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joint part done
author Henry S Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>
date Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:11:07 +0000
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165 * AOB 165 * AOB
166 166
167 * Time without staff 167 * Time without staff
168 168
169 * Joint session with Trustees 169 * Joint session with Trustees
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171 Joined by Treasue, AM Clerk, Mark Ballard, MW, Ian Robertson
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173 HST shared the news about the Bow Room and requested confidentiality
174 for the time being
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176 MW introduced Trustees' view of budgeting process and the goal of
177 the self-sustaining wrt the two 'businesses' of 7VT and Kelso.
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179 Quarterly reports to Trustees about the state of things look like
180 being about right, but details are still being worked out.
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182 MW on QiS: Keep communications going
183
184 Three pots of money from The Legacy: the buildings; other projects;
185 _quodlibet_ by competition; all subject to a business case with
186 respect to the work of the Church.
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188 DW: Strategy formation and governance? Marketing? This needs time
189 over against maintenance... Who should be driving this, as between
190 AM, Trustees and MHMC. MHMC has much more engagement with the 7VT
191 building than all but one Trustee.
192
193 The Affordability Study provides useful starting points for that.
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195 The budget highlighted how AM could (not) spend time on strategic.
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197 As requested by CVenues, MHMC asks Trustees if they would
198 countenance allowing the sale of alcohol during the Fringe let.
199
200 It might be time to test this question with AM, against a background
201 of a shift in attitude towards the consumption of alcohol in
202 moderation, when the whole of 7VT is being let, and consumption is
203 part of having a drink with a show.
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