Just back fro the Annual (Yearly) meeting of Quakers in Britain. One decision of interest to Welsh language supporters. The follwing text is to be included in the new Book of Discipline of the Quakers in Britain. **************************** Er mai Saesneg fu prif gyfrwng y Gymdeithas yn yr ynysoedd hyn trwy'r blynyddoedd, dylid cydnabod fod rhan o'i bywyd wedi ac yn cael ei fynegi trwy ieithoedd eraill, ac yng Nghymru hefyd trwy'r Gymraeg. Darostyngir traddodiad ein Cymdeithas, ein hanes a'n tystiolaeth os anwybyddir hyny. Yn ddiarwybod bu i rai siaradwyr Cymraeg gael y teimlad iddynt gael eu hymylu. Dylid sicrhau fod y Gymraeg yn cael ei phriod le yng ngwaith a gweithgareddau'r Cyfarfod Blynyddol yng Ngymru. ****************** The text will appear in the main body of the book - so it will be available to Quakers in all parts of Britain. A translation will appear in the index. Placing the translation in the back is intended to emphasise that the Welsh text is the primary text here. The Society means the Quakers: Yearly meeting is the term for the overall organisation of the Quakers at all levels from central bodies to local worshipping groups. ************** translation (as given in the agenda notes) Although English has been the main medium of teh Society in these islands through the years, it should be recognised that parts of its life has been and is expressed through other languages and in Wales also through the medium of Welsh. Our Society's tradition, our history and our witness are demeaned if that is ignored. Some Welsh speakers have been made, unwittingly, to feel marginalised. The rightful place of the Welsh language in the work and activity of the Yearly Meeting in Wales should be secured. ********** Typed by me from an agenda draft - so there may be typos. Two extracts from the poet Waldo Williams (A Quaker) and a short extract by Ellis Pugh written in 1700 will be included in the same way. The opening summary of the Quaker position "Advices and Queries" will have a Welsh version immediatly following the English text. Steps will also be taken to translate the entire book into Welsh. I have to note to (protect the rights of the Society of Friends) that it is copyright to Yearly meeting of Friends in Britain. (bureaucratic condition caused by the formal volume not being published until spring next year) Edis Bevan