Brief snippets of information presented in a themed structure
This post is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. Q is for Quantities (and Quality) Buying in bulk can save money – whether from a warehouse store as pictured above or elsewhere. As long as you are able to store the resultant quantity and use it up before it
This post is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. P is for Paxton Paxton Charities Accounting is now Britain Yearly Meeting’s recommended software for Area Meeting consolidation of accounts. I went to the Annual Conference of Treasurers, held at Friends House on June 27th and attended a workshop where
This post is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. O is for Openness Qf&P 20.20 For a Quaker, religion is not an external activity, concerning a special ‘holy’ part of the self. It is an openness to the world in the here and now with the whole of the
This post is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. N is for Nonsensical Notices It is always sensible to ask someone else to read your notice before putting it up. Just to check that it means the same to someone else – as it did in your head. To
This post is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. M is for measuring Increasing productivity or income, decreasing waste and carbon all sound good but how can you tell if the plans you’ve so carefully made are working? Keeping a record of measurements can help you decide if that
This post is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. K is for Knowledge & Know-how “Learning the Knowledge” or the 25000 streets in central London that a taxi driver must be able to recognise to gain their license has been shown to result in a visibly bigger hippocampus. Whilst
This post is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. J is for Joining the Dots In the last post I talked about how so many of the jobs done both in the meeting house and across the country in each meeting house have similarities. Each meeting will have their
This post is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. I is for Interconnected Icebergs Originally this post was going to be titled I is for Interconnections, but I couldn’t resist using the SWM iceberg shown above. Thanks to John Dash for permission. Six Weeks Meeting owns all of the
This post is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. H is for Hirers & Hospitality Hirers are often mentioned in conjunction of, ‘how to increase the number you have’ or to complain about ‘what they do or don’t do’. Whilst I supply information on how to market your meeting
This post is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. Qf&P 3.22 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. F is for Free While there is always the concern that you get what you pay for and surely someone must be paying for this somewhere… There are things that you can find that are free and useful whilst running a
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. E is for Equality Equality is a key aspect of Quaker beliefs and testimonies. Some readers may remember that E was for Equality last time – then I talked about ensuring there was equal access for all users of the building.
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. D is for Digital Diaries and Documents Diaries can be a wonderful organising tool, but they can also lead to confusion if not updated on a regular basis. If lost the information can usually be downloaded again. many people use a combination
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
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. Banking is a complicated subject – often choosing a bank is based upon geographical location rather than ethical or other issues. How does a Meeting or a Finance Committee make decisions about which bank to use for day to day business,