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6 <title>Meeting |
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| 426 | 9 <date>Tuesday 7 May, 5:15 p.m., in 7 Victoria Terrace</date> |
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16 <title>Attendance</title> |
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18 <item term="Present">Rachel Fitzgerald (RF), Katrina McCrea (KM), |
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22 <item term="Prevented">Laragh Quinney (LQ), Sue Sierra (SS)</item> |
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25 </div> |
| 425 | 26 <div> |
| 27 <title>Matters arising</title> | |
| 426 | 28 <div><title>Wrt 2024-04-30_3.2. Lighting</title> |
| 29 <p class="a">HST to contact Jean | |
| 30 Carletta about more replacable fitting: <name>DONE</name></p> | |
| 31 <p class="a">HST&JK | |
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32 to put a request to Trustees for approval for a budget of £10,000 with |
| 426 | 33 Gunn: <name>DONE</name></p> |
| 425 | 34 </div> |
| 426 | 35 <div><title>Wrt 2024-04-30_3.3. Carpets</title> |
| 36 <p class="a">HST&JK to put a request to | |
| 425 | 37 Trustees for approval, using recycled carpet tiles: Not yet</p> |
| 38 </div> | |
| 426 | 39 <div><title>Wrt 2024-04-30_3.4. Flat 3F2 at 6 Upper Bow</title> |
| 40 <p>We <name>AGREED</name> to go ahead on this basis: Hartley | |
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41 pushed back, with explanation that ‘artists’ enjoyed a better rate |
| 425 | 42 structure, with evidence. MG |
| 43 and HST agreed to accept his offer of | |
| 44 £3,500.</p> | |
| 426 | 45 <p>Hartley subsequently asked for a slight extension to the let, from 12 July |
| 46 to 3 September, and we agreed this for a revised total of £3,600.</p> | |
| 425 | 47 </div> |
| 48 </div> | |
| 49 <div><title>Local Meeting on 12 May</title> | |
| 50 <p>We still need someone to attend if possible, | |
| 426 | 51 as HST can’t be there</p> |
| 52 <p class="a">HST to copy JN and RF with notice to LM Clerks | |
| 53 and one of them will try to be at LM <name>DONE</name> by JN</p> | |
| 425 | 54 </div> |
| 55 <div><title>Time without staff</title> | |
| 426 | 56 <p> We <name>AGREE</name> that any arrangement with MS and Beth Clark will only |
| 57 happen once a new post is agreed and described.</p> | |
| 58 <p class="a">HST to discuss with MG:</p> | |
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60 <item>What tasks has she been doing which will need to be covered by MKE, |
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61 and what training will be required.</item> |
| 426 | 62 <item>A possible timetable for her availability: where and when</item> |
| 63 </list> | |
| 64 <p>MG should | |
| 65 certainly be <emph>allowed</emph> to go, but she may be <emph>willing</emph> to be | |
| 66 here for some number of weeks in July and August.</p> | |
| 67 <p>She <emph>might</emph> | |
| 68 want to do at least some of this to get closure.</p> | |
| 69 <p>So the invitation to a | |
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70 discussion should be tentative: to talk about handover tasks? to talk |
| 426 | 71 about what might be possible after 1 July?</p> |
| 72 <p>Removal scheduling is an | |
| 73 issue, because of likely street closure at the bottom of Johnston Terrace</p> | |
| 74 <p>Katrina is available for the 3 relevant weeks</p> | |
| 75 <p>Hallmaster | |
| 76 <emph>can</emph> communicate with Xero</p> | |
| 77 <p>Week 1 is the real point where we | |
| 78 need cover to be involved in what’s going on</p> | |
| 79 <p>We need the current | |
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80 staffing timetable, from JN and MG, so we know what we need to cover, |
| 426 | 81 both over the Fringe and in the autumn</p> |
| 82 <p>We <emph>can</emph> close the | |
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83 building on, e.g. Mondays and on Friday afternoons. We do need more |
| 426 | 84 casual staff, and if possible ones who will be planning to stay</p> |
| 85 <p class="a">JN to circulate the spreadsheet of duties she compiled. <name>DONE</name></p> | |
| 86 <p>July and August | |
| 87 are really different from September…</p> | |
| 88 <p>HST will meet on a regular basis | |
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89 with MKE, both as a group and individually. Scheduling is tricky. Some |
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90 regular closures may be necessary in order to have some staff overlap, |
| 426 | 91 so we can meet as a team.</p> |
| 92 <p>We will have a ’phone tree.</p> | |
| 93 <p>Some all-hands meetings | |
| 94 as well.</p> | |
| 95 <p>Have to check <emph>both</emph> flats every week.</p> | |
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| 97 <title>Draft minute</title> | |
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98 <p>From 1 July we need to have arrangements in place to cover all the |
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99 essential responsibilities of the Meeting House Manager. Exactly what |
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100 this means varies in terms of three distinct periods:</p> |
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102 <item term="A">1–16 July: (Somewhat less than) business as usual</item> |
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103 <item term="B">13 July–31 August: Let to CVenues</item> |
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104 <item term="C">1 September onwards: Business as usual</item> |
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106 <p>Beginning on 1 July we propose to cover business as usual, meaning |
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107 at a minimum the operation of the Meeting House on a day-to-day basis, |
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108 that is for existing lettings and ongoing Quaker use, with existing |
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109 staff: the three contract staff (MS, EG, KL, aka MEK) and the casual |
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110 staff, supervised as necessary by members of the MHMC.</p> |
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111 <p>MG and HST, with input from JN and MEK, aim to have a plan by 10 June for |
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112 MG to train MEK between then and 25 June, when there will be an |
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113 all-hands staff meeting with HST present to review the state of play |
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114 and address any remaining issues. </p> |
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115 <p>HST, KM and RF will form a rota to be the point person for |
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116 MEK questions/contact in emergencies. This is particularly important |
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117 during the crucial weeks of period B: 14-19 July; 2–9 August; 24–31 |
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119 <p>The extent to which we will be open for new bookings during periods A |
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122 interest in stepping up to more responsible roles, but a detailed |
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123 analysis of what we can expect will not be available until the |
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124 training plan is clearer.</p> |
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125 <p>We look to Trustees to initiate and drive the consultation process |
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126 on what staffing profile we are looking to see in SE Scotland Area |
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127 Meeting, which MHMC are of course happy to participate in.</p> |
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| 425 | 129 </div> |
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| 131 <title>Any other business</title> | |
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| 133 <title>Quinquenial Review</title> | |
| 134 <p>John Renshaw will visit in the week beginning 27 May to begin the | |
| 426 | 135 on-site inspection for the Quinquenial Review</p></div> |
| 425 | 136 </div> |
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| 138 <title>Date of next meeting</title> | |
| 139 <p>3 June 2024, 7 p.m., at 7 Victoria Terrace</p> | |
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