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+  <title>Meeting
+House Management Committee Minutes 2024-04-30</title>
+  <author>Convenor: Henry S. Thompson</author>
+  <date>Tuesday 30 April, 5:15 p.m., in 7 Victoria Terrace</date>
+ </head>
+<body>
+<div>
+ <title>Attendance</title>
+ <list type="defn">
+  <item term="Present">
+   <list type="1defn">
+ <item term="At 7VT">Rachel Fitzgerald (RF), Miranda Girdlestone (MG),
+Jacqueline Noltingk (JN),
+Henry S. Thompson(HST), Neil Turner (NT)</item>
+ <item term="Via Zoom">Sue Sierra (SS)</item>
+</list>
+  </item>
+  <item term="Copy to">Susie Harding</item>
+ </list>
+</div>
+ <div>
+  <title>Matters Arising</title>
+  <p> 2.1 Wrt 2024-04-16_2.1 CVenues
+ ACTION: HST Include a briefing about this in his report to AM.
+         Will do
+ ACTION: MG Check with City of Edinburgh about a) the validity span of
+         an EICR; b) the need for emergency lighting to be checked to
+         a standard.
+         See 3.1 below
+ 2.2 Wrt 2024-04-16_2.5 Period products
+ ACTION: MG Contract with Hey Girls.
+         Done.
+ 2.3 Wrt 2024-04-16_2.6 Flat 3F2 at 6 Upper Bow
+ ACTION) HST 1) Check with City re Short term lets regulation 2) Check
+         with Clan Gordon (CG) about whether they would manage.
+         See 3.4 below
+</p>
+ </div>
+<div>
+ <title>Project updates</title>
+ <div><title>CVenues</title>
+  <p>HK visited on 27/4, surveyor in as well wrt floor loading, happy,
+ further years lighting fixtures mentioned, would need approval from
+ us.  Showed him the flat.  No actual reply wrt Licencing Venue.  Not
+ particularly happy about Hideout bailing, we've got fealers out to a
+ Mimi's Bakehouse and Susie's (Kitchen?).  Summerhall?
+ 30/5 prevu for arrangements on what gets taken away and to where.
+ EICR valid until 9/24 per CEC.
+ We've self-tested lighting, all over 2 hours.
+ Never been asked by Fire/CEC/...
+</p>
+</div>
+<div><title>Lighting</title>
+ <p>MG reverted to Gunn/Alexanders: Carbon is horrendous. Timetabled for
+ 1st week in July.
+ We need a decision about cool/warm/...
+
+  ACTION HST: Contact Jean Carletta about more replacable fitting?
+    If no, or not quickly, then
+   ACTION HST&amp;JK to put a request to Trustees for approval.</p>
+</div>
+<div><title>Carpets</title>
+ <p> Our two guys both said no allergy or smell issue.  No difference in
+ risk of lifting.  75% recycled is available for &lt;10% change.
+
+ ACTION HST&amp;JK:  to put a request to Trustees for approval.
+
+</p>
+</div>
+<div><title>Flat 3F2 at 6 Upper Bow</title>
+ <p>  HST proposed that we add the use of 3F2 by CVenues to their licence
+   agreement.  As a one-off private agreement between us, it means
+   it's not a "short-term let".
+
+  MG looked briefly at advertisements for August lets in the centre,
+  and reported
+
+    It could be anything from £5,000 per month to £10,000 per month, I think,
+    on location alone.
+    One room and shared spaces is £1,500 per month, at the lowest. And that is
+    quite a way out.
+    Even allowing for it being a bit scruffy, anything under £2,500 per month
+    would be underselling it in August, I think.
+    One chap I found is charging £4,500pm for a double room on the other side
+    of the Meadows...
+
+  MG has asked Hartley for 7KGBP/mo
+
+  We AGREED to go ahead on this basis.
+</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div>
+<title>Time without staff</title>
+<p>We have had time without staff.</p>
+</div>
+ <div>
+  <title>Branding</title>
+  <div>
+   <title>Signage</title>
+   <p>We have a new sign in the Office window advertising room lettings.
+  Work on interior branding is progressing
+</p>
+  </div>
+  <div>
+   <title>Publicity more generally</title>
+   <p>Facebook page is now getting regular updates from Ellie
+
+  Possibility of something in the windows themed around 400th
+  anniversary of George Fox, who did preach _somewhere_ in Scotland.
+</p>
+  </div>
+ </div>
+ <div>
+  <title>Lettings trajectory</title>
+  <p>Occupancy is up over 2023, from 1 Jan up thru mid-July
+ Income is up by more 10% increase in prices.
+ Expenditure is also up, mostly because of the end of energy cost
+ subsidy
+</p>
+ </div>
+<div>
+<title>Date of next meeting</title>
+<p>30 April 2024 1715, 7 Victoria Terrace</p>
+</div>
+</body>
+</doc>