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| author | Henry S Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk> |
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| date | Thu, 09 May 2024 14:02:12 +0100 |
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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 | |
| 4 House as Fringe Central again this summer, we have been fortunate to | |
| 5 find an alternative tenant to partly make up for the consequent loss | |
| 6 of much-needed extra income. The CArts/CVenues production company | |
| 7 will be running "C alto at the Quaker Meeting House" [1]. | |
| 8 | |
| 9 We have been sent their proposed programme of shows, and will be | |
| 10 reviewing it for any possible areas of concern. | |
| 11 | |
| 12 Their licence from us covers virtualy the entire building, with the | |
| 13 exception of the office, for 7 weeks from 14 July. | |
| 14 | |
| 15 Local Meeting will have access to the Meeting Room only on Sundays 21 | |
| 16 and 28 in July and Sundays 4, 11, 18 and 25 in August. We can use the | |
| 17 Meeting Room on Sunday 14 July as well as the Hall for the | |
| 18 post-meeting shared lunch. On all those Sundays we will have access | |
| 19 to the Kitchen to prepare tea and coffee, which will be served in the | |
| 20 foyer outside the Meeting Room. | |
| 21 | |
| 22 Normal use of the Meeting House will resume starting with 1100 Meeting | |
| 23 for Worship on Sunday 31 August. | |
| 24 | |
| 25 From Sunday 21 July through Sunday 31 August 0930 Meeting for Worship | |
| 26 will be online only via Zoom. | |
| 27 | |
| 28 The benches will be removed from the Meeting Room, and a stage | |
| 29 installed at the eastern end. Meeting for Worship will take place in | |
| 30 the western half of the Meeting Room, with enough chairs for 55--60 | |
| 31 people. The meeting space will separated from the stage by a | |
| 32 full-width curtain running across the room from just to the left of | |
| 33 the main doorway as you come in. | |
| 34 | |
| 35 We're pleased to have gotten permission from the Scottish Wildlife | |
| 36 Trust for Midweek Meeting for Worship and Childrens Meeting to make | |
| 37 use of the Johnston Terrace Garden and, in inclement weather, the Palm | |
| 38 House. | |
| 39 | |
| 40 On a less happy note, as reported to Area Meeting earlier this week, | |
| 41 our Meeting House Manager, Miranda Girdlestone, has decided to end her | |
| 42 time with us as of 1 July. We are in discussion with her, Meeting | |
| 43 House staff and Trustees on a transition plan. Along with Trustees we | |
| 44 plan to take some time to review and perhaps restructure the overall | |
| 45 staffing structure of the Area Meeting, so will not be advertising for | |
| 46 a replacement right away. | |
| 47 | |
| 48 [1] http://www.cvenues.com/cvenues/perform/venues#alto |