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5 <head>
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6 <title>Meeting
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7 House Management Committee Minutes 2024-04-16</title>
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8 <author>Convenor: Henry S. Thompson</author>
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9 <date>Tuesday 16 April, 5:15 p.m., in 7 Victoria Terrace</date>
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13 <title>Attendance</title>
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14 <list type="defn">
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15 <item term="Present">
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17 <item term="At 7VT">Rachel Fitzgerald (RF), Miranda Girdlestone (MG),
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18 Jacqueline Noltingk (JN),
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19 Henry S. Thompson(HST)</item>
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20 <item term="Via Zoom">Laragh Quinney (LQ)</item>
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21 </list>
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22 </item>
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23 <item term="Prevented">Sue Sierra</item>
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24 <item term="Copies to">Neil Turner, Susie Harding</item>
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25 </list>
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26 </div>
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27 <div>
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28 <title>Project updates</title>
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29 <div><title>CVenues</title>
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30 <p>Ongoing back-and-forth with Hartley Kemp (HK) of CV getting details
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31 of the building to him, in preparation for the full formal License
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32 Agreement. Some niggles to still be sorted including Emergency Lighting
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33 and weight bearing capacity of the Meeting Room, cleaning costs. HK will
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34 be visiting on Monday 22 April to attempt to reach final agreement on a
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35 draft to send to Trustees.</p>
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36 <p>CVenues will be in from 14 July – 31 August (seven weeks)</p>
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37 <p>See option 2 in <link href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/17m5lfirdu8twdj6rxp6p/seating_plans.pdf?rlkey=jnxa3dlxhfhyix3phqgr9jvye&amp;st=5ubbgt5z&amp;dl=0">attachment 1</link> for the planned Meeting Room
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38 layout. Scrim across the room just E. of the main door on Sundays.</p>
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39 <p>We have the Meeting Room, Kitchen and access from 0900–1400.</p>
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40 <p>Wednesday Meeting will be in Johnstone Terrace Wildlife Garden / the
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41 Palm House. Childrens’ Meeting have been offered one day there if they
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42 would like.</p>
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43 <p>HST [was planning to] brief Central Edinburgh at Local Meeting for Church
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44 Affairs on 12 May. Area Meeting is actually earlier, on 7 May, so</p>
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45 <p><name>ACTION: HST</name> Include a briefing about this in his report to AM.</p>
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46 <p><name>ACTION: MG</name> Check with City of Edinburgh about a) the validity span
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47 of an EICR; b) the need for emergency lighting to be checked to a
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48 standard.</p>
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50 <div><title>Hideout Cafe</title>
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51 <p>Hideout Cafe have not replied to our most recent proposal. We are
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52 going forward on the assumption that they are no longer interested.
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53 Their main interest was always in the full refit/more room/plumbing etc.
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54 version.</p>
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55 <p>We have considered the possibility of looking for someone else to do
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56 just-a-pop-up, but decided enough work is pending, and we may get the
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57 information we wanted from a trial run if CVenues try something.</p>
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58 <p>Hartley Kemp has been informed. We won’t prejudge the possibility of
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59 him doing something along similar lines until we’ve talked with him on
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60 Monday.</p>
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61 </div>
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62 <div><title>Lighting</title>
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63 <p>Majk Stokes managed gathering quotes, <link href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/a6rdkye65f670zzbaqerw/lighting.pdf?rlkey=ij02v5yttj2c7wm109irjlucc&amp;st=5l5chlak&amp;dl=0">see
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64 attachment 2</link>. MG and MS judged the Gunn and
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65 Alexanders quote to be appropriate considered. Additional complexity
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66 with Mark Kisby’s involvement to manage the physical interaction of
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67 their hanging and the lighting. There is also the question of the
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68 quality of microphone system and whether we should do something about
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69 this.</p>
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70 <p>MG will call Mark K to come and explore the lighting/microphone
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71 interaction and suggest and quote for a solution, possibly on 22 April
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72 if he can make.</p>
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73 <p>We should consider also inviting Mark Kisby to attend at some event
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74 where we suspect the problems would manifest and observe.</p>
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75 <p>We agree to ask Trustee’s approval for asking Keith Gunn to go ahead
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76 per their quote.</p>
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78 <div><title>Carpets</title>
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79 <p>Two quotes for Carpet or Carpet Tile, without floor preparation, <link href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/661iok3dkd64eekxbdek5/carpets.pdf?rlkey=x89rmevrub2o0e931tbyty3f3&amp;st=3eh8930e&amp;dl=0">see
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80 attachment 3</link>.</p>
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81 <p>At least 10-year wear.</p>
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82 <p>Carpet tile has the advantage of allowing square-by-square
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83 replacement in case of damage or stain.</p>
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84 <p>‘Stain-free’ has strong smell at first, possible health and
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85 environmental issues.</p>
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86 <p>MG to try to get a look at an existing installation of tile with some
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87 years of use wrt possible lifting at the edges under wear.</p>
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88 <p>ALthough vinyl is cheaper as such, the preparatino is much more
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89 substantial, so roughly double the cost for the Foyer (6k vs. 3k).</p>
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90 <p>We agree to return to this once we get the information we need to
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91 choose, both wrt tile vs. carpet and with respect to the Foyer.</p>
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93 <div><title>Period products</title>
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94 <p>Quotes from three outfits, <link href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/10x1vbaoz2n428uu6q1q6/period_products.pdf?rlkey=tvd5yjs00u9g68oqts7r0g9w1&amp;st=tkfapo11&amp;dl=0">see
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95 attachment 4</link>. MG recommends Hey Girls, who also have the
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96 contract for the City of Edinburgh. RF says they are used in Augustine United.</p>
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97 <p>We agreed that we should appoint Hey Girls for
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98 installations in all toilets.</p>
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99 <p><name>ACTION: MG</name> Contract with Hey Girls.</p>
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100 </div>
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101 <div><title>Flat 3F2 at 6 Upper Bow</title>
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102 <p>HST suggested exploring offering 3F2 to HK for his staff.</p>
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103 <p><name>ACTION: HST</name> 1) Check with City re Short
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104 term lets regulation 2) Check with Clan Gordon (CG) about whether they would
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105 manage.</p>
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106 <p>If letting to HK not viable, then we will need to ask CG to get quotes for
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107 the repair/upgrade options they
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108 recommend.</p></div>
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111 <title>Time without staff</title>
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112 <p>We have had time without staff.</p>
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114 <div>
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115 <title>Date of next meeting</title>
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116 <p>30 April 2024 1715, 7 Victoria Terrace</p>
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