{"id":2103,"date":"2025-02-27T19:56:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/?page_id=2103"},"modified":"2025-02-27T19:56:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:56:58","slug":"advance-documents-sessions-november-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/advance-documents-sessions-november-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Advance Documents Sessions November 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Fall Continuing Sessions 2024<\/h2>\n<h3>Nominations to PYM positions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/10\/2024-Fall-Continuing-Sessions-Nominating-Council-Report-10.21.24.pdf\">Nominating Council Report to Fall Continuing Sessions 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>A Benchmark for PYM&#8217;s Witness on Climate Change<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/11\/Benchmarks-for-PYM-climate_20240904.pdf\">Climate Witness Stewards&#8217; Proposed Benchmarks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Listening &amp; Lobbying Sprint<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/10\/Sprint-Charge-Lobbying-Listening.pdf\">Listening and Lobbying Sprint Charge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/11\/Continuing-Sessions-November-2024-Listening-and-Lobbying-Sprint-Report.pdf\">Listening &amp; Lobbying Sprint Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/listen-and-lobby\/\">Listening &amp; Lobbying Sprint story 1\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/update-from-the-listening-and-lobbying-sprint-of-philadelphia-yearly-meeting\/\">Listening &amp; Lobbying Sprint story 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Search for New General Secretary<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/10\/General-Secretary-Search-Committee-Charge.pdf.pdf\">General 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2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Annual Sessions 2024<\/h2>\n<h3>Climate Stewards Report<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/2024-CWS-Report-at-Annual-Sessions.pdf\">Climate Witness Stewards Report 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Nominations to PYM positions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/Nominating-Council-Report-Annual-Sessions-2024.pdf\">Nominating Council Report to Annual Sessions 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/Fallsington-Travel-Minute-2024.pdf\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62016807 BCX0\">Minute of travel for Amy Duckett Wagner, PYM\u2019s appointee to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62016807 BCX0\">the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62016807 BCX0\">FWCC<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62016807 BCX0\"> World Plenary<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2025 Yearly Meeting budget<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/PYM-FY-2025-Draft-Budget.pdf\">2025 Proposed Budget<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/Restricted-Unrestricted-Pie-Charts.pdf\">Proposed Budget Pie Charts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/2024-PYM-contributes-financially-to-other-organizations.pdf\">Report on contributions to others<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Spiritual State of the Yearly Meeting<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/Spiritual-State-of-the-Yearly-Meeting-Report-6th-Month-2024.pdf\">A report on the Spiritual State of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/state-of-the-meeting\/\">Read all the individual meeting reports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Consideration of Israel and Palestine<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/april-12-joint-quaker-statement-on-peace-and-justice-in-palestine-and-israel_updated.pdf\">American Friends Service Committee joint statement on peace in Israel &amp; Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/Minute-approved-by-Caln-Quarter.pdf\">Caln Quarter minute of concern on Israel &amp; Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/2024-03-minute-of-concern-for-an-immediate-ceasefire-between-Israel-and-Palestine.pdf\">Abington Quarter\/Gwynedd Monthly Meeting minute of concern on Israel &amp; Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/middle-east-collaborative\/timeline\/\">Middle East Collaborative&#8217;s Timeline of Quaker Involvement in the Middle East<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/middle-east-collaborative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2024\/04\/Palestine-Resources-Middle-East-Collaborative.pdf\">Middle East Collaborative&#8217;s Printable Resources for Education &amp; Advocacy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Report From the Sprint on our Approach to Lobbying<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/Listening-and-lobbying-Sprint-report-to-AS.pdf\">Report from the Listening and lobbying sprint<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Implementing our strategic directions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW144359510 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW144359510 BCX0\">Implementing Strategic Direction 1: Connecting Meetings<\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/donate\/give-to-pym\/\"><span class=\"EOP SCXW144359510 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">Watch a video about connecting our Meetings\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/Connecting.Meetings.pdf\">Read an overview about connecting our Meetings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/07\/Sprint-Charge-Destination-Connect-Meetings.pdf\">Proposed Sprint: Map to the Destination of Connecting our Meetings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW67161140 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW67161140 BCX0\">Implementing Strategic Direction 4: Quaker Practices<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW67161140 BCX0\" 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