changeset 673:d3dd2dcdf2fe

as circulated
author Henry S Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>
date Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:22:29 +0000
parents 1f7d7a7d0031
children 7e7e98487cd5
files MHMC/2026-01-13/notes.txt
diffstat 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/MHMC/2026-01-13/notes.txt	Mon Feb 02 22:14:02 2026 +0000
+++ b/MHMC/2026-01-13/notes.txt	Tue Feb 03 10:22:29 2026 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 * Attendance: JP Ascher, Rachael Fitzgerald, Emma
   Lawrence (online), Katrina McCrea (online), Sammi Searle, Henry
-  S. Thompson (HST), Andy Tucker, Duncan Wallace
+  S. Thompson (HST), Andy Tucker, Duncan Wallace (DW)
 
   Prevented: Laragh Quinney, Chris Jardine
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
 * Works to be undertaken: Bow Room
 
-  We have asbesto above the cupboard.  Demolition and refurbishment
+  We have asbestos above the cupboard.  Demolition and refurbishment
   survey?  And then remediation.  Recommendation is if building work
   is planned then such a survey should be commissioned for the
   relevant areas.
@@ -111,10 +111,11 @@
 
 * Joint session with Trustees
 
-  Joined by Treasue, AM Clerk, Mark Ballard, MW, Ian Robertson
+  Joined by Jonathan Riddell (Treasurer), Sara Davies (Area Meeting
+  Clerk), Mark Ballard, Martin Ward (Clerk to Trustees) (MW), Ian Robertson
 
   HST shared the news about the Bow Room and requested confidentiality
-  for the time being
+  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.
@@ -125,17 +126,18 @@
   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
+  open call for proposals 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.
+  DW: We need to think about how we (Trustees and MHMC) split our time
+  and energy between strategy formation and governance. And what about
+  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.
+  The budget highlighted how AM could (not) spend time on strategic planning.
 
   As requested by CVenues, MHMC asks Trustees if they would
   countenance allowing the sale of alcohol during the Fringe let.
@@ -144,5 +146,3 @@
   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.
-
-