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Part of MBS’s Quaker A-Z series. Published bi-weekly on an annual theme throughout the calendar year.

  • Quaker A-Z: C is for Corporate Memory

    Quaker A-Z: C is for Corporate Memory

    What the Rosetta Stone teaches us about corporate memory The Rosetta Stone is a famous example of lost knowledge. For centuries, Egyptian hieroglyphs could not be read, not because the writing had disappeared, but because the understanding of it had been lost. When the Rosetta Stone was discovered, the same text appeared in three scripts,

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  • Quaker A-Z: C is for Clearness & Committee

    Quaker A-Z: C is for Clearness & Committee

    Communication can sometimes get muddled, this week Wendrie introduces us to Clearness Committees.

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  • Quaker A-Z: C is for Committee

    Quaker A-Z: C is for Committee

    Photo by Casey Allen on Unsplash What is a Committee? Did you know that a group of vultures roosting in a tree, or sitting on the ground, is called a “committee”? Supposedly the group of large birds, with featherless heads and necks above the body’s black feathers, made people think of a group of old

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  • Quaker A-Z: C is for Clerk vs Chair

    Quaker A-Z: C is for Clerk vs Chair

    I’m often asked what is the difference between a Quaker Clerk and the Chair of a Committee. My usual rather tongue-in-cheek (and not strictly true) answer is that “A Quaker clerk is a servant of the meeting, and the Chair is the boss of their group”.  Quakers in Britain have a good deal of information

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  • Quaker A-Z: C is for Cash or Cheque

    Quaker A-Z: C is for Cash or Cheque

    This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. Many room hirers pay by cash or cheque, especially those groups which are fairly informal, without a group bank account, or who need to have two signatures on any cheque. However, cash handling is one of the weakest points for any

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  • Quaker A-Z: C is for Choices and Changes

    Quaker A-Z: C is for Choices and Changes

    C is for Choices and Changes (+ Cleaning) This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. Perhaps not a very interesting title but have you ever thought of the Meetings Choices, Changes and Cleaning as a form of Outreach? Why Have a Meeting House? Wherever a few are gathered, in

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