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 attempt to find somewhere which provides essentially the same facilities as 7 Victoria
 Terrace, or somewhere more modest, or more than one place?  Do we look for somewhere to
 share, or somewhere of our own?  If we stay, do we reduce our use, and with it our costs,
 do we continue more-or-less as at present or do we try to do more?  How do each of these
 choices align with our vision for Quaker presence and witness in Edinburgh?</p>
-</div><div id="history">
+</div><div id="history" style="page-break-before: always">
 <h2>3.  <a name="history">The past</a></h2>
 <div id="origins">
 <h4>3.1.  <a name="origins">Origins</a></h4>
 <p>We moved to 7 Victoria Terrace from
 problems, which added up to a lot of discomfort:</p>
 <ul>
 <li>The coffee room was a bit of a squash.</li>
 <li>The children were in the basement in three
 small rooms. The young people were like sardines in the smallest room. The
-crèche was at the front of the building and the 5–12s at the back---neither
+crèche was at the front of the building and the 5–12s at the back—neither
 room was very big and there was very little room for storage.</li>
 <li>There was lack of office space.</li>
 <li>Letting possibilities were minimal and the
 Meeting House was not open to all during the week.</li>
 </ul>
 youth café at 6 Victoria
 Terrace which provided a good opportunity for local community building.</p>
 <p>Very recently we have acquired access to
 the Scottish wild life garden in Johnston Terrace. This is very welcome for all
-but particularly for the children---a garden opens up lots of possibilities for
+but particularly for the children—a garden opens up lots of possibilities for
 fun and learning.</p>
 <p>Over the years the Meeting House has hosted many link group weekends. These have allowed young people from all over Scotland to come together for a residential weekend, to share their thoughts and feelings in a safe environment, to learn more about being a Quaker and benefit from being with like-minded young people.</p>
 <p>It is hard to quantify/evaluate just how important these events are, but
 speaking to young Quakers now in their twenties and thirties they say how important
 these events have been for their own spiritual development. If we are going to keep
 our young people involved with Friends we need to care for and nurture them. 7 Victoria Terrace is an ideal place to do this.
 </p>
 </div>
-<div id="structure">
+<div id="structure" style="page-break-before: always">
 <h4>3.2.  <a name="structure">Building structure</a></h4>
 <p>
 The building was in quite a poor state when it was purchased by the Monthly Meeting.
 Apart from the internal work which gave us the basic rooms layout, substantial repair work had to be undertaken to repair badly weathered sandstone on the exterior and some roof repairs were also necessary.  Urgent repair to stonework was necessary in 2007–8 to make the building safe and opportunity was taken, while the scaffolding was in place, to do general stonework improvement with a view to preventing the need for further such work for the next 20 years or so.
 </p>
 <p>From the outset it had been intended that the new Meeting House, given its central position and the variety of rooms available, should become a community resource and, additionally, be able to generate an income to help offset management and maintenance costs.</p>
 <p>
 In 1994 the new wardens/managers appointed were explicitly, as a part of their
 jobs, expected to develop the full use of the building and generate an increased income from the letting of the property to outside organisations. As can be seen from the attached income and expenditure table, this proved to be successful with differential charges being levied of small voluntary organisations and larger government or other public sector bodies some of which had long term, fairly permanent, arrangements to regularly hire out parts of the property. A significant, but fluctuating, contribution to the funds has been received from the Festival Fringe Committee over most of those years.
 </p>
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 <table>
 <thead>
 <tr>
 <th/>
 <th> Notes </th>
 <th>Group type</th>
 <th>Number of groups</th>
 </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
-<tr><td>Political Party</td><td>4</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Political Party</td><td class="rn">4</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Young People</td><td>2</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Young People</td><td class="rn">2</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Health Training</td><td>3</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Health Training</td><td class="rn">3</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Professional Body</td><td>7</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Professional Body</td><td class="rn">7</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Sell-care</td><td>5</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Sell-care</td><td class="rn">5</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Church Group</td><td>5</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Church Group</td><td class="rn">5</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Art Gallery</td><td>2</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Art Gallery</td><td class="rn">2</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Rail</td><td>3</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Rail</td><td class="rn">3</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Yoga Class or similar</td><td>2</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Yoga Class or similar</td><td class="rn">2</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Social Interest</td><td>11</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Social Interest</td><td class="rn">11</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Environment</td><td>3</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Environment</td><td class="rn">3</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Spiritual Healing</td><td>2</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Spiritual Healing</td><td class="rn">2</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Peace</td><td>5</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Peace</td><td class="rn">5</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Education</td><td>3</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Education</td><td class="rn">3</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Educational Training</td><td>3</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Educational Training</td><td class="rn">3</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Charity</td><td>4</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Charity</td><td class="rn">4</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Grassroots</td><td>1</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Grassroots</td><td class="rn">1</td></tr>
-<tr><td>City of Edinburgh</td><td>1</td></tr>
+<tr><td>City of Edinburgh</td><td class="rn">1</td></tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>
 <div class="caption">Figure 4. Non-Quaker groups using the Meeting House: showing
 number of people and the rooms used</div>
 </div>
 <p>It is necessary to meet at Victoria Terrace
 to do practical tasks and allow access to resources.</p>
 <p>The building is ideal for young people’s
-link weekend---there is no other Quaker building in Scotland
+link weekend—there is no other Quaker building in Scotland
 that is big enough. We do need to nurture and care for our young
 people if we are going to keep them involved with Friends.</p>
 <p>People did feel they could meet elsewhere
 if necessary. Occasionally they did so out of choice for practical reasons such
 building should be upgraded or replaced, possibly involving a shift to
 renewable sources, building on work done some time ago by an Environmental
 Improvement group.</li>
 </ul>
 </div>
-</div><div id="future">
+</div><div id="future" style="page-break-before: always">
 <h2>5.  <a name="future">The future</a></h2>
 <p>Against the background of the information presented so far, we now turn
 to considering the future.  On the one hand there are the practicalities:
 Do we stay in Victoria Terrace, or do we leave?  In either case, further
 choices will have to be made.  We briefly summarise these in the following
 example the Methodist property off Nicholson Square might be, or be about to
 be, available.  It seemed at best unlikely that a move to such premises would
 result in a situation materially different from our current one.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
-<div id="vision">
+<div id="vision" style="page-break-before: always">
 <h4>5.2.  <a name="vision">The Vision</a></h4>
 <p>From the returned questionnaires and the discussions we have had it is clear that the
 majority of users of the premises would prefer to remain in Victoria Terrace if this is
 financially possible.</p>
 <p>It is felt that we should be in the centre of Edinburgh for a number of reasons, such as the
 is our vision? Stay
 or go?  If we go, whither?  If we stay, on what terms?  Beyond that, and
 against the background of the answers to <i>those</i> questions, further
 work will be needed before the next set of decisions can be considered.</p>
 </div>
-</div><div id="appendices">
+</div><div id="appendices" style="page-break-before: always">
 <h2>6.  <a name="appendices">Appendices</a></h2>
 <div id="remit">
 <h4>6.1.  <a name="remit">Appendix A: Remit from Area Meeting</a></h4>
 <p><b>South
 East Scotland Area
 Alastair Cameron (w/f Marjorie Farquharson) to attend the first
 meeting of the group if possible to set out the background and
 intention.</p>
 </div>
-<div id="quests">
+<div id="quests" style="page-break-before: always">
 <h4>6.2.  <a name="quests">Appendix B: Questionnaires for different user groups</a></h4>
 <div>
 <h4>A. For QUAKER GROUPS and COMMITTEES who use 7 Victoria Terrace</h4>
 <p>South East Scotland Quakers bought the present Meeting House about 20 years ago to meet the needs of a growing Quaker meeting and to serve the community by providing a meeting place in Central Edinburgh, especially for charities and grass-roots organisations.  Twenty years later, we wish to assess how well this nineteenth century building (which is quite expensive to maintain and update) is meeting the needs of both Quakers and other users.  Please help by completing this questionnaire and returning it, either to the person who gave it to you or to the Meeting House Office.  Thank you very much.</p>
 <ol>
 </li>
 </ol>
 <p>Your response to this questionnaire will be of great assistance to us.   Please feel free to add your comments on any relevant matter. Thank you.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
-<div id="open">
+<div id="open" style="page-break-before: always">
 <h4>6.3.  <a name="open">Appendix C: Summary of contributions from open meetings</a></h4>
 <div>
 <h4>Notes of first Open Meeting, Sunday, 26 April 2008 at 7 Victoria Terrace</h4>
 <p><i>What is your vision for the Quaker presence and witness in
 Central Edinburgh
 <li>There’s a possible tension between the needs of Central Edinburgh Friends, wider outreach and letting out rooms.  In thinking ahead, account will have to be taken of the sometimes conflicting demands for a funeral or wedding and advance cash earning bookings from outside non-Quaker organisations.</li>
 <li>It is not just the adults who are concerned about the future of the property.  When one of the Friend’s children heard about the possibilty a move from 7VT there was an expression of ‘disbelief and sadness’.</li>
 </ol>
 </div>
 </div>
-<div id="friends_use">
+<div id="friends_use" style="page-break-before: always">
 <h4>6.4.  <a name="friends_use">Appendix D: Friends’ use of 7 Victoria Terrace in 2008</a></h4>
 <dl>
 <dt><b><a name="January_2008">January 2008</a></b></dt><dd>
 <ul class="naked nolabel">
 <li>AM £224.50</li>
 <li><a name="Mid-week_Meeting"><b>Mid-week Meeting</b></a>
   52 x £27.50 = £1430.00</li>
 </ul>
 <p><b>Grand total for the year</b>:£16,873</p>
 </div>
-<div id="refs">
+<div id="refs" style="page-break-before: always">
 <h4>6.5.  <a name="refs">Other sources</a></h4>
 <p>The following documents, while not part of this report, have been
 lodged with Area Meeting as they provided input to our work:</p>
 <ul>
 <li>Summary budget figures from John Phillips</li>

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