Archived Quaker Service Australia Linkages Committee

NOTE: The committee was laid down at Yearly Meeting 2023.

If you want access to the emails and/or other data kept by the Committee, please contact the AYM Coordinator.

Here is a Minute from YM23 about the discontinuation of the Committee:

Minute - YM23.24: QSA & AYM Relationship Working Group Report stated:

4. That the Linkages Committee be discontinued, and replaced by regular opportunities for Quakers to interact with QSA through webinars offered by QSA for sharing of information and ideas. In addition to these webinars offered by QSA, any Regional Meeting could ask QSA for a meeting of this kind, and QSA would also use Yearly Meeting gatherings, newsletters and other ongoing communication methods to keep Quakers in- formed and receive feedback.

Purpose of the QSA Linkages Committee

The Quaker Service Australia Linkages Committee was a committee appointed by the QSA Management Committee which:

• Advises the QSA Management Committee on strengthening links between Regional Meetings and the Management Committee;
• Assists the QSA Management Committee in maintaining and developing links between Regional Meetings and the sub-committee;
• Receives the Annual Report with full audited statement, Management Committee minutes and project reports as soon as possible after the Management Committee meetings;
• Supports and promotes the work of QSA within their Regional Meeting and the wider community through information sharing and interactive engagement;
• Works with the Management Committee and AYM to determine the Terms of Reference for any QSA review
• Participates in strategic planning processes.
• Participates in an appropriate level of development sector training provided by the QSA office.

Committee of the QSA Management Committee

The Committee was a committee of the QSA Management Committee which appoints one person nominated by each Regional Meeting.

Thus the Committee is not technically a Committee of Quakers Australia, but is closely connected.