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date Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:49:15 +0000
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1 Meeting House Management Committee Agenda 2026-03-02
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2 Monday 2 March, 5.15 p.m., in 7 Victoria Terrace
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4 * Attendance: JP Ascher, Rachael Fitzgerald, Emma Lawrence, Katrina
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5 McCrea (via Zoom), Laragh Quinney, Henry S. Thompson (HST),
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6 Andy Tucker
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8 Prevented: Chris Jardine, Duncan Wallace, Sammi Searle
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10 * Matters Arising
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12 * YFGM
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13 *Action* on HST: Ask YFGM for feedback about other venues
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14 *Done*, no reply as yet.
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16 * Managers' report
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18 * Fringe update
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20 * Charity Rate Monday
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22 Giving it a try
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24 * Website refresh
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26 * Heating Survey
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28 LUPS (sp) report expected
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30 Mini-heat pump/aircon?
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32 St. Augs are looking at similar
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34 * Full-building wiring survey
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36 EICR 5-year recommendation, we've been doing it, St. Augs ditto
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37 Agreed, after quote review
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38
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39 * More thorough lift report
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40
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41 Go ahead
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43 * Financial Report
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45 Slides attached as circulated
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47 * Works to be undertaken: Bow Room
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49 * Central Edinburgh Sunday fee
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51 AM Treasurer has asked if we plan to change this. It's currently
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52 £600.
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54 * Staff escalation route if they need backup
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56 The Minutes on this item from 2025-10-20 say:
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58 Trustees asked us:
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59
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60 "we need ... an assurance from [MHMC] that staff have an
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61 escalation route whenever they need backup. ... We are happy for
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62 trustees to be on a reserve backup list in case no-one from MHMC
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63 is available."
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65 All we have at the moment is an informal phone tree: MHM -MHMC via
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66 HST -Trustees via Martin Ward
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68 What SCALP gave us was more in the direction of how to behave
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69 towards the police in a less than full-cooperation way. But was not
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70 really quite what we expected/hoped for for _building staff_.
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72 De-escalation training! RF to let us know more about this.
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74 * Policy/procedures for early booking arrivals
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77 What is the policy wrt Friends opening the front door when they are
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78 in the Foyer, there are no staff present and someone knocks or
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79 rings?
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81 This may arise if for example someone with a booking arrives more
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82 than 15 minutes early, a tourist wants to ask questions or look for
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83 Major Weir...
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85 This is clearly complicated, and begs the question of how a Friend
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86 or Friends may come to be in the Foyer without staff.
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88 This interacts with the "be a welcoming place for SESAM" goal.
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90 * Sale of Alcohol
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92 It might be time to test this question with AM, against a background
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93 of a shift in attitude towards the consumption of alcohol in
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94 moderation, when the whole of 7VT is being let, and consumption is
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95 part of having a drink with a show.
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97 * Convenor of MHMC
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99 HST leaves the Committee on 1 April...
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101 * Date of next meeting
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103 We need to do a reset on what everyone's blackout days are...
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105 * AOB
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107 * Time without staff
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