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author Henry S Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>
date Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:38:53 +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, Laragh Quinney, Sammi Searle, Henry S. Thompson (HST),
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6 Andy Tucker, Duncan Wallace
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8 Prevented: Chris Jardine
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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 * Financial Report
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19
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20 Slides attached as circulated
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21
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22 * Works to be undertaken: Bow Room
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23
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24 * Central Edinburgh Sunday fee
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26 AM Treasurer has asked if we plan to change this. It's currently
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27 £600.
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29 * Staff escalation route if they need backup
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31 The Minutes on this item from 2025-10-20 say:
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32
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33 Trustees asked us:
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34
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35 "we need ... an assurance from [MHMC] that staff have an
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36 escalation route whenever they need backup. ... We are happy for
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37 trustees to be on a reserve backup list in case no-one from MHMC
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38 is available."
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39
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40 All we have at the moment is an informal phone tree: MHM -MHMC via
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41 HST -Trustees via Martin Ward
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42
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43 What SCALP gave us was more in the direction of how to behave
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44 towards the police in a less than full-cooperation way. But was not
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45 really quite what we expected/hoped for for _building staff_.
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47 De-escalation training! RF to let us know more about this.
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49 * Policy/procedures for early booking arrivals
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52 What is the policy wrt Friends opening the front door when they are
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53 in the Foyer, there are no staff present and someone knocks or
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54 rings?
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56 This may arise if for example someone with a booking arrives more
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57 than 15 minutes early, a tourist wants to ask questions or look for
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58 Major Weir...
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60 This is clearly complicated, and begs the question of how a Friend
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61 or Friends may come to be in the Foyer without staff.
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63 This interacts with the "be a welcoming place for SESAM" goal.
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65 * Sale of Alcohol
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67 It might be time to test this question with AM, against a background
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68 of a shift in attitude towards the consumption of alcohol in
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69 moderation, when the whole of 7VT is being let, and consumption is
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70 part of having a drink with a show.
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72 * Convenor of MHMC
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74 HST leaves the Committee on 1 April...
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76 * Date of next meeting
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78 We need to do a reset on what everyone's blackout days are...
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80 * AOB
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82 * Time without staff
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