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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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11
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12 Their licence from us covers virtualy the entire building, with the
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13 exception of the office, for 7 weeks from 14 July.
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15 Local Meeting will have access to the Meeting Room only on Sundays 21
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16 and 28 in July and Sundays 4, 11, 18 and 25 in August. We can use the
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17 Meeting Room on Sunday 14 July as well as the Hall for the
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18 post-meeting shared lunch. On all those Sundays we will have access
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19 to the Kitchen to prepare tea and coffee, which will be served in the
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20 foyer outside the Meeting Room.
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21
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22 Normal use of the Meeting House will resume starting with 1100 Meeting
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23 for Worship on Sunday 31 August.
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24
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25 From Sunday 21 July through Sunday 31 August 0930 Meeting for Worship
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26 will be online only via Zoom.
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27
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28 The benches will be removed from the Meeting Room, and a stage
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29 installed at the eastern end. Meeting for Worship will take place in
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30 the western half of the Meeting Room, with enough chairs for 55--60
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31 people. The meeting space will separated from the stage by a
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32 full-width curtain running across the room from just to the left of
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33 the main doorway as you come in.
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34
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35 We're pleased to have gotten permission from the Scottish Wildlife
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36 Trust for Midweek Meeting for Worship and Childrens Meeting to make
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37 use of the Johnston Terrace Garden and, in inclement weather, the Palm
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38 House.
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40 On a less happy note, as reported to Area Meeting earlier this week,
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41 our Meeting House Manager, Miranda Girdlestone, has decided to end her
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42 time with us as of 1 July. We are in discussion with her, Meeting
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43 House staff and Trustees on a transition plan. Along with Trustees we
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44 plan to take some time to review and perhaps restructure the overall
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45 staffing structure of the Area Meeting, so will not be advertising for
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46 a replacement right away.
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47
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48 [1] http://www.cvenues.com/cvenues/perform/venues#alto
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