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--- a/7vt/feedback.xml	Sun May 03 11:15:02 2009 -0400
+++ b/7vt/feedback.xml	Sun May 03 17:59:43 2009 -0400
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  <head>
   <title>Transcription of comments on 7VT Futures questionnaires</title>
   <author>Henry S. Thompson</author>
-  <date>26 Apr 2009</date>
+  <date>3 May 2009</date>
  </head>
  <body>
   <div>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                      <item>Improve bottle neck entrance to Foyer.</item>
                      <item>Improve access to loos&mdash;stairs v. tricky for elderly.</item>
                      <item>Cheerful, purpose built areas for children &amp;
-young people&mdash;i.e. for latter, spreading sofas &amp; [??] [??] 'dens' (?).</item>
+young people&mdash;i.e. for latter, Squashy sofas &amp; their own 'den'.</item>
                      <item>Parking facilities for cars bringing elderly to
 Meeting&mdash;imposs.</item>
                      <item>Bike shelter.</item>
@@ -61,57 +61,105 @@
   <div>
    <title>Anon</title>
    <list type="defn">
-    <item term="12"></item>
-    <item term="13"></item>
+    <item term="12">No suggestions/ideas</item>
+    <item term="13">Apart from considerable difficulty coping as a disabled (?)
+and weekly [sic] member (Member) particularly the Library&mdash;for coffee and
+the Hall similarly if I stay for lunch.</item>
+   </list>
+  </div>
+  <div>
+   <title>Marianne Ferguson Rice</title>
+   <list type="defn">
+    <item term="2">Essential in my view</item>
+    <item term="4">Mobility only considered here:  Good, [but] the exceptions
+are Room 5 and the Bow Room</item>
+    <item term="10">I think so</item>
+    <item term="12">Upgrading of the toilet facilities (especially the
+men's)&mdash;essential.  Might it be possible to provide a 2nd toilet
+<emph>accessible</emph> on the ground floor, beside the existing one?  Possibly
+doing away with the existing sink and cupboards under it and moving the low
+sink nearer the doorway into the passage?  A toilet suitable for people with
+mobility problems for general use on the 1st floor would be really helpful.</item>
+    <item term="13"><list type="ndivs">
+<item>Perhaps double glazing would improve the use of the loop systems, at
+present they are of little benefit to those of us with a T setting on our
+hearing aids.</item>
+                     <item>For visually impaired people a lot needs to be done
+to assist them in moving around the building&mdash;please consult someone with
+real knowledge of the subject.</item>
+                     <item>In view of the downturn in lettings to outside
+bodies, we may have to rethink the free use of the building by all Quaker
+groups&mdash;I'll need to reconsider my pleadings for special cases for AVP
+Scotland and CAAT.</item>
+                     <item>I'd be interested to see a breakdown of the lettings
+to: a) charitable &amp; b) commercial organisations.  From an ethical point of
+view I'd hope to see a balance in favour of a), particularly smaller local
+charities, but I recognise the need for the income b) can bring.</item>
+                     <item>I'm just wondering if the constraints of Health
+&amp; Safety regulation are leading to a more formal, perhaps over-organised,
+interior thus losing some of the informal, slightly more relaxed atmosphere?</item>
+</list></item>
    </list>
   </div>
   <div>
    <title>Anon</title>
    <list type="defn">
-    <item term="12"></item>
-    <item term="13"></item>
-   </list>
-  </div>
-  <div>
-   <title>Anon</title>
-   <list type="defn">
-    <item term="12"></item>
-    <item term="13"></item>
+    <item term="8">Not ideal to have food &amp; drink in a library.</item>
+    <item term="12">I think it could be developed more explicity as a community resource.</item>
    </list>
   </div>
   <div>
    <title>Anon</title>
    <list type="defn">
-    <item term="12"></item>
-    <item term="13"></item>
+    <item term="7">Don't know</item>
+    <item term="10">Not sure</item>
+    <item term="12">If we keep the building, we need a longer term strategy for
+its whole purpose.  It may be that we need to look at alternative models for
+management.  E.g. one management committee for the building's supervision.
+This would lead to a complete re-organisation of AM's committee structure.</item>
+    <item term="13">Q. 10: If we don't know how much the building is costing
+us, how can we answer this question.  Information should have been provided!</item>
+   </list>
+  </div>
+  <div>
+   <title>Alan Dickinson</title>
+   <list type="defn">
+    <item term="3">Progressively difficult, because of parking</item>
    </list>
   </div>
   <div>
-   <title>Anon</title>
+   <title>John Phillips</title>
    <list type="defn">
-    <item term="12"></item>
-    <item term="13"></item>
+    <item term="12">There are clearly minor imporvements 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
+would be good.  Upgrading kitchen will be to be done one day, whatever we
+decide about Festival use.</item>
+    <item term="13"><list type="ndivs">
+<item>It is hard to make judgements based on present use since for the past ten
+years our childrens' classes have been very much diminished.  I guess this is
+the "fault" of all of us, but it may well reverse one day, when we might be
+glad of as many rooms as possible.</item>
+                     <item>The building is not very user-friendly for outside
+groups&mdash;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.</item>
+                     <item>I can't see any chance that we oculd purchase an
+equally good building using money raised by selling 7VT.  Its wonderful
+position in the city means we have to sacrifice some convenience&mdash;and lots
+of money.  Sorry!</item>
+</list></item>
    </list>
   </div>
   <div>
    <title>Anon</title>
    <list type="defn">
-    <item term="12"></item>
-    <item term="13"></item>
-   </list>
-  </div>
-  <div>
-   <title>Anon</title>
-   <list type="defn">
-    <item term="12"></item>
-    <item term="13"></item>
-   </list>
-  </div>
-  <div>
-   <title>Anon</title>
-   <list type="defn">
-    <item term="12"></item>
-    <item term="13"></item>
+    <item term="2">No so important to <emph>me</emph> but <emph>very</emph>
+important to giving Quakers a high profile.</item>
+    <item term="10">[Don't know] I would need to have infor to compare value
+here with value somewhere comparable.</item>
+    <item term="13">The soup lunch is very important</item>
    </list>
   </div>
   <div>
@@ -148,7 +196,7 @@
     <item term="12">Improvement of toilet facilities if faunds allow.</item>
     <item term="13">
      <list type="ndivs">
-      <item>The Meeting House, as you see from my ansers above, ticks
+      <item>The Meeting House, as you see from my answers 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.</item>
@@ -171,6 +219,19 @@
    </list>
   </div>
   <div>
+   <title>Alan Davies</title>
+   <list type="defn">
+    <item term="13">Because the Meeting House is large &amp; central, it is
+costly to maintain &amp; to run.  This has two consequences: the
+commercialisation of activities such as lettings &amp; 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 &amp; individuals can be lost.  I woul
+suggest we consider splitting the Meeting in two &amp; finding locations away
+from the city centre.</item>
+   </list>
+  </div>
+  <div>
    <title>Annie Miller</title>
    <list type="defn">
     <item term="3">Difficult at the moment, because the terrace is closed</item>