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.
Extra WiFi has never worked
Decided not to have soup-making to go ahead for Sunday 1 September as Kitchen not in good enough state.
See actions in Contract staff below
Deposit of £500 was paid by Hartley Kemp (HK)
Beeper which gives feedback on button-press is no longer happening :-(
HK asked for a call with HST but never rang.
[HK emailed on 2024-08-29 and requested relief and/or participation. This will have to be the subject of a between-meetings decision via email]
£40 paid to Hassan for his plumber, our plumber did nothing, hasn’t billed (yet).
We AGREED that we would (seek to) interview any job-sharing applicants both at once, in person.
HST to post all applications to Dropbox
We AGREED target interview dates of 30/9 and 4/10, all day, here
HST to book the Bow Room
we AGREED that HST can say that living in at least during the week is a requirement of taking the flat, no subletting.
Trustees approved contracting with Peter Young, “subject to John Renshaw” - see Carpets below.
Ian Wilson is keen to do a more substantial café offering vegetarian food, but is willing to undertake a 'pop-up' trial period. Office will ask him in for a chat in due course.
Setup and ongoing management suffered from being short-staffed, as well as the complexity arising from there being two types of staff: Paid and volunteer. There were two changes of venue manager in quick succession early on.
We AGREED on the “Sea Blue” sample tile.
MS to finalise arrangements with Peter Young, then ask Jackie Noltingk (JN) for a deposit of £4000 to be sent to them.
HST to let staff know that the existing uplift will continue until the new Manager is in post [DONE].
HST to offer MS the title of Acting Manager in time for the Thursday meeting [DONE].
Not in a rush to appoint, for a range of reasons, but will look to advertise again in September.
HST and MS will do two walk-throughs of the Meeting House and both flats with HK, one on Friday 30 September to look for issues, one on at a time subsequent to C Venues and their staff having left for good.
New light fittings won’t support old mic cables.
MS to liase with Keith Gunn to ask them to minimise the visual impact of the trays – above the lights, perhaps? [DONE: Keith Gunn say that over the lights should be possible.]
We AGREE to pay £200 to the Scottish Wildlife Trust for that.
JN to arrange for this payment.
Overtaken, staff meeting on Thursday will in fact do this.
HST to find out how long HK is going to be in Edinburgh, and arrange a walk-through for Friday or Saturday, include MS in planning. [Overtaken in part: initial walk-through agreed for Friday, request for date for final walk-through sent to HK]
Wrt a follow-on contract, MSMC 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.
TBA.