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author Henry S Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>
date Tue, 22 Apr 2025 18:48:01 +0100
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1 Flat is OK, one small pblm with humidity
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3 What's good:
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5 SS: enjoyable, transition has gone well, caveats below, a good fit,
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6 working well with a good team, Quakers friendly and welcoming,
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7 moral and ethics a plus
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8 AK: Having a positive impact, started well, more to come, next week
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9 new structure starts
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11 Observations: Needs attention: Ken's contract(s)
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12 Taking longer to get stuck in to the core aspects of the job:
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13 1) Mopping up after the Fringe;
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14 2) Staff restructures;
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15 3) Planning for next summer;
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16 4) End of year financial audit.
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17 Sometimes a bit frustrated by the hangover of the Fringe, which in
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18 principle should have been handled before we came on board.
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20 A bit tricky, complex internal stuff, arising from the history of the
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21 challenge of Majk's situation.
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23 ACTION: HST to start having regular 1630 Friday meetings with
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24 Managers, biweekly to start, cancel if not required. Start on 28 Feb.
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26 [Hartley has written off the £500 deposit, paid the IMS bill, and
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27 agreed difference between shower and window. Still waiting on lift
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28 voice.]
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30 Less good:
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32 1) Boundaries between Managers and HST, example: timing of HST's
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33 announcement of MS and EG's job changes. HST should have shown
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34 the report to the Managers before it went in/public.
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36 2) HST screwed up wrt SS's role in Hartley's visit in the subsequent
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37 MHMC meeting, acknowledged and apologised for.
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39 3) More communication, see regular meeting above.
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41 4) When should Managers email HST vs. MHMC? When to revert has been
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42 handled well, let's try Managers going ahead and reverting
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43 directly to MHMC when they think that's appropriate.
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45 HST to reconsider SESAM vs MHMCC
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47 5) Short notice of MHMC meetings, maybe only one will attend
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49 6) Quaker stuff has its own rules, has an interplay with Majk, came
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50 to the ceilidh as members of the community, we asked Majk for
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51 some guidance as to what to expect. [Redacted, but upshot was
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52 the suggestion that this (and other similar questions)
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53 was grounds for persisting the 'acting up' salary uplift through
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54 February, see MHMC minutes from 2025-04-01].
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56 7) Not clear about what the Staff Support Person's role is.
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