburbs Local Meeting: last Sunday of every Clerk: Elizabeth Stevenson
second month (a week before each RM) cestev@adam.com.au
SA Regional Meeting: Clerk: Drew Thomas drew.thomas@iinet.net.au
first Sunday of alternate (even) months
Other meetings
Fellowship of healing
Meeting House library at 12.30pm on the second Wednesday and the fourth Friday of each month
libertarian pacifism); to rejection of the
Pacifism or non-violence? use of physical violence to obtain
Non-violence: a philosophy and strategy political, economic or social goals; to the
for social change that rejects the use of condemnation of force except in cases
physical violence. As such, non-violence where it is absolutely necessary to
is an alternative to passive acceptance of advance the cause of peace; to
oppression and armed struggle against it. opposition to violence under any
Practitioners of non-violence may use circumstance.
diverse methods in their campaigns for
The term ‘non-violence’ is often linked
social change, including critical forms of
with or even used as a synonym for
education and persuasion, civil
pacifism; however, the two concepts are
disobedience and non-violent direct
fundamentally different. Pacifism
action.
denotes the rejection of the use of
Pacifism: the opposition to war or violence as a personal decision on moral
violence as a means of settling disputes or spiritual grounds, but does not
or gaining advantage. Pacifism covers a inherently imply any inclination toward
spectrum of views ranging from the belief change on a sociopolitical level. Non-
that international disputes can and violence on the other hand, presupposes
should be peacefully resolved; to calls for the intent of (but does not limit it to)
the abolition of the institutions of the social or political change as a reason for
military and war; to opposition to any the rejection of violence.
organisation of society through
Source: en.wikipedia.org
governmental force (anarchist or
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