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author ht
date Mon, 04 May 2009 13:57:19 -0400
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children 34afc1c65fb5
files 7vt/feedback.xml
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--- a/7vt/feedback.xml	Sun May 03 17:59:43 2009 -0400
+++ b/7vt/feedback.xml	Mon May 04 13:57:19 2009 -0400
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  <head>
   <title>Transcription of comments on 7VT Futures questionnaires</title>
   <author>Henry S. Thompson</author>
-  <date>3 May 2009</date>
+  <date>4 May 2009</date>
  </head>
  <body>
   <div>
@@ -163,31 +163,50 @@
    </list>
   </div>
   <div>
-   <title>Anon</title>
+   <title>Ann Forsyth</title>
    <list type="defn">
-    <item term="12"></item>
-    <item term="13"></item>
+    <item term="12">All improvements possible have been carried out.  However
+its location and size are difficult for some.  Very well managed.</item>
+    <item term="13">
+     <list type="ndivs">
+      <item>I am aware the its use as a festival &amp; generalhire
+venue has provided valuable revenue.  One may ask whether the needs for
+adequate staffing &amp; caretaking have meant, in more recent times, that the
+revenue produced by the hiring pays for staffing and other costs associated
+with hiring; and whether this activity, and its many call on Quaker time, is
+best spent.</item>
+      <item>I am also questioning whether running a caf&eacute; over the
+Festival period is best&mdash;or whether we should be allowing other
+caf&eacute;s to provide food; and restrict what we offer to drinks, homebakes,
+and maybe a daily meal for staff, participatnts &amp; others who would be
+content with a restricted menu.  Again, it comes down to the question of
+whether all this iffort is best spent, or whetehr others could do better,
+allowing us to focus our energy on more "Quakerly" activities.</item>
+     </list>
+    </item>
    </list>
   </div>
   <div>
    <title>Anon</title>
    <list type="defn">
-    <item term="12"></item>
-    <item term="13"></item>
+    <item term="12">I feel the Meeting House is managed exceedingly well</item>
+    <item term="13">I feel we would be totally unable to get another building
+which would come anywhere near meeting our needs so well.</item>
    </list>
   </div>
   <div>
    <title>Anon</title>
    <list type="defn">
-    <item term="12"></item>
-    <item term="13"></item>
+    <item term="12">I think it is just right as it is&mdash;the way I feel
+about my own house!</item>
    </list>
   </div>
   <div>
    <title>Anon</title>
    <list type="defn">
-    <item term="12"></item>
-    <item term="13"></item>
+    <item term="9">[Inadequate] Lay-out difficult</item>
+    <item term="12">Option to switch off lift safety announcement during
+meeting for worship.</item>
    </list>
   </div>
   <div>
@@ -327,5 +346,124 @@
     </item>
    </list>
   </div>
+  <div>
+   <title>Anon</title>
+   <list type="defn">
+    <item term="12">Toilets are a bit feeble</item>
+   </list>
+  </div>
+  <div>
+   <title>Anon</title>
+   <list type="defn">
+    <item term="8">[Adequately] Library gets too crowded at coffee time</item>
+    <item term="12">{Update toilets; Update kitchen} essential if we are to
+continue letting rooms at commercial rates</item>
+    <item term="13">Do we need to think about how the MH is used?  Could it be
+used in a different way?  Could finance be generated in different ways?  e.g.
+Cafe downstairs where the foyer is.</item>
+   </list>
+  </div>
+  <div>
+   <title>Anon</title>
+   <list type="defn">
+    <item term="10">[Don't know] Probably <emph>yes</emph>.</item>
+    <item term="12">The Meeting Room is a wonderful and light space with a good
+atmosphere.  But the acoustics are dreadful&mdash;a lot of echo, and the loop
+system picks up the sound from the street which masks the speaker's words.</item>
+    <item term="13">TH elocation is very good, and probably outweighs the
+awkwardness of its internal structure.  The committee has done a very good job
+in making the most of its potential, and the welcoming wardens and staff are
+excellent&mdash;the human element is <emph>most</emph> important.  The window
+displays are attractive &amp; informative.</item>
+   </list>
+  </div>
+  <div>
+   <title>Anon</title>
+   <list type="defn">
+    <item term="12">Perhaps more bench seating&mdash;the chairs are not
+particularly comfortable.</item>
+    <item term="13">I hope the Festival activity continues with continued
+creativity and success.</item>
+   </list>
+  </div>
+  <div>
+   <title>Anon</title>
+   <p>I don't feel qualified to answer these questions.  I don't know enough. 
+I love this building, what it offersQuakers &amp; otehr communities &amp; esp.
+the quality of air &amp; light in the meeting room.  But I don't think we
+should spend most of our money on a building.  There are much more important
+things than buildings.  We could do what some churches do and hire space weekly
+for meeting.</p>
+  </div>
+  <div>
+   <title>Elisabeth Carnall</title>
+   <list type="defn">
+    <item term="2">[Very important] Good public transport <emph>vital</emph>,
+especially when Terrace is open again</item>
+    <item term="4">[Good] Loos up and down stairs.</item>
+    <item term="8">[Hall: very well; Library: well] Library can't be quiet place.</item>
+    <item term="12">I would like to be less conscious of rules and regulations.
+ The MH has felt less like home under the new Health &amp; Safety requirements.
+ I don't feel the need to enhance the display of Quaker materials.  I am happy
+to see evidence of other users of the building.</item>
+    <item term="13">
+    <list type="ndivs">
+     <item>I have felt cut off from the Meetig House whie the Terrace has been
+closed as <emph>going up &amp; along &amp; down</emph> to my bust stop has been
+tedious for a slow walker.  Sometimes I have walked to Bridges buses.  Or to
+Princes Street ones.  I miss the 35 (&amp; 1) which used to stop in the
+Lawnmarket.  <emph>But> I would deplore the idea of a suburban location,
+'convenient for parking</emph>.</item>
+     <item>Before we chose this building, when we were looking, we said we
+wanted a building wthat "wouldn't just be a Sunday building."  It has been
+gratifying that our MH has been well used by a very wide variety of groups.  I
+hope this will pick up again when the Terrace re-opens.</item>
+     <item>I have been very sorry to hear that a very long-standing tenant,
+using the building several days in the week [?has left?].  This is unfortunate
+both for us and for her.  I can't imagine going to art classes in the Central
+Halls.</item>
+     <item>I think that as a city much visited it is valuable to have a meeting
+house at the centre, highly visible.  Making the MH part of the Festival has
+made us part of the community &amp; superb <emph>outreach</emph>.</item>
+    </list></item>
+   </list>
+  </div>
+  <div>
+   <title>Geoffrey Carnall</title>
+   <list type="defn">
+    <item term="12">On the whole the Wardening is friendly &amp; welcoming, and
+it's very important to remember that this needs to be a primary concern.</item>
+    <item term="13">I do think the meeting house is <emph>superb</emph> for
+outreach.  Tommy Sheridan kneeling in from of a window to read <emph>Quaker
+News</emph>.  The work of Venue 40 in the Festival is magnificent.  I always
+feel guiltin that for me the Peace &amp; Justice Centre has to take priority. 
+Sed non omnia possumus omnes.</item>
+   </list>
+  </div>
+  <div>
+   <title>Anon</title>
+   <list type="defn">
+    <item term="12">Sometimes the room booking procedure is inflexible &amp;
+not user friendly.  Also "welcome" is not always friendly on days other than
+Sunday.  The loop in the Meeting Room is not effective and many people can't hear.</item>
+    <item term="13">I think it is very important that V.T. is used as a
+community resource for 3rd sector and campaigning groups.  It is also essential
+that the Quaker Meeting is centrally located and visible to the wider
+communities in Edinburgh and visitors.</item>
+   </list>
+  </div>
+  <div>
+   <title>Anon</title>
+   <list type="defn">
+    <item term="12">Could coffee not be upstairs ini a short break in a meeting,
+with a cold water filled urn&amp;then heating water for tea &amp; coffee <emph>?</emph></item>
+   </list>
+  </div>
+  <div>
+   <title>Anon</title>
+   <list type="defn">
+    <item term="12">I feel it is managed very well at all times.</item>
+   </list>
+  </div>
  </body>
 </doc>