Anon

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John Phillips - There are clearly minor imporvements to be made, but the + There are clearly minor improvements to be made, but the building is not flexible nor can it be expanded (except by purchasing more flats in 6 Upper Bow). Improving toilets will remove Room 5 (a useful small committee or even teenagers room) from use. Improved access to creche area @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ groups—it would be good if we could be as flexible as possible about where people can eat in the building and where hot drinks and refreshments can be served. - I can't see any chance that we oculd purchase an + I can't see any chance that we could purchase an equally good building using money raised by selling 7VT. Its wonderful position in the city means we have to sacrifice some convenience—and lots of money. Sorry! @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ No so important to me but very important to giving Quakers a high profile. - [Don't know] I would need to have infor to compare value + [Don't know] I would need to have information to compare value here with value somewhere comparable. The soup lunch is very important @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ its location and size are difficult for some. Very well managed. - I am aware the its use as a festival & generalhire + I am aware the its use as a festival & general hire venue has provided valuable revenue. One may ask whether the needs for adequate staffing & caretaking have meant, in more recent times, that the revenue produced by the hiring pays for staffing and other costs associated @@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ I am also questioning whether running a café over the Festival period is best—or whether we should be allowing other cafés to provide food; and restrict what we offer to drinks, homebakes, -and maybe a daily meal for staff, participatnts & others who would be +and maybe a daily meal for staff, participants & others who would be content with a restricted menu. Again, it comes down to the question of -whether all this iffort is best spent, or whetehr others could do better, +whether all this effort is best spent, or whether others could do better, allowing us to focus our energy on more "Quakerly" activities. @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@

Tony Peach - Improvement of toilet facilities if faunds allow. + Improvement of toilet facilities if funds allow. The Meeting House, as you see from my answers above, ticks @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ commercialisation of activities such as lettings & the rise of the managerial staff. I do not think it important for the Mtg. House to be in the centre of the city. Furthermore, the Meeting is now so large in numbers that -MforW can be overburdened with ministry & individuals can be lost. I woul +MforW can be overburdened with ministry & individuals can be lost. I would suggest we consider splitting the Meeting in two & finding locations away from the city centre. @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ 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 + No home for any organisation is going to be perfect but this suits our needs.

@@ -296,10 +296,10 @@ 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 -a small notice somewhere that sawys what is where. + Noticeboards—much improved lately—However could there be +a small notice somewhere that says what is where. DO we have a leaflet etc. on hiring? - Is there smoe way small rooms could be more easily booked (often + Is there some way small rooms could be more easily booked (often seems to be full) @@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ Radical changes need to be made with regard 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. +unsafe for staff/users—particularly children. The running costs of the building are astronomical. Although I am in favour of remaining in the building, it might be preferable to find more 'affordable' premises. The costs of staffing/managing the building are high because the building is inefficient to run. How do we find a way of upgrading the building -with increasing running costs without it simply becominga costly venue for +with increasing running costs without it simply becoming a costly venue for external groups? Too much energy is being expended on hiring out the building. A Quaker Meeting House should be for use by Quakers and community groups. @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ The Meeting Room is a wonderful and light space with a good atmosphere. But the acoustics are dreadful—a lot of echo, and the loop system picks up the sound from the street which masks the speaker's words. - TH elocation is very good, and probably outweighs the + The location is very good, and probably outweighs the awkwardness of its internal structure. The committee has done a very good job in making the most of its potential, and the welcoming wardens and staff are excellent—the human element is most important. The window @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@

Anon

I don't feel qualified to answer these questions. I don't know enough. -I love this building, what it offersQuakers & otehr communities & esp. +I love this building, what it offers Quakers & other communities & esp. the quality of air & light in the meeting room. But I don't think we should spend most of our money on a building. There are much more important things than buildings. We could do what some churches do and hire space weekly @@ -408,14 +408,14 @@ to see evidence of other users of the building. - I have felt cut off from the Meetig House whie the Terrace has been + I have felt cut off from the Meeting House while the Terrace has been closed as going up & along & down to my bust stop has been tedious for a slow walker. Sometimes I have walked to Bridges buses. Or to Princes Street ones. I miss the 35 (& 1) which used to stop in the -Lawnmarket. But> I would deplore the idea of a suburban location, -'convenient for parking. +Lawnmarket. But I would deplore the idea of a suburban location, +'convenient for parking'. Before we chose this building, when we were looking, we said we -wanted a building wthat "wouldn't just be a Sunday building." It has been +wanted a building that "wouldn't just be a Sunday building." It has been gratifying that our MH has been well used by a very wide variety of groups. I hope this will pick up again when the Terrace re-opens. I have been very sorry to hear that a very long-standing tenant, @@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ I do think the meeting house is superb for outreach. Tommy Sheridan kneeling in from of a window to read Quaker News. The work of Venue 40 in the Festival is magnificent. I always -feel guiltin that for me the Peace & Justice Centre has to take priority. +feel guilt in that for me the Peace & Justice Centre has to take priority. Sed non omnia possumus omnes.

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Anon - Could coffee not be upstairs ini a short break in a meeting, + Could coffee not be upstairs in a short break in a meeting, with a cold water filled urn&then heating water for tea & coffee ?