--- a/MHMC/2026-01-13/notes.txt	Tue Jan 13 18:24:18 2026 +0000
+++ b/MHMC/2026-01-13/notes.txt	Tue Jan 13 19:11:07 2026 +0000
@@ -167,3 +167,39 @@
 * Time without staff
 
 * Joint session with Trustees
+
+  Joined by Treasue, AM Clerk, Mark Ballard, MW, Ian Robertson
+
+  HST shared the news about the Bow Room and requested confidentiality
+  for the time being
+
+  MW introduced Trustees' view of budgeting process and the goal of
+  the self-sustaining wrt the two 'businesses' of 7VT and Kelso.
+
+  Quarterly reports to Trustees about the state of things look like
+   being about right, but details are still being worked out.
+
+  MW on QiS: Keep communications going
+
+  Three pots of money from The Legacy: the buildings; other projects;
+  _quodlibet_ by competition; all subject to a business case with
+  respect to the work of the Church.
+
+  DW: Strategy formation and governance? Marketing? This needs time
+  over against maintenance...  Who should be driving this, as between
+  AM, Trustees and MHMC.  MHMC has much more engagement with the 7VT
+  building than all but one Trustee.
+
+  The Affordability Study provides useful starting points for that.
+
+  The budget highlighted how AM could (not) spend time on strategic.
+
+  As requested by CVenues, MHMC asks Trustees if they would
+  countenance allowing the sale of alcohol during the Fringe let.
+
+  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.
+
+