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@@ -1,19 +1,28 @@
+Rough notes of a meeting at 7 Victoria Terrace
+8 November 2024
+Henry S. Thompson
+
+Present: Rachel Fitzgerald (RF), Madeleine Harding (MH), Katrina
+McCrea (KM), John Phillips (JP), Majk Stokes (MS), Henry Thompson (HT)
+
 KM welcomed us to a meeting to support Majk Stokes after the outcome
 of the appointment process.
 
-KM invited Majk to share how he was feeling.  
+
+KM invited MS to share how he was feeling.  
 
-Assistant Manager for 12 years, and Acting Manager for 4 months,
-promotion was the obvious next step.
-
-'New perspective?' Discounts all the hard work and experience, counted against to me
+MS: Assistant Manager for 12 years, and Acting Manager for 4 months,
+promotion was the obvious next step, so very disappointed.
 
-Still quite raw.
+MS: 'New perspective?' Discounts all the hard work and experience,
+feels like this counted against me instead of being a positive
+
+MS: Still quite raw.
 
-Delay in email at the time.
+MS: Long delay in reply to my email at the time was not appreciated.
 
-Signalled interest in the job at the beginning of the summer, wasn't
-given any help or feedback at all.>
+MS: Signalled interest in the job at the beginning of the summer, wasn't
+given any help at all.
 
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@@ -21,78 +30,94 @@
 more depth and breadth of experience in person management and venue
 management.
 
-Giving feedback even now, panel hopes is useful going forewords.
+KM: Giving feedback even now, panel hopes is useful going forewords.
 
-Personal feedback should have happened right away, you were owed that,
+KM: Personal feedback should have happened right away, you were owed that,
 and the panel apologises.
 
-Absence of Majk's line manager meant the person normally responsible
+RF: Absence of Majk's line manager meant the person normally responsible
 for helping him wasn't there, and MC failed to step in and do that
 job.
 
-JP: New perspective?  Something you were looking for?  No, not going
-in, it was something that emerged in the interview process.
+HT: As MC Convenor, my responsibiity, and I apologise for failing at
+that.
 
-Coming into a new situation allows new ideas
+JP: New perspective?  Something the panel were looking for?  
 
-_But_ new perspective wasn't the starting point, or the primary point.
+KM: No, not going in, it was something that emerged in the interview
+process.  Coming into a new situation allows new ideas.  _But_ new
+perspective wasn't the starting point, or the primary point.
 
-M&B interviewed very well, but so did the other candidates.  We had a
-very hard time making the decision.
+KM: MS & Beth Clarke (BC) interviewed very well, but so did the other
+candidates.  We had a very hard time making the decision.
 
-Majk still struggling to see why he and Beth couldn't have done this
+MS: still struggling to see why he and BC couldn't have done this
 as well or better.
 
-And it now looks like I'm being pushed back to Ass't Mgr and showing
-how everything works, that's hard to take.
+MS: And it now looks like I'm being pushed back to Ass't Mgr and showing
+how everything works, that's hard to take.  At the very least I should
+continue to be paid at the higher rate
+
+RF: Delay in panel response was bad, but it was _very_ hard to reply
+in writing.  Agreed that retaining Acting Manager pay for the first
+month is a reasonable request.
 
-Delay in panel response was bad, but it was _very_ hard to reply in
-writing.  Agreed that retaining Acting pay for the first month a
-reasonable request.
+KM: Looking Forward
 
-Forward:
+MS: The fact that Miranda changed to my not being paid for lunch break
+means I'm very nearly working a full week
 
-Miranda changed to not being paid for lunch break
-
-Like to go down to a two-day week.  Three monhts in?  Start in January
+MS: I would like to go down to a two-day week.  Maybe after three
+months of helping new managers settle in? Start in January would be
 better?
 
-Like to have a more environmental or creative focus: recycling/energy
-efficiency aspect perhaps. C-venues were a mess, they don't learn from
-their mistakes, Greenside would have been a better bet, make my job
-more about planning for and managing "Venue 40", that would be much
-more satisfying.  That's obviously a whole conversation to be ha
+MS: I'd like to have a more environmental or creative focus:
+ * recycling/energy efficiency aspect perhaps
+ * C-venues were a mess, they don't learn from their mistakes,
+   Greenside would have been a better bet, make my job more about
+   planning for and managing "Venue 40", that would be much more
+   satisfying.  That's obviously a whole conversation to be had.
 
-So having a project, taking the lead on something, for example V40 or
+MS: So having a project, taking the lead on something, for example V40 or
 environmental, that would be great.
 
 RF: New managers would be really excited to hear that.
 
-Easy to lose sight of the environmental stuff, so having someone
-actually pushing that on staff will also this is a great time to get
-that going.
+RF: Easy to lose sight of the environmental stuff, so having someone
+actually pushing that on staff will be good. Also this is a great time
+to get that going.
+
+RF: Sabbatical?  Certainly possible.
+
+JP: Beth's thoughts?
 
-Sabbatical?  Maybe...
+MS: Not the historical connection with the Meeting that I had, so not
+the same emotional investment.  Mostly angry on Majk's behalf.  Would
+have found ways to do the job well.
 
-Beth's thoughts?
+MS: Not here today because this meeting is for Majk, looking at other
+avenues for new work.
 
-Not the historical connection, so not the same emotional investment,
-angry on Majk's behalf.  Would have found ways to do the job well.
+[Beth not interested in pursuing a casual job at the Meeting House]
 
-Not here because this meeting is for Majk, looking at other avenues
-for new work.
+KM: Wrapping up:
+
+   * There's an open door for further discussion.
 
-[Beth not interested in pursuing the casual post]
+   * MS will provide induction for new Managers for period of up to 3 months
 
-There's an open door for further discussion.
+MS requests
 
-M proposes to support S&A for up to 3 months, paid for it, go down to 2 days,
-considered for sabbatical.
+  * Continue at current Acting Manager pay rate during induction
+
+  * Then go down to 2 days 
 
-MC will get back to you ASAP.
+  * Be considered for sabbatical later in 2025/6
 
-M will let S&A know that he applied for the job, but has no animus
+MC will get back to MS on this ASAP.
+
+MS will let S&A know that he applied for the job, but has no animus
 towards them personally.
 
-JP&MH are happy to continue to support.
+JP&MH are happy to continue to support MS.