27 </style><title>Future of 7 VT working group: Eighth meeting</title></head><body style="font-family: DejaVu Sans, Arial; background: rgb(254,250,246)"><div style="text-align: center"><h1>Future of 7 VT working group: Eighth meeting</h1><div class="byline">This informal summary by Henry S. Thompson, Convenor</div><div class="byline">Held at 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh on 3 April 2009, 5:30 p.m.</div></div><div><h2>1. Attendance</h2><p>Present: Alison Burnley, Madeleine Harding,
29 Eileen Schott, Henry Thompson (in the clerk's chair)</p><p>Prevented: Phil Lucas, Rufus Reade</p></div><div><h2>2. Real Estate Market review</h2><p>AB identified some commercial estate agents, and spoke with a local
37 Windows are an issue, and of course conversion costs would be high.</p></div><div><h2>3. Comparison with other meeting venue rentals</h2><p>ES looked at our rental charges and those of some other church hall
42 than most of the other sites.</p></div><div><h2>4. Status for form distribution/collection</h2><dl><dt><b><a name="Financial_experts">Financial experts</a></b></dt><dd>LN waiting for review of his proposed
43 questions, will interview individuals.</dd><dt><b><a name="Lettings_comparison">Lettings comparison</a></b></dt><dd>ES has done this, see above.</dd><dt><b><a name="Quaker_groups">Quaker groups</a></b></dt><dd>MH has distributed a questionnaire, and has
44 between 1/3 and 1/2 of them back</dd><dt><b><a name="Central_Edinburgh">Central Edinburgh</a></b></dt><dd>Forms were available at the rise of meeting
45 on Sunday 29th March, 25 replies in hand.</dd><dt><b><a name="Midweek_meeting">Midweek meeting</a></b></dt><dd>AB has given out some forms, more to go out
46 next Wed.</dd><dt><b><a name="Local_meetings">Local meetings</a></b></dt><dd>No news from PL</dd><dt><b><a name="MH_staff">MH staff</a></b></dt><dd>No news from PL</dd></dl><p>We'll try to have tabulated responses by our next meeting, at which point
47 we can combine across different groups</p></div><div><h2>5. Next steps and next time</h2><p>We agreed that dividing up the writing work makes sense, and HST agreed
54 to share their visions of the future with us: 3 p.m. on 3 May and 7:30pm on 4 May.</p><p>ES shared her idea of a public participation (experiential) means of
56 AM on 6 June, or afterwards.</p></div><div><h2>6. Actions review and new actions</h2><p>HST to get the Kath Russell report [<b>done</b>]</p><p>HST to ask John Phillips for an electronic version of his notes for us [<b>done</b>]</p><p>HST to ask Ken Jobling where to find the details of how food hygiene regulations
58 convenience, as Convenor of AM Trustees. [<b>done</b>]</p><p>ES to get some costs of out-of-town units</p><p>HST to get publicicity out about the vision input meetings.</p></div><div><h2>7. Next Meeting</h2><p>Our next meeting will be at 7 Victoria Terrace at 5:30pm on Friday 24 April. We
