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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 (via Zoom), Laragh Quinney, Henry S. Thompson (HST),
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6 Andy Tucker
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8 Prevented: Chris Jardine, Duncan Wallace, Sammi Searle
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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 * Fringe update
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20 * Charity Rate Monday
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22 Giving it a try
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24 * Website refresh
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26 * Heating Survey
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28 LUPS (sp) report expected
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30 Mini-heat pump/aircon?
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32 St. Augs are looking at similar
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34 * Full-building wiring survey
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36 EICR 5-year recommendation, we've been doing it, St. Augs ditto
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37 Agreed, after quote review
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38
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39 * More thorough lift report
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40
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41 Go ahead
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43 * Financial Report
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45 Slides attached as circulated
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47 Very helpful, could we add comparison with last year overall
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49 * Works to be undertaken: Bow Room
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51 * Asbestos
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53 Whole bldg General Mgt survey is out-of-date, needs to be done
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55 Refurb in the Bow Room and corridor [ref. accessibiity]
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56 and a few other floor/ceilings
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58 EG very positive for wrt least expensive quote: 942 [both tasks]
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59 Most expensive also most clued-up: 1200
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61 Over to Andy
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63 * Central Edinburgh Sunday fee
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65 AM Treasurer has asked if we plan to change this. It's currently
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66 £600. Has been done since 2023 (£512). So maybe £600.
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68 Need to know when/how much was last increase before deciding, and
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69 the Quaker rate idea has been agreed *Action HST*
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71 * Staff escalation route if they need backup
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73 The Minutes on this item from 2025-10-20 say:
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75 Trustees asked us:
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76
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77 "we need ... an assurance from [MHMC] that staff have an
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78 escalation route whenever they need backup. ... We are happy for
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79 trustees to be on a reserve backup list in case no-one from MHMC
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80 is available."
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82 All we have at the moment is an informal phone tree: MHM -MHMC via
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83 HST -Trustees via Martin Ward
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85 What SCALP gave us was more in the direction of how to behave
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86 towards the police in a less than full-cooperation way. But was not
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87 really quite what we expected/hoped for for _building staff_.
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89 De-escalation training! RF to let us know more about this.
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93 Staff have a plan they are happy with: Manager contact in TeamUp,
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94 fallback to c'ttee via phone list (on wall)
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95 *Action Andy*
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97 * Policy/procedures for early booking arrivals
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99 What is the policy wrt Friends opening the front door when they are
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100 in the Foyer, there are no staff present and someone knocks or
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101 rings?
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103 This may arise if for example someone with a booking arrives more
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104 than 15 minutes early, a tourist wants to ask questions or look for
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105 Major Weir...
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107 This is clearly complicated, and begs the question of how a Friend
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108 or Friends may come to be in the Foyer without staff.
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110 This interacts with the "be a welcoming place for SESAM" goal.
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112 Jonathan Riddell has complained about not being allowed in, naming
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113 Ken.
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115 The problem is only in general outside M-F 9-5. Outside that time
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116 if the outer door is locked, it will only be opened for events 15
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117 minutes before a booking.
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119 After MfW on Sunday if there is an event.
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121 To be shared with LM once cleaned up.
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123 *Action Andy* to send guidelines to Katrina and HST, HST to tidy and
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124 send to LM Clerks
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126 * Sale of Alcohol
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128 It might be time to test this question with AM, against a background
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129 of a shift in attitude towards the consumption of alcohol in
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130 moderation, when the whole of 7VT is being let, and consumption is
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131 part of having a drink with a show.
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133 * Convenor of MHMC
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135 HST leaves the Committee on 1 April...
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137 HST to produce a list of bullet points wrt what the job entails and
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138 send to C'ttee (includes SS and At)
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140 ?? to convene a meeting of C'ttee (not SS and to discuss this and how if necessary the
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141 role could be split
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143 * Date of next meeting
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145 We need to do a reset on what everyone's blackout days are...
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147 * AOB
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149 * Time without staff
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