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2 Agenda
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3 Edinburgh Meeting House Management Committee
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4 Henry S. Thompson, Convenor
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5 Tuesday 16 April 5:15 p.m., in 7 Victoria Terrace
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7 Zoom link:
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8 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81467950877?pwd=VGg1U3h3K095bWFLUCsveHZyNmhrdz09
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10 Present: Rachel Fitzgerald, Miranda Girdlestone, Jacqueline Noltingk, Henry S. Thompson
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11 Prevented:
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12 Copies to: Neil Turner, Susie Harding
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14 1. Opening worship
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16 2. Project updates:
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17 2.1 CVenues
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19 Ongoing back-and-forth with Hartley Kemp (HK) of CV getting details
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20 of the building to him, in preparation for the full formal License
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21 Agreement. Some niggles to still be sorted including Emergency
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22 Lighting and weight bearing capacity of the Meeting Room, cleaning
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23 costs. HK will be visiting on Monday 22 April to attempt to reach
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24 final agreement on a draft to send to Trustees.
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26 CVenues will be in from 14 July -- ??
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28 See option 2 in the attached plan for the planned Meeting Room
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29 layout. Scrim across the room just E. of the main door on Sundays.
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31 We have the Meeting Room, Kitchen and access from 0900--1400.
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33 Wednesday Meeting will be in Johnstone Terrace Wildlife Garden /
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34 the Palm House. Childrens' Meeting have been offered one day there
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35 if they would like.
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37 HST will brief Central Edinburgh at Local Meeting on ? 6 June
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39 ACTION: MG to check with City of Edinburgh about
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40 a) the validity span of an EICR;
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41 b) the need for emergency lighting to be checked to a standard.
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43 2.2 Hideout Cafe
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45 Hideout Cafe have not replied to our most recent proposal. We are
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46 going forward on the assumption that they are no longer interested.
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47 Their main interest was always in the full refit/more room/plumbing
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48 etc. version.
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50 We have considered the possibility of looking for someone else to
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51 do just-a-pop-up, but decided enough work is pending, and we may
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52 get the information we wanted from a trial run if CVenues try
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53 something.
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55 Hartley Kemp has been informed. We won't prejudge the possibility
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56 of him doing something along similar lines until we've talked with
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57 him on Monday.
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59 2.3 Lighting
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60 See attachment 1
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62 Majk Stokes managed gathering quotes. MG and MS judged the Gunn
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63 and Alexanders quote to be appropriate considered. Additional
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64 complexity with Mark Kisby's involvement to manage the physical
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65 interaction of their hanging and the lighting. There is also the
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66 question of the quality of microphone system and whether we
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67 should do something about this.
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69 MG will call Mark K to come and explore the lighting/microphone
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70 interaction and suggest and quote for a solution, possibly on 22
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71 April if he can make.
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73 We should consider also inviting Mark Kisby to attend at some
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74 event where we suspect the problems would manifest and observe.
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76 We agree to ask Trustee's approval for asking Keith Gunn to go
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77 ahead per their quote.
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79 2.4 Carpets
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80 See attachment 2
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82 Two quotes for Carpet or Carpet Tile, without floor preparation.
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84 At least 10-year wear.
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86 Carpet tile has the advantage of allowing square-by-square
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87 replacement in case of damage or stain.
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89 'Stain-free' has strong smell at first, possible health and
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90 environmental issues.
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92 MG to try to get a look at an existing installation of tile with
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93 some years of use wrt possible lifting at the edges under wear.
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95 ALthough vinyl is cheaper as such, the preparatino is much more
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96 substantial, so roughly double the cost for the Foyer (6k
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97 vs. 3k).
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99 We agree to return to this once we get the information we need to
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100 choose, both wrt tile vs. carpet and with respect to the Foyer.
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102 2.5 Period products
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103 See attachment 3
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105 Quotes from three outfits, MG recommends Hey Girls, who also have
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106 the contract for the City of Edinburgh. RF says they are used in
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107 AU.
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109 We agreed that MG should go ahead and contract with Hey Girls for
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110 installations in all toilets.
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112 2.6 Flat 3F2 at 6 Upper Bow
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114 HST to explore offering 3F2 to Hartley
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115 1) Check with City re Short term lets regulation
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116 2) Check with Clan Gordon about whether they would manage
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117 Then bring this back for consideration.
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119 If not viable, then ask CG to get quotes for the options they recommend.
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121 3. Time without staff
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123 We have had time without staff.
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125 8. Date of next meeting
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127 30 April 2024 1715, 7 Victoria Terrace