Meeting House Management Committee Agenda 2024-08-27
Tuesday 27 August, 5 p.m., in 7 Victoria Terrace

# Attendance
RF, KM, LQ, HST, MS in part, JP (remotely) (in part?)

# Convenor's report

## 4F Upper Bow shower

2 days after move-in shower packed up, needed new shower and cable,
made good plaster and tile, after 12 days :-(.  Details of costs are
with Jackie.

## Regular meetings with staff

### With Rachel 2024-08-15

Extra wiFi has never worked

Changed plan wrt 1 September as Kitchen not in good enough state

### With Henry 2024-08-29

Agreed.

## Fire Alarm upgrade

Deposit of 500GBP was paid, may or may not have been repaid

Beeper which gives feedback on button-press is no longer happening :-(

Hartley asked for a call with HST but never rang.

## Kitchen toilet leak into Hideout Café

40GBP paid to Hassan for is plumber, our plumber did nothing, hasn't
billed (yet).

## Hiring

We AGREED that we would (seek to) interview any job-sharing applicants
both at once, in person.

ACTION: HST to post all applications to Dropbox

AGREED target interview dates of 30/9 and 4/10, all day, here
ACTION: HST to book the Bow Room

### 4F sublet query

AGREED that HST can say that living in at least during the week is a
requirement of taking the flat, no subletting.

## Trustees meeting 2024-08-20

Carpets: 'subject to John Renshaw" - see below

# Cafe

Ian Wilson is keen to do a more substantial vegetarian food, but is
willing to undertake a trial period.  Office will ask him in for a chat
in due course.

# C Arts

Two changes of venue manager.

# Carpets

We agreed on the "Sea Blue" sample tile.

# Business as usual September--December

## Contract staff

ACTION: HST to let staff know that the existing uplift will continue
until the new Manager is in post.

ACTION: HST to offer MK the title of Acting Manager in time for the
Thursday meeting.

## Casual staff

Not in a rush to appoint, for a range of reasons, but will look to
advertise again in September.

## End of lets

### Flats

### Meeting House

## Meeting Room microphones

New light fittings won't support old mic cables.

MS will liase with Keith Gunn to ask them to minimise the visual
impact of the trays -- above the lights, perhaps?  We AGREED they can
go ahead, aim to get done by 28 September for Woodbrooke where you are.

# Payment for use of Johnston Terrace garden

we AGREE to pay 200GBP to the SWT for that

# Planning for debriefing meetings

## Internal

Overtaken, Thursday is in fact this

## With Hartley

ACTION: HST to find out how Hartley is going to be in Edinburgh, and
arrange a walk-through for Friday or Saturday, include Majk in planning.

Wrt a follow-on contract, we can have our own discussion about that in
late September/early October.

Paradise Green not interested in adding Venue 40
Greenside might be worth contacting again.

# Date of next meeting