Dear Jane We at Kingston have blended meetings every Sunday and an in person meeting on some Wednesdays. On Sundays we now only have perhaps 5 people on zoom, each of whom has very good reason not to be able to come in person. We had to be patient while one by one, over the course of last year, others returned to face-to-face. Perhaps because the number on zoom is so small, I have heard no complaint recently about continuing with blended meetings. We appreciate very much seeing friends who would otherwise not be at meeting. I think it might be different if we felt people were using zoom just as a convenience. We are careful at the end of meeting always to introduce everyone in the room to those on zoom and vice versa, which is a wonderfully inclusive thing to do anyway. ( Not possible if you have the joy of 50 people I recognise!) In Friendship Gillian Ashmore Clerk to Premises and clerk of meeting, Kingston LM -----Original Message----- From: Jane Keay <wardenjanekeay@mac.com> Sent: 21 March 2023 11:04 To: wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org Subject: [wardenship] Enquiry regarding Meetings Dear Wardens, Resident Friends and others overseeing Meeting Houses, I have a quick question please. At Watford Quaker Meeting House all our MfW on Sundays are Blended. We have a large screen with roughly 30 - 50% of Members and Attenders joining on Zoom. Since Covid this has always been the way. As a Meeting we are very split, some dislike the screen in the hall and are seeking alternatives and others see inclusivity as the future . How are other Meeting Houses addressing the issue of Blended Meetings ? Just a few lines would be helpful. Watford Meeting have a full discussion on the 26th March. I hope this is ok to ask this, I realise it is not about buildings and employment but as a Warden I feel I need some clearness. In Friendship, Jane Keay Watford