Eliza Giles (EG), Ken Latham (KL), Majk Stokes (MS), Henry S. Thompson (HST)
HST shared aspects of the Committee's meeting:
C'ttee very pleased with staff's stepping up in challenging circumstances.
MS to be given the title of Acting Manager
Salary uplift to continue until new Manager in place, at least through October.
Interviews and appointment of new casual staff can be done for October if it's clear that help is needed due to bookings received.
MS to move forward with carpet
[missing/broken items] – consumables were often missing; loo roll didn’t arrive until 15/8, soap often missing. Use our suppliers next time: fits with ethos, fits our containers. E.g. one Sunday when no loo roll in any of the loos.
Paper hand towels? We didn’t this time, worked OK? Probably some use of loo roll for drying
Start and end of day procedures – define/clarify, who’s responsible for what. E.g. turning on the emergency lighting is our job.
WHo repairs things? We do a daily inspection and fix things/bill for getting them fixed
If there are things we are now going to do, we will have to charge for that, not clear how e.g. lump sum vs. timeshet.
WiFi - This impacted our own ability to do our own work, because of low bandwidth and/or ‘no internet’
Kitchen - Not our cleaners job, did CV expect it? MEK cleaned it from time to time: sweeping and wiping surfaces. Performers in there? Gap(s) in the licence. Food out, so mice flourished. Fridge available? “You have to name and date your food, or we’ll through it away”. Buckets left with dirty water in.
Leave less cutlery/plates etc. out for them
Use as an office made cleaning difficult - should clear away each night?
Emptying bin bags, agreeing about triage (recyclable/food waste/rubbish). Do we have to be responsible for all this so it can be done as we would like.
Weekend cleaning is necessary, we did some cleaning on Sunday and/or Monday morning (kitchen, loos, loo seats in particular).
We need to spend more time up front preparing the building
Emergency lights can’t be completely covered, dimmed is OK
Contact person, who is on site most of most days, for niggles (E.g. shoes in the kitchen :-) (continuity)
Staffing level in general
Poster mount scarring
More pictures in advance…
Staples in the poster boards
Discount for 4F wrt shower
One negative comment about the Sunday meeting space (HST disagreed)
As an ethical workplace, how do we feel about the way CVenue treats their staff, both volunteer and paid?
Sundays have gone well (Wednesdays worked well, bar steps for Tony Peach and Margaret Anderson and someone else with limited mobility).
HST to get C Venue's (local) network guy’s contact details from Hartley
KL to scan and distribute missing/broken items list
HST to figure out how to address the need for a regular MEK - MCMember meeting with a schedule that has no full MEK overlap time in it.
Clarification wrt casual staffing: Ellie is not happy about evening or saturday working, and MEK are covering a lot of evening/Saturday shifts.
Keith Gunn to go ahead with new cable trays.
MS has renewed Giffgaff contract
Ian Wilson will be visiting some time soon
HST To check the state of the T&C redo by Trustees.
HST To go through MHMC on listing on sites that charge a premium