Annual Conference of Treasurers
The Annual Conference of Treasurers meets each year so that Friends involved in financial activities can get together to share problems and solutions, exchange ideas, make new contacts, hear about current issues and gain a better understanding of the financial position the Society.
The Annual Conference of Treasurers is your chance to meet other treasurers: to support them and be supported by them; to learn from others and to share your own insights. Treasurers and other meeting officers of all levels of experience find conference both rewarding and uplifting.
2012 Conference
Every day the radio, television and newspapers tell us that we are living in an age of austerity, caused at least in part by greed and moral deficiency within our own financial systems. Now more than ever we must be good stewards of money, doing our best to make savings grow and to make expenditure count. But we must also strive to manage our finances in a way that upholds our Quaker testimonies. How can we meet the challenge of these times? How do we go about ethical treasuring in an age of austerity?
At the 2012 conference we will explore these questions together. We will hear from Triodos Bank and Rathbone Greenbank about ethical banking and ethical investment. We will hear how Quaker Homeless Action, Quaker Social Action and the Quaker United Nations Office (Geneva) are making money count in putting our faith into action, and we will ask the question: “what does it mean to be a Quaker treasurer?”
The 2012 Annual Conference of Treasurers will be held at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, Birmingham, from Friday 29 June to Sunday 1 July 2012. The conference is now fully booked.
- Conference brochure [PDF: 363KB - new window]
- Managing financial resources in our meetings booklet contribution form [Word: 56KB - new window]
2011 Conference: Using our resources well
The 2011 conference took place on 25 June at Friends House. Based around the theme of “Using our resources well”, the conference will featured speeches from 2008 Swarthmore Lecturer Christine Davis and architect John Marsh.
In her speech, 'Taking thought for the morrow', Christine Davis explored how stewardship of our resources is about all we are, all we say and all we do, not just about the maintenance of our assets. The text of Christine's speech is available here: Taking thought for the morrow [Word: 62KB - new window]
2010 Conference: Enjoying your treasuring
The 2010 Annual Conference of Treasurers – Enjoying your treasuring – was held at Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire, from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 June 2010.
Our keynote speaker, Katie Frost, addressed us on the theme of “Loyal to the past, active in the present, creating the future”. Speaking about her experiences of giving and how helping to provide financially for the Society's work is a part of our ministry to one another and to the world. You can hear or read her speech below.
- Download the MP3 of Katie's speech [MP3: 30MB]
- You can read the speech here: Loyal to the past, active in the present, creating the future [PDF: 187KB - new window]
