# HG changeset patch # User Henry S Thompson # Date 1772138333 0 # Node ID 7bed7a53657c0fabe98591a6f01b71a99e72402a # Parent e5043fc1ae0a364e3812638a62caf4a41fa590dd ready for meeting diff -r e5043fc1ae0a -r 7bed7a53657c MHMC/2026-03-02/agenda.txt --- a/MHMC/2026-03-02/agenda.txt Thu Feb 26 20:34:40 2026 +0000 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,83 +0,0 @@ -Meeting House Management Committee Agenda 2026-03-02 -Monday 2 March, 5.15 p.m., in 7 Victoria Terrace - -* Attendance: JP Ascher, Rachael Fitzgerald, Emma Lawrence, Katrina - McCrea, Laragh Quinney, Sammi Searle, Henry S. Thompson (HST), - Andy Tucker, Duncan Wallace - - Prevented: Chris Jardine - -* Matters Arising - - * YFGM - *Action* on HST: Ask YFGM for feedback about other venues - *Done*, no reply as yet. - -* Managers' report - -* Financial Report - - Slides attached as circulated - -* Works to be undertaken: Bow Room - -* Central Edinburgh Sunday fee - - AM Treasurer has asked if we plan to change this. It's currently - £600. - -* Staff escalation route if they need backup - - The Minutes on this item from 2025-10-20 say: - - Trustees asked us: - - "we need ... an assurance from [MHMC] that staff have an - escalation route whenever they need backup. ... We are happy for - trustees to be on a reserve backup list in case no-one from MHMC - is available." - - All we have at the moment is an informal phone tree: MHM -MHMC via - HST -Trustees via Martin Ward - - What SCALP gave us was more in the direction of how to behave - towards the police in a less than full-cooperation way. But was not - really quite what we expected/hoped for for _building staff_. - - De-escalation training! RF to let us know more about this. - -* Policy/procedures for early booking arrivals - - - What is the policy wrt Friends opening the front door when they are - in the Foyer, there are no staff present and someone knocks or - rings? - - This may arise if for example someone with a booking arrives more - than 15 minutes early, a tourist wants to ask questions or look for - Major Weir... - - This is clearly complicated, and begs the question of how a Friend - or Friends may come to be in the Foyer without staff. - - This interacts with the "be a welcoming place for SESAM" goal. - -* Sale of Alcohol - - It might be time to test this question with AM, against a background - of a shift in attitude towards the consumption of alcohol in - moderation, when the whole of 7VT is being let, and consumption is - part of having a drink with a show. - -* Convenor of MHMC - - HST leaves the Committee on 1 April... - -* Date of next meeting - - We need to do a reset on what everyone's blackout days are... - -* AOB - -* Time without staff - diff -r e5043fc1ae0a -r 7bed7a53657c MHMC/2026-03-02/notes.txt --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/MHMC/2026-03-02/notes.txt Thu Feb 26 20:38:53 2026 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +Meeting House Management Committee Agenda 2026-03-02 +Monday 2 March, 5.15 p.m., in 7 Victoria Terrace + +* Attendance: JP Ascher, Rachael Fitzgerald, Emma Lawrence, Katrina + McCrea, Laragh Quinney, Sammi Searle, Henry S. Thompson (HST), + Andy Tucker, Duncan Wallace + + Prevented: Chris Jardine + +* Matters Arising + + * YFGM + *Action* on HST: Ask YFGM for feedback about other venues + *Done*, no reply as yet. + +* Managers' report + +* Financial Report + + Slides attached as circulated + +* Works to be undertaken: Bow Room + +* Central Edinburgh Sunday fee + + AM Treasurer has asked if we plan to change this. It's currently + £600. + +* Staff escalation route if they need backup + + The Minutes on this item from 2025-10-20 say: + + Trustees asked us: + + "we need ... an assurance from [MHMC] that staff have an + escalation route whenever they need backup. ... We are happy for + trustees to be on a reserve backup list in case no-one from MHMC + is available." + + All we have at the moment is an informal phone tree: MHM -MHMC via + HST -Trustees via Martin Ward + + What SCALP gave us was more in the direction of how to behave + towards the police in a less than full-cooperation way. But was not + really quite what we expected/hoped for for _building staff_. + + De-escalation training! RF to let us know more about this. + +* Policy/procedures for early booking arrivals + + + What is the policy wrt Friends opening the front door when they are + in the Foyer, there are no staff present and someone knocks or + rings? + + This may arise if for example someone with a booking arrives more + than 15 minutes early, a tourist wants to ask questions or look for + Major Weir... + + This is clearly complicated, and begs the question of how a Friend + or Friends may come to be in the Foyer without staff. + + This interacts with the "be a welcoming place for SESAM" goal. + +* Sale of Alcohol + + It might be time to test this question with AM, against a background + of a shift in attitude towards the consumption of alcohol in + moderation, when the whole of 7VT is being let, and consumption is + part of having a drink with a show. + +* Convenor of MHMC + + HST leaves the Committee on 1 April... + +* Date of next meeting + + We need to do a reset on what everyone's blackout days are... + +* AOB + +* Time without staff +