Anon

Anon - + + Improviing with the reopening of the terrace. + An alternative access [to the creche?] avoiding the kitchen +would help. Improve toilets. + An alternative access to the rooms/space beyond the kitchen +would be good. This would improve kitchen safety and make the additional space +more usable for group use. Perhaps improvements to the toilets are needed. + + + Improvements do have cost implications. Could we ask +Festival Committee to identify Meeting House improvements as one of the fund +raising projects (as we did for Kelso Meeting House & the Foyer upgrade) +over say 3 years. + The Meeting House is a great space, with flexibility having some larger +and smaller areas. The availability for outreach here is so important. A +window in the city and affordable lettings for groups that might find +alternatives difficult. + Thank you to the Friends who are reviewing these responses. Your time +and consideration is really valuable and appreciated. + + + +

+ Anne Davies, Sarah J. Davies + + [ticked 'Not important'] I.e. Haymarket area reasonable. +Suburbs accessible (from train/bus station) + +Better access to building—almost impossible (steep hill/steps). + Improve bottle neck entrance to Foyer. + Improve access to loos—stairs v. tricky for elderly. + Cheerful, purpose built areas for children & +young people—i.e. for latter, spreading sofas & [??] [??] 'dens' (?). + Parking facilities for cars bringing elderly to +Meeting—imposs. + Bike shelter. + + +Let's start with this premise that we want the Meeting House to be a +place for: Meeting for Worship; A quiet centre; A refuge for all looking to worship. + Do we want to be tied, for the foreseeable future, +to income generation? + Is the building [therefore] too expensive to +maintain? Is this the bottom line? + + +

+ Tony Peach + + Improvement of toilet facilities if faunds allow. + + + The Meeting House, as you see from my ansers above, ticks +all the boxes for me. I see no reason to move and many to stay. I think it +extremely unlikely we could find a better centre and would be best +concentrating on realising how lucky we are to have it. + If finance is thought to be the main problem, maybe more efforts could +be concentrated on + + helping the Managers to maximise rentals; + considering more fund-raising for future major financial outlay. + + + + + +

+ Annie Miller + + Difficult at the moment, because the terrace is closed + +Upgrade toilets + More time available for Quaker committees & other +Quaker groups + + I would like us to consider 7VT as a contact point for all +Quakers & attenders in Scotland, with an office for GM, maybe? + +

Penny (?) Holland - + [Keep?] given slots for Quaker events e.g. funerals/weddings one Saturday afternoon per month free in Meeting Room for such opportunity—even if it means losing income. @@ -27,14 +195,14 @@

Gill Reid - + I think the building is managed well and feedback from people I know who use it and are not Quakers is good. No home for any organisation is going to be perfect bu this @@ -43,9 +211,9 @@

Alastair Reid - + - + Some way that Friends could find out about the groups that use it. More devolution of decision-making to assistant managers if possible. Noticeboards—much improved lately—However culd there be @@ -56,12 +224,12 @@ - + Readers guides to topics of books/pamphlets in library e.g. silence, intro to Quaker writings, beginners, Peace testimony, environmental testimony, Meeting for Worship, prayer etc. etc. I hope that we do not move/sell in the near future—we need an -affordable central baseYmmovement elsewhere could be expensive and not +affordable central base—movement elsewhere could be expensive and not necessarily of benefit to Qs & the wider community. @@ -69,7 +237,7 @@

Anon - + Toilet facilities need upgrading; @@ -82,7 +250,7 @@ Radical changes need to be made with regard to -Library/Kitchen/ChildrenYmIt is impossible to cater for groups when access to +Library/Kitchen/Children—It is impossible to cater for groups when access to the Kitchen is unavailable when the Library is in use. It is inefficient and unsage for staff/users—particularly children. The running costs of the building are astronomical. Although I am