We had our monthly meeting on 10 April and these are some quick notes ahead of the minutes which will appear in the ‘about us’

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• UPDATE [May 2015]: We must record that this money was never received by the group.  The £800 received from Bishop Wordsworth school was gratefully received and there was a discussion on how it would be spent
• Lesley gave the update on the death penalty and there will be a separate post on that soon.  The press release on Sakineh in Iran was published in the Journal today but the fact she was due to be stoned to death was edited out
• the North Korea campaign action on 15 April was discussed and the string of NK flags was displayed
• John Glen’s assistant has now replied and a meeting will be arranged on a Friday evening to fit around JG’s parliamentary activities.  Probably June
• conference planning proceeds and there was a meeting of the group yesterday.  We will be in ‘competition’ with the Cathedral who have half a million of Lottery money plus sponsorship.  No reply yet from Robert Key who is chair of their event.  However our conference will focus on the actual substance of the Magna Carta and its relevance today ie the human rights angle.  The proposed bid to the City Council was discussed and Peter will submit that by Monday
• AI’s strategic plan was discussed.  The key point here was whether AI was offering support to groups with these campaigns?  Recent history is not encouraging.  Andrew to circulate for comments
• film at the Arts Centre was discussed
• the new regional rep. Caroline Butler, is to be invited to the meeting
• there is to be a stall on 21 June
• 10 October is the World Day Against the Death Penalty and the group will be planning an event for that
• need to give some thought to the Cathedral Service