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date Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:56:20 -0400
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--- a/7vt/report.html	Thu Aug 06 18:35:54 2009 -0400
+++ b/7vt/report.html	Tue Sep 08 14:56:20 2009 -0400
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
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          @page {orphans: 2; widows: 2;
                 @bottom {content: counter(page)}
-                @top-right {content: "2009-07-19"}
+                @top-right {content: "2009-09-08"}
                 @top-left {content: "Victoria Terrace Working Group Report"}}
          @page:first { 
     @top-left { content: normal }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   <div class="byline">Alison Burnley, Madeleine Harding, Phil Lucas, Brian Mayes,
 Laurie Naumann, Rufus Reade,
  Eileen Schott, Henry S. Thompson</div>
-  <div class="byline">19 July 2009</div>
+  <div class="byline">8 September 2009</div>
   
  </div>
  <div class="toc"><h1>Table of Contents</h1><ul class="naked"><li><h2>1.  <a href="#intro">Background and introduction: The remit of the working group</a></h2></li><li><h2>2.  <a href="#exec">Executive summary of work and conclusions</a></h2></li><li><h2>3.  <a href="#history">The past</a></h2></li><li><h4>3.1.  <a href="#origins">Origins</a></h4></li><li><h4>3.2.  <a href="#structure">Building structure</a></h4></li><li><h4>3.3.  <a href="#use">Outline history of building use</a></h4></li><li><h4>3.4.  <a href="#fin_hist">Outline financial history</a></h4></li><li><h2>4.  <a href="#present">The present</a></h2></li><li><h4>4.1.  <a href="#pres_use">Building use</a></h4></li><li><h4>4.2.  <a href="#pres_fin">Building finances</a></h4></li><li><h2>5.  <a href="#future">The future</a></h2></li><li><h4>5.1.  <a href="#options">Practicalities</a></h4></li><li><h4>5.2.  <a href="#vision">The Vision</a></h4></li><li><h4>5.3.  <a href="#concl">Conclusions</a></h4></li><li><h2>6.  <a href="#appendices">Appendices</a></h2></li><li><h4>6.1.  <a href="#remit">Appendix A: Remit from Area Meeting</a></h4></li><li><h4>6.2.  <a href="#quests">Appendix B: Questionnaires for different user groups</a></h4></li><li><h4>6.3.  <a href="#open">Appendix C: Summary of contributions from open meetings</a></h4></li><li><h4>6.4.  <a href="#friends_use">Appendix D: Friends’ use of 7 Victoria Terrace in 2008</a></h4></li><li><h4>6.5.  <a href="#refs">Other sources</a></h4></li></ul></div><div id="intro">
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
   </div><div id="exec">
    <h2>2.  <a name="exec">Executive summary of work and conclusions</a></h2>
    <p>The working group met a total of twelve times throughout the first five
-months of 2009.  Over th course of thos meetings we invited a number of people to join us to share their particular
+months of 2009.  Over the course of those meetings we invited a number of people to join us to share their particular
 perspectives on the matter:</p>
    <ul>
     <li>Alastair Cameron and Don Stubbings, who briefed us on Area Meeting’s perspective;</li>
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
 </li>
 <li>
 <p>
-The <b>Foyer</b> (also not shown in the plans) is fairly spacious, but its
+The <b>Foyer</b> is fairly spacious, but its
 adaptability is inhibited by two structural pillars.  This space was originally a shop under the
 Original
 Secession
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
    <h4>3.4.  <a name="fin_hist">Outline financial history</a></h4>
 <p>The Monthly Meeting sold the previous Meeting House premises in Stafford
 Street in 1987 and bought Victoria Terrace, a listed building, and one adjacent
-flat in 6 Upper Bow, for £138,000 with the sale proceeds.  (An further flat
+flat in 6 Upper Bow, for £138,000 with the sale proceeds.  (A further flat
 in 6 Upper Bow was purchased in 1995 for £25,000).  A fund raising appeal and
 a contribution (for stonework) from Historic Scotland covered a further
 £360,000, which was used for external repairs, complete internal remodelling, purchase of furniture and 
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
 In 1994 the new wardens/managers appointed were explicitly, as a part of their
 jobs, expected to develop the full use of the building and generate an increased income from the letting of the property to outside organisations. As can be seen from the attached income and expenditure table, this proved to be successful with differential charges being levied of small voluntary organisations and larger government or other public sector bodies some of which had long term, fairly permanent, arrangements to regularly hire out parts of the property. A significant, but fluctuating, contribution to the funds has been received from the Festival Fringe Committee over most of those years.
 </p>
-   <div class="figure" style="page-break-before: always">
+   <div class="figure">
     <table>
      <thead>
       <tr>
@@ -539,7 +539,8 @@
 costs per letting have proved relatively high. This has been exacerbated as
 higher health and safety standards are imposed by law and the expectations of
 user groups about the service provided also increase. Furthermore there are
-both routine and one-off capital costs that have to be met both to keep the building safe, wind and watertight as well as to meet disability access legislation for properties open to the public. While the routine maintenance and repairs can be met from regular letting income, contributions from Friends and attenders and donations, specific appeals have had to be made for the redevelopment of the foyer and the Bow Room costing nearly £70,000. In 2008 the cost of the stonework repairs of about £30,000 was largely met by two legacies recently left to the Area Meeting.</p>
+both routine and one-off capital costs that have to be met both to keep the
+building safe, wind and watertight as well as to meet disability access legislation for properties open to the public. While the routine maintenance and repairs can be met from regular letting income, contributions from Friends and attenders and donations, specific appeals have had to be made for the redevelopment of the foyer and new entrance costing nearly £70,000. In 2008 the cost of the stonework repairs of about £30,000 was largely met by two legacies recently left to the Area Meeting.</p>
 <p>
 Lettings are not of course the only use made of the building.  Central Edinburgh Local
 Meeting worships there, Local, Area and General Meeting groups have meetings there,
@@ -550,8 +551,8 @@
 pays Area Meeting for its use of the building on Sundays, at a rate originally
 set at half the charitable letting rate.  This decision has been reviewed on
 several occasions, and the rate is now more than half the charitable rate,
-being approximately £65 for each Sunday, or £3,300 per annum (see Figure 6).</p>
-   <p>Appendix D shows an estimate of the cost of Friends’ use of 7 Victoria
+being approximately £65 for each Sunday, or £3,300 per annum (see <a href="#pres_fin">Figure 5</a>).</p>
+   <p><a href="#friends_use">Appendix D</a> shows an estimate of the cost of Friends’ use of 7 Victoria
 Terrace during 2008, based on the full charity rate.  If we subtract from the
 total shown there of approximately £17,000 the amounts which Area Meeting
 reclaim from Central Edinburgh
@@ -608,94 +609,43 @@
 current goal is to always have someone on the front desk, with one or two other
 staff during the day depending on the volume of booking.</p>
 <p>To give an idea of the pattern of non-Quaker lettings we have taken a recent six-week
-period and have looked at the groups who used the Meeting House and how long the lets
-were for. The two figures below summarise the results.</p>
-     <div class="figure" style="page-break-before: always">
+period and with the help of the Managers have looked at the groups who used the Meeting House and the number of lets. The figure below summarises the results.</p>
+     <div class="figure">
       <table class="r">
        <thead>
         <tr>
-         <th>Group</th>
-         <th>Number<br/> of people</th>
-         <th>Room</th>
+         <th>Group type</th>
+         <th>Number of groups</th>
         </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
-<tr><td>Campaign Against Arms Trade</td><td>10–15</td><td>Bow  </td></tr>
-<tr><td>Alternatives to Violence Project</td><td>10–15</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Wood Craft Folk</td><td>5</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>British Stammering Support Assoc.</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>J. Johnson</td><td>20</td><td>Library</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Soc. of Homeopaths</td><td>20</td><td>Meeting</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Family Fed. of World Peace Development</td><td>0–15</td><td>Library</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Edinburgh Drug &amp; Alcohol Action Team</td><td>20</td><td>Hall</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Blake &amp; Stevenson</td><td>4–5</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Ileostomy Association Support Group</td><td>30</td><td>Hall &amp; library</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Scottish Natural Heritage</td><td>20</td><td>Hall</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Parkinsons Disease Soc.</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Collective Gallery</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Built Environment Forum</td><td>20+</td><td>Hall</td></tr>
-<tr><td>City of Edinburgh Council Welfare Rights</td><td>4+</td><td>Room 5</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Ramblers</td><td>20</td><td>Meeting</td></tr>
-<tr><td>College of Occupational Therapists</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Fruit-market Gallery</td><td>4</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Social Research Assoc. Scotland</td><td>6</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Scottish Handcraft Circle</td><td>20</td><td>Library</td></tr>
-<tr><td>No 2 I.D.</td><td>20</td><td>Meeting</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Darfur training Committee</td><td>4–6</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Action learning Group</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Alzheimers Scotland</td><td>10–12</td><td>Library</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Alzheimers National</td><td>50</td><td>Meeting &amp; Hall</td></tr>
-<tr><td>British Assoc. of drama Therapists</td><td>20</td><td>Hall</td></tr>
-<tr><td>World Development Movt.</td><td>6</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Spiritualist Friends of Edin</td><td>4–5</td><td>Room 5</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Scottish Traditional Dance &amp; Music Society</td><td>10</td><td>Hall</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Social Enterprise Academy</td><td>8</td><td>Hall(?)</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Parkinsons Disease Soc. Stirling</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Political Party</td><td>4</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Young People</td><td>2</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Health Training</td><td>3</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Professional Body</td><td>7</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Sell-care</td><td>5</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Church Group</td><td>5</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Art Gallery</td><td>2</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Rail</td><td>3</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Yoga Class or similar</td><td>2</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Social Interest</td><td>11</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Environment</td><td>3</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Spiritual Healing</td><td>2</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Peace</td><td>5</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Education</td><td>3</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Educational Training</td><td>3</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Charity</td><td>4</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Grassroots</td><td>1</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>City of Edinburgh</td><td>1</td></tr>
        </tbody>
       </table>
       <div class="caption">Figure 4. Non-Quaker groups using the Meeting House: showing
 number of people and the rooms used</div>
      </div>
-     <div class="figure">
-<table>
-<thead>
-<tr><th/>
-<th>Week of 
-6th-12th April</th><th>Week of 
-13th-19th April</th><th>Week of 
-20th-26th April</th><th>Week of 
-27th April-3rd May</th><th>Week of 
-4th-10th May</th><th>Week of 
-11th-17th May</th>
-</tr>
-</thead>
-<tbody>
-<tr>
-<td>All-day bookings</td><td class="h">
-3</td><td class="h">
-2</td><td class="h">
-4</td><td class="h">
-4</td><td class="h">
-4</td><td class="h">
-7</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td>2–3 hour bookings</td><td class="h">
-15</td><td class="h">
-13</td><td class="h">
-20</td><td class="h">
-21</td><td class="h">
-24</td><td class="h">
-19</td>
-</tr>
-</tbody>
-</table>
-      <div class="caption">Figure 5. Number and duration of lets, by week,
-spring 2009</div>
-     </div>
-     <p>In all there were approximately 136 lets over this 6-week period.
-Costs will depend on size of group, length of time they needed space and which
-room(s) they rent, and what rate they were charged: following Area Meeting policy,
+     <p>In all there were approximately 113 lets to 66
+different groups during the six-week period from 6 April to 17 May 2009.
+Costs will depend on size of group, length of time they needed space, which
+room(s) they rented and what rate they were charged: following Area Meeting policy,
 there are two basic rates, depending on for-profit versus not-for-profit
 status.  (The Managers have discretion to charge a reduced rate in a few
 cases—this amounts to only a few hundred pounds per annum at most.) There is also a cost for refreshments, including tea, coffee
@@ -703,7 +653,7 @@
 and are not complete, but are included to give a sense of the breadth and volume of
 letting.</p>
 <p>We do not have quantitative information from the non-Quaker users of 7 Victoria
-Terrace regarding how they rate the premises. However there were over thirty groups
+Terrace regarding how they rate the premises. However there were over sixty groups
 using the building which feels very positive, and the feedback forms the Meeting
 House Managers solicit contain many very warm endorsements.</p>
 <p>It is unclear if we should or could increase income by raising the letting rates. Trustees are aware the lettings levels have fallen, especially daytime use. A possible reason for this could be greater competition in the area for the level of provision we offer. Our letting charges are comparable with other churches/halls in the area.</p>
@@ -740,7 +690,7 @@
 stillness and worship.</p>
 
 <p>It is necessary to meet at Victoria Terrace
-to do practical tasks and allows access to resources.</p>
+to do practical tasks and allow access to resources.</p>
 
 <p>The building is ideal for young people’s
 link weekend---there is no other Quaker building in Scotland
@@ -810,7 +760,7 @@
       <li>From the capital account (legacies) £30,000 and the Festival Fringe account £4,000</li>
       <li>Made up by Area Meeting</li>
      </ol>
-     <div class="caption">Figure 6. 7 Victoria Terrace: Revised summary of 2008 income and
+     <div class="caption">Figure 5. 7 Victoria Terrace: Revised summary of 2008 income and
 expenditure, including capital project</div>
     </div>
     <p>Of the total 2008 shortfall, roughly £9,000 is owed to one-off expenditures,
@@ -909,7 +859,7 @@
 <li>
 Reduce activities to Quaker activities only—this would reduce opening hours and lettings and increase costs per capita.</li>
 <li>
-The Rain Forest Café—the café could go and/or drinks and snacks alone could be provided for visitors.
+The Festival Café—the café could go and/or drinks and snacks alone could be provided for visitors.
 </li>
 <li>
 The Meeting House as a Festival Venue—events/opening hours could be reduced and income would be reduced.
@@ -932,7 +882,7 @@
 </p>
 <ul>
 <li>
-The kitchen does not meet Health and Safety standards to prepare and serve meat
+The kitchen does not meet Health and Safety standards to prepare and serve food
 to the public. An alternative is to serve vegetarian food only and ask for
 donations from the public.  Trustees are actively exploring this area: the
 working group does not feel that the exact nature of the trade-offs between
@@ -1059,7 +1009,7 @@
 because it is central and visible, available and open. Such doubts as were expressed were about finance and
 the Festival.</p>
    </div>
-   <div id="concl" style="page-break-before: always">
+   <div id="concl">
     <h4>5.3.  <a name="concl">Conclusions</a></h4>
     <p>7 Victoria Terrace is owned by Area Meeting, and it is for Area Meeting
 to determine its use.  Once the outline of a future for Friends in Edinburgh
@@ -1073,7 +1023,7 @@
 against the background of the answers to <i>those</i> questions, further
 work will be needed before the next set of decisions can be considered.</p>
    </div>
-  </div><div id="appendices" style="page-break-before: always">
+  </div><div id="appendices">
     <h2>6.  <a name="appendices">Appendices</a></h2>
     <div id="remit">
      <h4>6.1.  <a name="remit">Appendix A: Remit from Area Meeting</a></h4>
@@ -1189,8 +1139,8 @@
 Following the approach set out in the remit agreed by AM on 25
 October, we agree to approach the following people to join the
 group:</p>
-<p style="margin-left:27pt">
-<ul class="naked nolabel"><li>Laurie Naumann</li>
+
+<blockquote><div><ul class="naked nolabel"><li>Laurie Naumann</li>
 <li>Phil Lucas</li>
 <li>Rufus Reade</li>
 <li>Madeleine Harding</li>
@@ -1198,8 +1148,8 @@
 <li>Henry Thompson</li>
 <li>Alison Burnley</li>
 <li>Eileen Schott</li>
-</ul>
-</p>
+</ul></div></blockquote>
+
 <p>
 We
 ask Andrew to invite Henry Thompson to convene the group; we ask
@@ -1208,7 +1158,7 @@
 intention.</p>
 
     </div>
-    <div id="quests" style="page-break-before: always">
+    <div id="quests">
      <h4>6.2.  <a name="quests">Appendix B: Questionnaires for different user groups</a></h4>
 <div>
       <h4>A. For QUAKER GROUPS and COMMITTEES who use 7 Victoria Terrace</h4>
@@ -1429,7 +1379,7 @@
 <p>Your response to this questionnaire will be of great assistance to us.   Please feel free to add your comments on any relevant matter. Thank you.</p>
      </div>
     </div>
-    <div id="open" style="page-break-before: always">
+    <div id="open">
      <h4>6.3.  <a name="open">Appendix C: Summary of contributions from open meetings</a></h4>
      <div>
       <h4>Notes of first Open Meeting, Sunday, 26 April 2008 at 7 Victoria Terrace</h4>
@@ -1569,7 +1519,7 @@
 </ol>
      </div>
     </div>
-    <div id="friends_use" style="page-break-before: always">
+    <div id="friends_use">
      <h4>6.4.  <a name="friends_use">Appendix D: Friends’ use of 7 Victoria Terrace in 2008</a></h4>
 <dl>
 <dt><b><a name="January_2008">January 2008</a></b></dt><dd>
@@ -1671,7 +1621,7 @@
 </ul>
 <p><b>Grand total for the year</b>:£16,873</p>
     </div>
-    <div id="refs" style="page-break-before: always">
+    <div id="refs">
      <h4>6.5.  <a name="refs">Other sources</a></h4>
      <p>The following documents, while not part of this report, have been
 lodged with Area Meeting as they provided input to our work:</p>
@@ -1682,4 +1632,4 @@
      </ul>
     </div>
    </div>
-</body></html>
+</body></html>
\ No newline at end of file
--- a/7vt/report.xml	Thu Aug 06 18:35:54 2009 -0400
+++ b/7vt/report.xml	Tue Sep 08 14:56:20 2009 -0400
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <author>Alison Burnley, Madeleine Harding, Phil Lucas, Brian Mayes,
 Laurie Naumann, Rufus Reade,
  Eileen Schott, Henry S. Thompson</author>
-  <date>4 August 2009</date>
+  <date>8 September 2009</date>
   <style>td.t, td.s {text-align: right}
          td.n {text-align: center}
          td.s {font-weight: bold}
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
          @media print {body {font-size: 11pt}}
          @page {orphans: 2; widows: 2;
                 @bottom {content: counter(page)}
-                @top-right {content: "2009-07-19"}
+                @top-right {content: "2009-09-08"}
                 @top-left {content: "Victoria Terrace Working Group Report"}}
          @page:first { 
     @top-left { content: normal }
@@ -528,8 +528,8 @@
 pays Area Meeting for its use of the building on Sundays, at a rate originally
 set at half the charitable letting rate.  This decision has been reviewed on
 several occasions, and the rate is now more than half the charitable rate,
-being approximately &#163;65 for each Sunday, or &#163;3,300 per annum (see Figure 6).</p>
-   <p>Appendix D shows an estimate of the cost of Friends&rsquo; use of 7 Victoria
+being approximately &#163;65 for each Sunday, or &#163;3,300 per annum (see <link href="#pres_fin">Figure 5</link>).</p>
+   <p><link href="#friends_use">Appendix D</link> shows an estimate of the cost of Friends&rsquo; use of 7 Victoria
 Terrace during 2008, based on the full charity rate.  If we subtract from the
 total shown there of approximately &#163;17,000 the amounts which Area Meeting
 reclaim from Central Edinburgh
@@ -587,94 +587,43 @@
 current goal is to always have someone on the front desk, with one or two other
 staff during the day depending on the volume of booking.</p>
 <p>To give an idea of the pattern of non-Quaker lettings we have taken a recent six-week
-period and have looked at the groups who used the Meeting House and how long the lets
-were for. The two figures below summarise the results.</p>
+period and with the help of the Managers have looked at the groups who used the Meeting House and the number of lets. The figure below summarises the results.</p>
      <figure><!-- page break maybe -->
       <table class="r">
        <thead>
         <tr>
-         <th>Group</th>
-         <th>Number of people</th>
-         <th>Room</th>
+         <th>Group type</th>
+         <th>Number of groups</th>
         </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
-<tr><td>Campaign Against Arms Trade</td><td>10&ndash;15</td><td>Bow  </td></tr>
-<tr><td>Alternatives to Violence Project</td><td>10&ndash;15</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Wood Craft Folk</td><td>5</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>British Stammering Support Assoc.</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>J. Johnson</td><td>20</td><td>Library</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Soc. of Homeopaths</td><td>20</td><td>Meeting</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Family Fed. of World Peace Development</td><td>0&ndash;15</td><td>Library</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Edinburgh Drug &amp; Alcohol Action Team</td><td>20</td><td>Hall</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Blake &amp; Stevenson</td><td>4&ndash;5</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Ileostomy Association Support Group</td><td>30</td><td>Hall &amp; library</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Scottish Natural Heritage</td><td>20</td><td>Hall</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Parkinsons Disease Soc.</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Collective Gallery</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Built Environment Forum</td><td>20+</td><td>Hall</td></tr>
-<tr><td>City of Edinburgh Council Welfare Rights</td><td>4+</td><td>Room 5</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Ramblers</td><td>20</td><td>Meeting</td></tr>
-<tr><td>College of Occupational Therapists</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Fruit-market Gallery</td><td>4</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Social Research Assoc. Scotland</td><td>6</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Scottish Handcraft Circle</td><td>20</td><td>Library</td></tr>
-<tr><td>No 2 I.D.</td><td>20</td><td>Meeting</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Darfur training Committee</td><td>4&ndash;6</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Action learning Group</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Alzheimers Scotland</td><td>10&ndash;12</td><td>Library</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Alzheimers National</td><td>50</td><td>Meeting &amp; Hall</td></tr>
-<tr><td>British Assoc. of drama Therapists</td><td>20</td><td>Hall</td></tr>
-<tr><td>World Development Movt.</td><td>6</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Spiritualist Friends of Edin</td><td>4&ndash;5</td><td>Room 5</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Scottish Traditional Dance &amp; Music Society</td><td>10</td><td>Hall</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Social Enterprise Academy</td><td>8</td><td>Hall(?)</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Parkinsons Disease Soc. Stirling</td><td>10</td><td>Bow</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Political Party</td><td>4</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Young People</td><td>2</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Health Training</td><td>3</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Professional Body</td><td>7</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Sell-care</td><td>5</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Church Group</td><td>5</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Art Gallery</td><td>2</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Rail</td><td>3</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Yoga Class or similar</td><td>2</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Social Interest</td><td>11</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Environment</td><td>3</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Spiritual Healing</td><td>2</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Peace</td><td>5</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Education</td><td>3</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Educational Training</td><td>3</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Charity</td><td>4</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Grassroots</td><td>1</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>City of Edinburgh</td><td>1</td></tr>
        </tbody>
       </table>
       <caption>Non-Quaker groups using the Meeting House: showing
 number of people and the rooms used</caption>
      </figure>
-     <figure>
-<table>
-<thead>
-<tr><th></th>
-<th>Week of 
-6th-12th April</th><th>Week of 
-13th-19th April</th><th>Week of 
-20th-26th April</th><th>Week of 
-27th April-3rd May</th><th>Week of 
-4th-10th May</th><th>Week of 
-11th-17th May</th>
-</tr>
-</thead>
-<tbody>
-<tr>
-<td>All-day bookings</td><td class="h">
-3</td><td class="h">
-2</td><td class="h">
-4</td><td class="h">
-4</td><td class="h">
-4</td><td class="h">
-7</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td>2&ndash;3 hour bookings</td><td class="h">
-15</td><td class="h">
-13</td><td class="h">
-20</td><td class="h">
-21</td><td class="h">
-24</td><td class="h">
-19</td>
-</tr>
-</tbody>
-</table>
-      <caption>Number and duration of lets, by week,
-spring 2009</caption>
-     </figure>
-     <p>In all there were approximately 136 lets over this 6-week period.
-Costs will depend on size of group, length of time they needed space and which
-room(s) they rent, and what rate they were charged: following Area Meeting policy,
+     <p>In all there were approximately 113 lets to 66
+different groups during the six-week period from 6 April to 17 May 2009.
+Costs will depend on size of group, length of time they needed space, which
+room(s) they rented and what rate they were charged: following Area Meeting policy,
 there are two basic rates, depending on for-profit versus not-for-profit
 status.  (The Managers have discretion to charge a reduced rate in a few
 cases&mdash;this amounts to only a few hundred pounds per annum at most.) There is also a cost for refreshments, including tea, coffee
@@ -682,7 +631,7 @@
 and are not complete, but are included to give a sense of the breadth and volume of
 letting.</p>
 <p>We do not have quantitative information from the non-Quaker users of 7 Victoria
-Terrace regarding how they rate the premises. However there were over thirty groups
+Terrace regarding how they rate the premises. However there were over sixty groups
 using the building which feels very positive, and the feedback forms the Meeting
 House Managers solicit contain many very warm endorsements.</p>
 <p>It is unclear if we should or could increase income by raising the letting rates. Trustees are aware the lettings levels have fallen, especially daytime use. A possible reason for this could be greater competition in the area for the level of provision we offer. Our letting charges are comparable with other churches/halls in the area.</p>
@@ -1164,8 +1113,8 @@
 Following the approach set out in the remit agreed by AM on 25
 October, we agree to approach the following people to join the
 group:</p>
-<p style="margin-left:27pt">
-<list type="naked"><item>Laurie Naumann</item>
+
+<display><list type="naked"><item>Laurie Naumann</item>
 <item>Phil Lucas</item>
 <item>Rufus Reade</item>
 <item>Madeleine Harding</item>
@@ -1173,8 +1122,8 @@
 <item>Henry Thompson</item>
 <item>Alison Burnley</item>
 <item>Eileen Schott</item>
-</list>
-</p>
+</list></display>
+
 <p>
 We
 ask Andrew to invite Henry Thompson to convene the group; we ask