All Friends are encouraged to attend Yearly Meeting online or at the venue. Yearly Meeting has agreed that area meetings, specified Yearly Meeting committees and certain other bodies should appoint representatives to attend Yearly Meeting.

Representatives to Yearly Meeting should be appointed by the body that will send them through their usual nominations process.

Representatives normally serve for three calendar years, up to a maximum of six.  This ensures that continuity of experience is balanced with opportunities for other Friends to participate in Yearly Meeting.

Attenders may be appointed to serve as Yearly Meeting representatives.  However, Yearly Meeting may close any part of the meeting to non-members if it feels the need to do so.

Britain Yearly Meeting staff should not be appointed as representatives to Yearly Meeting.