Thanks to AMG for these updates. If you prefer, you can read the updates as a PDF.

Welcome & Introductions

Present: Merle, Andrew, Claire, Christine

Updates

AIUK Local Groups Mailing

https://email.amnestyuk.org.uk/q/1eXvKtLE92c1kBsW5vToscA/wv

AGM

Andrew as secretary/research
Merle continues as UAs / mail poster
Silvia as Social Media/Events
Kirstie mayyyybe as Treasurer ?? (wait for Jim role profile)
Claire happy to be Chair until someone else can
Christine as New Members Welcomer

GDrive

A shared Gdrive (internal use only) has been made for storing/editing docs in a shared space (e.g. minutes/role profiles): Google Drive link (linked to amnestyglasgow@gmail.com; get password from Claire if needed, but I don't anticipate we will use this email, it's just so we have the Gdrive)

General Agenda Template for Future Meetings

local group mailing list updates
prisoner of conscience update [if we have one]
treasurer's report
upcoming events
urgent actions - letter writing (agreed this should always happen, nice bonding time)
any other business

Action Points

Roles still needed (ideally):

Prisoner of Conscience people
Community Outreach
Amnesty Scotland/UK Liaison
Press
Welfare&Diversity

Can someone who has done it before make a brief role profile for PoC person?

For the others, I've put a note in the Roles doc (I just think these other roles would be great to have, I know they aren't official “Amnesty group” roles)

File: Roles Document

When we have a role profile for PoC, → fun graphics → social media advertise for these roles [@Silvia and @Freya]

Welcome Document

@Christine to make a Welcome Doc for newbies. Ongoing Ideas to get more members:

put Amnesty local group leaflets in libraries with our meeting time/address - @Christine did you say you could get the leaflets/we have them?
speak to Student group - @Claire to get student group contact from @Mal
for next event: ask AIUK to see on their mailing list who lives in Glasgow and we can give them a text to email them saying “Do you know your local group?” and advertise e.g. W4R event/next speaker

Write4Rights

@Andrew to request Write 4 Rights packs (and @Christine - did you say that also?!)
@Kirstie will ask Hillhead Library if we can do it on 10/12/22 - Human Rights Day
@Claire to contact Daytime group re. collaborating on a Write 4 Rights joint event - we will do ours at Hillhead Library in December; some of us can also support Daytime group at Shawlands

Daytime Group

Also @Claire to contact Daytime group and offer to advertise their meeting time/place through our social media/mailing list. Info from Meredith:

“Daytime group meets on the third Thursday of every month at The Wee Retreat, 2 Myrtle Park, G42 8UQ, from 1 - 3PM. We sign letters and discuss current events. It is 5 minutes from Crosshill rail station with free on street parking and a bus stop outside. Bus number 121 from Allison Street stops here. The meeting takes place in the studio and we have been asked not to wear outdoor shoes. Feel free to bring slippers. We are happy to add you or anyone else to our mailing list.”

Treasurer

Currently £378.51 in the bank. Kirstie might be up for being Treasurer if she knows what is involved. @Jim to make (v brief) role profile. Did Jim find 2 other co-signatories for Coop account?

Misc

Central Amnesty/local groups updates email - @Freya/@Mal to help @Claire (and @Andrew?) get on the mailing list
@Jim to check re. Stand up at the Stand fundraising night
@Andrew to link up with @Rob about monthly emails & decide how best to send out
- ?? In next email, could we share our bank acc details again for donations (and paypal acc if running and accessible? (Jim?))
- Could this always be in our emails maybe as a footer, maybe a nice graphic?
@Christine to start prepping the mulled wine for our Write4Rights December meeting (08/12/22) :p

Previous Action Points & Updates

Human Rights Act

(big thanks to Andrew for researching & presenting!): Planned Campaigns (PDF)
AI petition: https://savetheact.uk/#signup-form – share & sign, social media & newsletter @Freya & attach Andrew's briefing note for more info
Get speakers for November (??) meeting:
- Amnesty Scottish office - @Mal can you ask if they have a speaker who could come to speak to us about HRA?
- ??? - Anwar (Glasgow lawyer) – does anyone have a link? – if not Claire can coldcall
- Silvia – Law Dep at uni
- Andrew - Good Law Society
@Someone (Andrew?!) write a template pledge about saving the HRA; all to email MPs to make a pledge that they support XXX
@Mal – do you have someone in the Scotland office we could ask about linking with other AI local groups within Scotland and with the Scottish AI office to undertake more co-ordinated action on HRA.
@All: Think about like-minded organisations locally that have similar concerns relating to the UK Government's proposed amendments to the HRA office to undertake more co-ordinated action.

Patrick Grady Meeting

@Jim to email the Scottish Office about our Patrick Grady meeting

Iftar Follow Up

@Mal is there any update on hosting a meeting with the people who were at the Iftar event (on Uyghurs, Palestine, Kashmir) – could tie this in with Israel Apartheid campaign (there are AIUK flyer & briefing notes; UN rapporteur's info); could have a more general meeting focus of “Religious Persecution”

Next meeting - October 2022

2022-10-13
Facilitator: volunteer ???!