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6 <title>Transcription of comments on 7VT Futures questionnaires</title>
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7 <author>Henry S. Thompson</author>
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8 <date>26 Apr 2009</date>
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10 <body>
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11 <div>
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12 <title>Anon</title>
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13 <list type="defn">
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14 <item term="3">Improviing with the reopening of the terrace.</item>
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15 <item term="4">An alternative access [to the creche?] avoiding the kitchen
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16 would help. Improve toilets.</item>
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17 <item term="12">An alternative access to the rooms/space beyond the kitchen
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18 would be good. This would improve kitchen safety and make the additional space
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19 more usable for group use. Perhaps improvements to the toilets are needed.</item>
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20 <item term="13">
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21 <list type="ndivs">
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22 <item>Improvements do have cost implications. Could we ask
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23 Festival Committee to identify Meeting House improvements as one of the fund
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24 raising projects (as we did for Kelso Meeting House & the Foyer upgrade)
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25 over say 3 years.</item>
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26 <item>The Meeting House is a great space, with flexibility having some larger
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27 and smaller areas. The availability for outreach here is so important. A
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28 window in the city and affordable lettings for groups that might find
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29 alternatives difficult.</item>
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30 <item>Thank you to the Friends who are reviewing these responses. Your time
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31 and consideration is really valuable and appreciated.</item>
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32 </list>
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33 </item>
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34 </list>
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35 </div>
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36 <div>
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37 <title>Anne Davies, Sarah J. Davies</title>
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38 <list type="defn">
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39 <item term="2">[ticked 'Not important'] I.e. Haymarket area reasonable.
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40 Suburbs accessible (from train/bus station)</item>
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41 <item term="12"><list type="enum">
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42 <item>Better access to building—almost impossible (steep hill/steps).</item>
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43 <item>Improve bottle neck entrance to Foyer.</item>
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44 <item>Improve access to loos—stairs v. tricky for elderly.</item>
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45 <item>Cheerful, purpose built areas for children &
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46 young people—i.e. for latter, spreading sofas & [??] [??] 'dens' (?).</item>
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47 <item>Parking facilities for cars bringing elderly to
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48 Meeting—imposs.</item>
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49 <item>Bike shelter.</item>
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50 </list></item>
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51 <item term="13"><list type="enum">
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52 <item>Let's start with this premise that we want the Meeting House to be a
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53 place for: Meeting for Worship; A quiet centre; A refuge for all looking to worship.</item>
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54 <item>Do we want to be tied, for the foreseeable future,
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55 to income generation?</item>
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56 <item>Is the building [therefore] too expensive to
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57 maintain? Is this the bottom line?</item>
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58 </list></item>
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59 </list>
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66 </list>
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146 <title>Tony Peach</title>
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147 <list type="defn">
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148 <item term="12">Improvement of toilet facilities if faunds allow.</item>
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149 <item term="13">
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151 <item>The Meeting House, as you see from my ansers above, ticks
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152 all the boxes for me. I see no reason to move and many to stay. I think it
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153 extremely unlikely we could find a better centre and would be best
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154 concentrating on realising how lucky we are to have it.</item>
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155 <item>If finance is thought to be the main problem, maybe more efforts could
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156 be concentrated on
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157 <list type="enum">
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158 <item>helping the Managers to maximise rentals;</item>
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159 <item>considering more fund-raising for future major financial outlay.</item>
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160 </list>
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161 </item>
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162 </list>
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163 </item>
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169 <item term="12">Can't think of any.</item>
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170 <item term="13">Seems perfect in every way.</item>
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171 </list>
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172 </div>
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173 <div>
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174 <title>Annie Miller</title>
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175 <list type="defn">
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176 <item term="3">Difficult at the moment, because the terrace is closed</item>
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177 <item term="12"><list type="ndivs">
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178 <item>Upgrade toilets</item>
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179 <item>More time available for Quaker committees & other
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180 Quaker groups</item>
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181 </list></item>
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182 <item term="13">I would like us to consider 7VT as a contact point for all
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183 Quakers & attenders in Scotland, with an office for GM, maybe?</item>
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184 </list>
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185 </div>
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186 <div>
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187 <title>Penny (?) Holland</title>
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189 <item term="12">[Keep?] given slots for Quaker events e.g. funerals/weddings one
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190 Saturday afternoon per month free in Meeting Room for such
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191 opportunity—even if it means losing income.</item>
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192 <item term="13">Certainly think Victoria Terrace is <emph>the best
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193 option</emph> in spite of need for forward (?) 'upgrading' etc.</item>
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194 </list>
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195 </div>
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196 <div>
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197 <title>Rachel Frith</title>
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199 <item term="3">Access will be excellent soon I hope when building at end of terrace is finished</item>
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200 <item term="12">Toilets</item>
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201 </list>
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202 </div>
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203 <div>
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204 <title>Gill Reid</title>
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206 <item term="12">I think the building is managed well and feedback from
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207 people I know who use it and are not Quakers is good.</item>
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208 <item term="13">No home for any organisation is going to be perfect bu this
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209 suits our needs.</item>
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210 </list>
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211 </div>
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212 <div>
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213 <title>Alastair Reid</title>
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215 <item term="12">
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217 <item>Some way that Friends could find out about the groups that use it.</item>
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218 <item>More devolution of decision-making to assistant managers if possible.</item>
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219 <item>Noticeboards—much improved lately—However culd there be
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220 a small notice somewhere that sawys what is where.</item>
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221 <item>DO we have a leaflet etc. on hiring?</item>
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222 <item>Is there smoe way small rooms could be more easily booked (often
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223 seems to be full)</item>
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224 </list>
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225 </item>
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226 <item term="13">
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227 <list type="ndivs">
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228 <item>Readers guides to topics of books/pamphlets in library e.g.
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229 silence, intro to Quaker writings, beginners, Peace testimony, environmental
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230 testimony, Meeting for Worship, prayer etc. etc.</item>
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231 <item>I hope that we do not move/sell in the near future—we need an
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232 affordable central base—movement elsewhere could be expensive and not
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233 necessarily of benefit to Qs & the wider community.</item>
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234 </list>
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235 </item>
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236 </list>
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237 </div>
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238 <div>
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239 <title>Anon</title>
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241 <item term="12">
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243 <item>Toilet facilities need upgrading;</item>
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244 <item>Children need a space
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245 that <emph>does not</emph> require access through the Kitchen—this is
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246 dangerous and makes a mockery of Health/Safety Regs;</item>
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247 <item>Priority must be given to Quaker Groups.</item>
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248 </list>
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249 </item>
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250 <item term="13">
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252 <item>Radical changes need to be made with regard to
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253 Library/Kitchen/Children—It is impossible to cater for groups when access to
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254 the Kitchen is unavailable when the Library is in use. It is inefficient and
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255 unsage for staff/users—particularly children.</item>
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256 <item>The running costs of the building are astronomical. Although I am
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257 in favour of remaining in the building, it might be preferable to find more
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258 'affordable' premises.</item>
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259 <item>The costs of staffing/managing the building are high because the
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260 building is inefficient to run. How do we find a way of upgrading the building
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261 with increasing running costs without it simply becominga costly venue for
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262 external groups?</item>
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263 <item>Too much energy is being expended on hiring out the building.</item>
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264 <item>A Quaker Meeting House should be for use by Quakers and community groups.</item>
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265 </list>
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266 </item>
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