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3 <!DOCTYPE doc SYSTEM "../../../lib/xml/doc.dtd" > 3 <!DOCTYPE doc SYSTEM "../../../lib/xml/doc.dtd" >
4 <doc> 4 <doc>
5 <head> 5 <head>
6 <title>Transcription of comments on 7VT Futures questionnaires</title> 6 <title>Transcription of comments on 7VT Futures questionnaires</title>
7 <author>Henry S. Thompson</author> 7 <author>Henry S. Thompson</author>
8 <date>3 May 2009</date> 8 <date>4 May 2009</date>
9 </head> 9 </head>
10 <body> 10 <body>
11 <div> 11 <div>
12 <title>Anon</title> 12 <title>Anon</title>
13 <list type="defn"> 13 <list type="defn">
161 here with value somewhere comparable.</item> 161 here with value somewhere comparable.</item>
162 <item term="13">The soup lunch is very important</item> 162 <item term="13">The soup lunch is very important</item>
163 </list> 163 </list>
164 </div> 164 </div>
165 <div> 165 <div>
166 <title>Anon</title> 166 <title>Ann Forsyth</title>
167 <list type="defn"> 167 <list type="defn">
168 <item term="12"></item> 168 <item term="12">All improvements possible have been carried out. However
169 <item term="13"></item> 169 its location and size are difficult for some. Very well managed.</item>
170 </list> 170 <item term="13">
171 </div> 171 <list type="ndivs">
172 <div> 172 <item>I am aware the its use as a festival &amp; generalhire
173 <title>Anon</title> 173 venue has provided valuable revenue. One may ask whether the needs for
174 <list type="defn"> 174 adequate staffing &amp; caretaking have meant, in more recent times, that the
175 <item term="12"></item> 175 revenue produced by the hiring pays for staffing and other costs associated
176 <item term="13"></item> 176 with hiring; and whether this activity, and its many call on Quaker time, is
177 </list> 177 best spent.</item>
178 </div> 178 <item>I am also questioning whether running a caf&eacute; over the
179 <div> 179 Festival period is best&mdash;or whether we should be allowing other
180 <title>Anon</title> 180 caf&eacute;s to provide food; and restrict what we offer to drinks, homebakes,
181 <list type="defn"> 181 and maybe a daily meal for staff, participatnts &amp; others who would be
182 <item term="12"></item> 182 content with a restricted menu. Again, it comes down to the question of
183 <item term="13"></item> 183 whether all this iffort is best spent, or whetehr others could do better,
184 </list> 184 allowing us to focus our energy on more "Quakerly" activities.</item>
185 </div> 185 </list>
186 <div> 186 </item>
187 <title>Anon</title> 187 </list>
188 <list type="defn"> 188 </div>
189 <item term="12"></item> 189 <div>
190 <item term="13"></item> 190 <title>Anon</title>
191 <list type="defn">
192 <item term="12">I feel the Meeting House is managed exceedingly well</item>
193 <item term="13">I feel we would be totally unable to get another building
194 which would come anywhere near meeting our needs so well.</item>
195 </list>
196 </div>
197 <div>
198 <title>Anon</title>
199 <list type="defn">
200 <item term="12">I think it is just right as it is&mdash;the way I feel
201 about my own house!</item>
202 </list>
203 </div>
204 <div>
205 <title>Anon</title>
206 <list type="defn">
207 <item term="9">[Inadequate] Lay-out difficult</item>
208 <item term="12">Option to switch off lift safety announcement during
209 meeting for worship.</item>
191 </list> 210 </list>
192 </div> 211 </div>
193 <div> 212 <div>
194 <title>Tony Peach</title> 213 <title>Tony Peach</title>
195 <list type="defn"> 214 <list type="defn">
325 <item>A Quaker Meeting House should be for use by Quakers and community groups.</item> 344 <item>A Quaker Meeting House should be for use by Quakers and community groups.</item>
326 </list> 345 </list>
327 </item> 346 </item>
328 </list> 347 </list>
329 </div> 348 </div>
349 <div>
350 <title>Anon</title>
351 <list type="defn">
352 <item term="12">Toilets are a bit feeble</item>
353 </list>
354 </div>
355 <div>
356 <title>Anon</title>
357 <list type="defn">
358 <item term="8">[Adequately] Library gets too crowded at coffee time</item>
359 <item term="12">{Update toilets; Update kitchen} essential if we are to
360 continue letting rooms at commercial rates</item>
361 <item term="13">Do we need to think about how the MH is used? Could it be
362 used in a different way? Could finance be generated in different ways? e.g.
363 Cafe downstairs where the foyer is.</item>
364 </list>
365 </div>
366 <div>
367 <title>Anon</title>
368 <list type="defn">
369 <item term="10">[Don't know] Probably <emph>yes</emph>.</item>
370 <item term="12">The Meeting Room is a wonderful and light space with a good
371 atmosphere. But the acoustics are dreadful&mdash;a lot of echo, and the loop
372 system picks up the sound from the street which masks the speaker's words.</item>
373 <item term="13">TH elocation is very good, and probably outweighs the
374 awkwardness of its internal structure. The committee has done a very good job
375 in making the most of its potential, and the welcoming wardens and staff are
376 excellent&mdash;the human element is <emph>most</emph> important. The window
377 displays are attractive &amp; informative.</item>
378 </list>
379 </div>
380 <div>
381 <title>Anon</title>
382 <list type="defn">
383 <item term="12">Perhaps more bench seating&mdash;the chairs are not
384 particularly comfortable.</item>
385 <item term="13">I hope the Festival activity continues with continued
386 creativity and success.</item>
387 </list>
388 </div>
389 <div>
390 <title>Anon</title>
391 <p>I don't feel qualified to answer these questions. I don't know enough.
392 I love this building, what it offersQuakers &amp; otehr communities &amp; esp.
393 the quality of air &amp; light in the meeting room. But I don't think we
394 should spend most of our money on a building. There are much more important
395 things than buildings. We could do what some churches do and hire space weekly
396 for meeting.</p>
397 </div>
398 <div>
399 <title>Elisabeth Carnall</title>
400 <list type="defn">
401 <item term="2">[Very important] Good public transport <emph>vital</emph>,
402 especially when Terrace is open again</item>
403 <item term="4">[Good] Loos up and down stairs.</item>
404 <item term="8">[Hall: very well; Library: well] Library can't be quiet place.</item>
405 <item term="12">I would like to be less conscious of rules and regulations.
406 The MH has felt less like home under the new Health &amp; Safety requirements.
407 I don't feel the need to enhance the display of Quaker materials. I am happy
408 to see evidence of other users of the building.</item>
409 <item term="13">
410 <list type="ndivs">
411 <item>I have felt cut off from the Meetig House whie the Terrace has been
412 closed as <emph>going up &amp; along &amp; down</emph> to my bust stop has been
413 tedious for a slow walker. Sometimes I have walked to Bridges buses. Or to
414 Princes Street ones. I miss the 35 (&amp; 1) which used to stop in the
415 Lawnmarket. <emph>But> I would deplore the idea of a suburban location,
416 'convenient for parking</emph>.</item>
417 <item>Before we chose this building, when we were looking, we said we
418 wanted a building wthat "wouldn't just be a Sunday building." It has been
419 gratifying that our MH has been well used by a very wide variety of groups. I
420 hope this will pick up again when the Terrace re-opens.</item>
421 <item>I have been very sorry to hear that a very long-standing tenant,
422 using the building several days in the week [?has left?]. This is unfortunate
423 both for us and for her. I can't imagine going to art classes in the Central
424 Halls.</item>
425 <item>I think that as a city much visited it is valuable to have a meeting
426 house at the centre, highly visible. Making the MH part of the Festival has
427 made us part of the community &amp; superb <emph>outreach</emph>.</item>
428 </list></item>
429 </list>
430 </div>
431 <div>
432 <title>Geoffrey Carnall</title>
433 <list type="defn">
434 <item term="12">On the whole the Wardening is friendly &amp; welcoming, and
435 it's very important to remember that this needs to be a primary concern.</item>
436 <item term="13">I do think the meeting house is <emph>superb</emph> for
437 outreach. Tommy Sheridan kneeling in from of a window to read <emph>Quaker
438 News</emph>. The work of Venue 40 in the Festival is magnificent. I always
439 feel guiltin that for me the Peace &amp; Justice Centre has to take priority.
440 Sed non omnia possumus omnes.</item>
441 </list>
442 </div>
443 <div>
444 <title>Anon</title>
445 <list type="defn">
446 <item term="12">Sometimes the room booking procedure is inflexible &amp;
447 not user friendly. Also "welcome" is not always friendly on days other than
448 Sunday. The loop in the Meeting Room is not effective and many people can't hear.</item>
449 <item term="13">I think it is very important that V.T. is used as a
450 community resource for 3rd sector and campaigning groups. It is also essential
451 that the Quaker Meeting is centrally located and visible to the wider
452 communities in Edinburgh and visitors.</item>
453 </list>
454 </div>
455 <div>
456 <title>Anon</title>
457 <list type="defn">
458 <item term="12">Could coffee not be upstairs ini a short break in a meeting,
459 with a cold water filled urn&amp;then heating water for tea &amp; coffee <emph>?</emph></item>
460 </list>
461 </div>
462 <div>
463 <title>Anon</title>
464 <list type="defn">
465 <item term="12">I feel it is managed very well at all times.</item>
466 </list>
467 </div>
330 </body> 468 </body>
331 </doc> 469 </doc>