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1 Report from Meeting House Management Committee
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3 After the Fringe Society changed their minds about using the Meeting
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4 House as Fringe Central again this summer, we have been fortunate to
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5 find an alternative tenant to partly make up for the consequent loss
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6 of much-needed extra income. The CArts/CVenues production company
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7 will be running "C alto at the Quaker Meeting House" [1].
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8
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9 We have been sent their proposed programme of shows, and will be
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10 reviewing it for any possible areas of concern.
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12 Their licence from us covers virtually the entire building, with the
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13 exception of the office and the left-hand side of the foyer, for 7
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14 weeks from 14 July.
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15
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16 We had explored the possibility of the Hideout Café on Upper Bow would
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17 operate a pop-up café in the Foyer this spring, and into the summer,
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18 but they have decided against that. We are exploring other
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19 possibilities, but nothing definite yet.
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21 Local Meeting will have access to the Meeting Room only on Sundays 21
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22 and 28 in July and Sundays 4, 11, 18 and 25 in August. We can use the
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23 Meeting Room on Sunday 14 July as well as the Hall for the
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24 post-meeting shared lunch. On all those Sundays we will have access
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25 to the Kitchen to prepare tea and coffee, which will be served in the
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26 foyer outside the Meeting Room.
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27
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28 Normal use of the Meeting House will resume starting with 1100 Meeting
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29 for Worship on Sunday 31 August.
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30
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31 From Sunday 21 July through Sunday 31 August 0930 Meeting for Worship
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32 will be online only via Zoom.
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33
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34 The benches will be removed from the Meeting Room, and a stage
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35 installed at the eastern end. Meeting for Worship will take place in
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36 the western half of the Meeting Room, with enough chairs for 55--60
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37 people. The meeting space will separated from the stage by a
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38 full-width curtain running across the room from just to the left of
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39 the main doorway as you come in.
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40
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41 We're pleased to have gotten permission from the Scottish Wildlife
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42 Trust for Midweek Meeting for Worship and Childrens Meeting to make
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43 use of the Johnston Terrace Garden and, in inclement weather, the Palm
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44 House.
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46 On a less happy note, as reported to Area Meeting earlier this week,
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47 our Meeting House Manager, Miranda Girdlestone, has decided to end her
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48 time with us as of 1 July. We are in discussion with her, Meeting
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49 House staff and Trustees on a transition plan. Along with Trustees we
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50 plan to take some time to review and perhaps restructure the overall
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51 staffing structure of the Area Meeting, so will not be advertising for
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52 a replacement right away.
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53
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54 [1] http://www.cvenues.com/cvenues/perform/venues#alto
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