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   <div class="byline">1 June 2009</div>
   
  </div>
- 
-  <div>
-   <h2>1.  Background and Introduction: The remit of the Working Group</h2>
-  </div>
-  <div>
-   <h2>2.  Executive summary of work and conclusions</h2>
-  </div>
-  <div>
-   <h2>3.  The past</h2>
+ <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><h2>4.  <a href="#present">The present</a></h2></li><li><h2>5.  <a href="#future">The future</a></h2></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></ul></div><div id="intro">
+   <h2>1.  <a name="intro">Background and introduction: The remit of the working group</a></h2>
+   <p>In August and October of 2008, South East Scotland Area Meeting
+"considered the history and prospects for the Quaker Meeting House at 7
+Victoria Terrace".  The end result was the creation of a "short-life working
+group", requested to report back to Area Meeting in June 2009.  The group
+consists of the Friends named above, convened by Henry S. Thompson.  Further
+details on the history and remit of the group can be found in Appendix A to this report.</p>
+   <p>The group has taken as its fundamental goal to gather as much information
+as possible to assist Area Meeting in clarifying its vision for the future
+Quaker presence and witness in Central Edinburgh, the part 7 Victoria Terrace
+might play in that future, and the costs and benefits of alternative ways
+forward in this regard.</p>
+   <p>This report has three main sections, organised chronologically, covering
+the history of the Quaker ownership of 7 Victoria Terrace, its current
+situation, and a range of possibilities for the future.  These are preceded by
+a brief 'executive summary' of our work and its conclusions, and followed by a
+collection of background material.</p>
+   <p>Although in the end it is our judgement that some options make more sense
+going forward than others, we have <i>not</i> felt that it was our place
+to make any overall recommendations.  We feel strongly that it is for Area
+Meeting, gathered in Meeting for Worship for Business, to discern the right way
+forward.</p>
+  </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.  We invited a number of people to join us to share their particular
+perspectives on the matter, solicited information from a number of different
+constituencies via questionnaires and held two open meetings for Friends and
+attenders to share with us their answers to the question "What is your vision for the Quaker presence and witness in
+Central Edinburgh for the <i>next</i> 20 years."</p>
+  </div><div id="history">
+   <h2>3.  <a name="history">The past</a></h2>
    <div>
-    <h4>3.1.  Origins</h4>
+    <h4>Origins</h4>
 <p><i>Why did we come to Victoria Terrace?</i></p>
 
 <p>We moved to 7, Victoria Terrace from
@@ -116,7 +140,7 @@
 fun and learning.</p>
    </div>
    <div>
-   <h4>3.2.  Building structure</h4>
+   <h4>Building structure</h4>
 <p>
 The building was in quite a poor state when it was purchased by the Monthly Meeting.  Apart from the internal re-fitting described in 3.1 above, substantial repair work had to be undertaken to repair badly weathered sandstone on the exterior and some roof repairs were also necessary.  Urgent repair to stonework was necessary in 2007-8 to make the building safe and opportunity was taken, while the scaffolding was in place, to do general stonework improvement with a view to preventing the need for further such work for the next 20 years or so.
 </p>
@@ -203,7 +227,7 @@
 </ul>
   </div>
   <div>
-   <h4>3.3.  Outline history of building use</h4>
+   <h4>Outline history of building use</h4>
    <p>QVS, (not) GMfS, Venue 40, AM and GM groups, Commercial/charitable
 letting; Wardens and Managers timeline</p>
    <p>
@@ -218,7 +242,7 @@
 To service this building it was decided to appoint wardening staff who would be in sympathy with these aims and who would develop the use of the building along these lines.  The first warden appointed was Lise Bech, who moved in with her partner, Ian.
 </p>
 <div>
-<h4>3.3.1.  Early developments in Meeting House use</h4>
+<h4>Early developments in Meeting House use</h4>
 <p>Quaker use of the building developed well in the early years, as did community use.  A group, which included Lise saw from the beginning the opportunity offered by the August Festival Fringe to develop the use and profile of the building.  Lise was an able vegetarian/vegan cook.  She and others had ‘green' concerns and it was decided to run the Library as the ‘Rainforest Cafe' for two weeks during the Fringe, raising money for rainforest charities.  The Hall and Meeting Room were offered for exhibition and concert use concurrent with this.
 </p>
 <p>There were some tensions between the wardens and the Meeting in these early years.  Mark and Anna, a young couple who were still students, were appointed to work with Lise.  They moved into the top flat and Lise into the smaller third floor flat, but this team did not work well together and eventually Lise moved out, to be replaced temporarily by a young Australian woman, Sam Graham. A support group of Friends, which included Archie Campbell and Jennie Nielson was now in place, which had the specific purpose of ensuring a Quaker profile for the building.  By 1994, they were running a rota to staff the building on Wednesdays to greet visitors, advise any who had problems and explain Quakerism.  For a few months, after Mark and Anna left, the building was staffed by these Friends with the aid of Sam and three or four other students (including Andy May). 
@@ -227,7 +251,7 @@
 </p>
 </div>
 <div>
-<h4>3.3.2.  Use of the Meeting House and income from lettings develop</h4>
+<h4>Use of the Meeting House and income from lettings develop</h4>
 <p>Income from lettings in 1994 was about £14k.  Given stable management and the resulting improved standards of service offered to users, this grew quite rapidly with increasing use of the building.  As lettings increased, there were some small tensions regarding Quaker use during the week.  Quaker committees had been accustomed to turning up, sometimes without booking, and finding there was a room available.  They now found they had to book and then had to book longer and longer in advance to ensure a room was free.  An attempt was made to solve this problem by setting the Library apart one evening each week for Quaker use, but this (unsurprisingly) failed – the evening so reserved seldom suited the committee that wanted it – so committees and groups which were unable to plan sufficiently in advance became accustomed to meeting in homes.
 </p>
 <p>A two tier letting charge system has been developed over the years, with a lower charge for charitable and grass-roots groups and higher charges for local and national government and commercial groups and classes.  There has been some measure of negotiation on charges , at the discretion of the wardens/managers, with, for example, new grass-roots groups being given use below the charitable rate until they became established.  An eye has been kept on rates charges by comparable buildings in the neighbourhood and there has been co-operation on this, especially with Augustine United and St Columba's-by-the-Castle.  The busyness of the building increased steadily until, for several years, it was about as full as it reasonably could be, from
@@ -242,7 +266,7 @@
 </p>
 </div>
 <div>
-<h4>3.3.3.  Quaker Link Scotland</h4>
+<h4>Quaker Link Scotland</h4>
 <p>At the time that Phil and Pat Lucas were appointed, Marion Morton was clerk of General Meeting for
 Scotland.  She was also part of the group providing a Quaker presence in 7 Victoria Terrace and she combined these two roles by doing her GM work in the Meeting House Office one day a week, providing cover for a wardens' day off. 
 </p>
@@ -262,7 +286,7 @@
 </p>
 </div>
 <div>
-<h4>3.3.4.  Venue 40 – the Festival Fringe</h4>
+<h4>Venue 40 – the Festival Fringe</h4>
 
 <p>The Festival Committee introduced a tiered seating rake to the hall, turning it into a 65 seat black box theatre, for the first time in August 1995.  Use of the theatre that year was dominated by one theatre group, which was reluctant to share facilities with others.  Setting up the theatre in this way involved considerable hire costs, so the Committee decided for 1996 to take firmer control and, to recoup hire costs, to run for three weeks.  Use of the space developed over subsequent years until there were up to six shows per day, six days each week, with the cafe now open also for three weeks. The increased staffing this required was provided almost entirely from volunteers, many of them Quakers from other parts of
 Britain
@@ -270,7 +294,7 @@
 </p>
 </div>
 <div>
-<h4>3.3.5.  Recent developments  </h4>
+<h4>Recent developments  </h4>
 
 <p>Pat and Phil Lucas retired in April 2007 and Sue and Anthony Buxton  succeeded them as Meeting House managers, also sharing one full-time job.  The changes that have taken place during the past two years reflect in part their priorities for the development of the building and developments in health and safety and particularly food hygiene regulations and the way in which these have been interpreted.
 </p>
@@ -281,7 +305,7 @@
 </div>
   </div>
   <div>
-   <h4>3.4.  Outline financial history</h4>
+   <h4>Outline financial history</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 West Bow, for £138,000 with the sale proceeds.  (An further flat
@@ -400,15 +424,14 @@
 appropriate room. This sum represents just over half of the deficit met by
 the Area Meeting in 2007 and 2008, and exceeds the deficit in previous years.</p>
   </div>
-  </div>
-  <div>
-   <h2>4.  The present</h2>
+  </div><div id="present">
+   <h2>4.  <a name="present">The present</a></h2>
    <div>
-    <h4>4.1.  Building use</h4>
+    <h4>Building use</h4>
     <p>MfW, QGroups, lettings: rough breakdown by hours and days of week</p>
     <p>Including information from questionnaires</p>
     <div>
-     <h4>4.1.1.  Summary of input from Quaker Groups which use the Meeting
+     <h4>Summary of input from Quaker Groups which use the Meeting
 House</h4>
 	  <p>See Questionnaire ?? in Appendix ??</p>
 <p>People felt they were not entirely
@@ -448,12 +471,12 @@
 </div>
 </div>
    <div>
-    <h4>4.2.  Building staff and management</h4>
+    <h4>Building staff and management</h4>
     <p>AM, Trustees, Fabric &amp; Maintenance, [Managers' support group?]</p>
     <p>Managers, Ass't Mgr, as-required staff</p>
    </div>
    <div>
-    <h4>4.3.  Building finances</h4>    
+    <h4>Building finances</h4>    
 <p>
 The table below summarises the 2008 income and expenditure and demonstrates the dependency on lettings and members and attenders' contributions for income. As far as expenditure was concerned, 2008 was what could be considered a fairly unusual year with elements of one-off capital expenditure on the stonework and the fees for the architect's quinquennial technical review of the property that we have to have to plan for its future maintenance.</p><div class="figure">
      <table>
@@ -524,15 +547,14 @@
 </p>
 
    </div>
-  </div>
-  <div>
-   <h2>5.  The future</h2>
+  </div><div id="future">
+   <h2>5.  <a name="future">The future</a></h2>
    <div>
-    <h4>5.1.  Practicalities</h4>
+    <h4>Practicalities</h4>
     <div>
-     <h4>5.1.1.  Stay in Victoria Terrace</h4>
+     <h4>Stay in Victoria Terrace</h4>
 <div>
-<h4>5.1.1.1.  Do Less</h4>
+<h4>Do Less</h4>
 <p>
 One option would be to do less than at present. That could mean reducing the hours that the building is open
 </p>
@@ -596,7 +618,7 @@
 </p>
 </div>
 <div>
-<h4>5.1.1.2.  Steady On</h4>
+<h4>Steady On</h4>
 <p>
 The meeting could continue to be open for Quaker and non-Quaker activities but we could look for savings and raise money to meet the cost of essential maintenance and upgrading of facilities.
 </p>
@@ -613,7 +635,7 @@
 </p>
 </div>
 <div>
-<h4>5.1.1.3.  Do More</h4>
+<h4>Do More</h4>
 <p>
 The Quakers and non-Quakers who responded to our questionnaire and Worship Sharing sessions said they value the building, its central location and what is available in the Meeting House. Successive Meeting House Managers have continually improved the appearance of the Meeting House. Doing more in the Meeting House and with the Meeting House could include
 </p>
@@ -642,7 +664,7 @@
 </div>
     </div>
     <div>
-     <h4>5.1.2.  Leave Victoria Terrace</h4>
+     <h4>Leave Victoria Terrace</h4>
      <ul>
       <li>Own premises (build/refit/share)</li>
       <li>Hire premises (Sole tenant/share)</li>
@@ -690,7 +712,7 @@
     </div>
    </div>
    <div>
-    <h4>5.2.  The Vision</h4>
+    <h4>The Vision</h4>
     <p>What do we want: summary of options, from our discussions and open meetings</p>
 <p>From the returned questionnaires and the discussions we have had it would seem that the
 majority of users of the premises would prefer to remain in Victoria Terrace if this is
@@ -710,14 +732,15 @@
 the Festival.</p>
    </div>
    <div>
-    <h4>5.3.  Conclusions</h4>
+    <h4>Conclusions</h4>
     <p>How the practicalities and the vision fit (or don't).  What does AM do
 next. . .</p>
    </div>
-  </div>
-   <div>
-    <h2>6.  Appendices</h2>
+  </div><div id="appendices">
+    <h2>6.  <a name="appendices">Appendices</a></h2>
     <p>Material we've gathered (what do we keep back?)</p>
+    <div id="remit">
+     <h4>6.1.  <a name="remit">Appendix A: Remit from Area Meeting</a></h4>
+    </div>
    </div>
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-  <div>
-   <title>Background and Introduction: The remit of the Working Group</title>
+  <div id="intro">
+   <title>Background and introduction: The remit of the working group</title>
+   <p>In August and October of 2008, South East Scotland Area Meeting
+"considered the history and prospects for the Quaker Meeting House at 7
+Victoria Terrace".  The end result was the creation of a "short-life working
+group", requested to report back to Area Meeting in June 2009.  The group
+consists of the Friends named above, convened by Henry S. Thompson.  Further
+details on the history and remit of the group can be found in Appendix A to this report.</p>
+   <p>The group has taken as its fundamental goal to gather as much information
+as possible to assist Area Meeting in clarifying its vision for the future
+Quaker presence and witness in Central Edinburgh, the part 7 Victoria Terrace
+might play in that future, and the costs and benefits of alternative ways
+forward in this regard.</p>
+   <p>This report has three main sections, organised chronologically, covering
+the history of the Quaker ownership of 7 Victoria Terrace, its current
+situation, and a range of possibilities for the future.  These are preceded by
+a brief 'executive summary' of our work and its conclusions, and followed by a
+collection of background material.</p>
+   <p>Although in the end it is our judgement that some options make more sense
+going forward than others, we have <emph>not</emph> felt that it was our place
+to make any overall recommendations.  We feel strongly that it is for Area
+Meeting, gathered in Meeting for Worship for Business, to discern the right way
+forward.</p>
   </div>
-  <div>
+  <div id="exec">
    <title>Executive summary of work and conclusions</title>
+   <p>The working group met a total of twelve times throughout the first five
+months of 2009.  We invited a number of people to join us to share their particular
+perspectives on the matter, solicited information from a number of different
+constituencies via questionnaires and held two open meetings for Friends and
+attenders to share with us their answers to the question "What is your vision for the Quaker presence and witness in
+Central Edinburgh for the <emph>next</emph> 20 years."</p>
   </div>
-  <div>
+  <div id="history">
    <title>The past</title>
    <div>
     <title>Origins</title>
@@ -377,7 +404,7 @@
 the Area Meeting in 2007 and 2008, and exceeds the deficit in previous years.</p>
   </div>
   </div>
-  <div>
+  <div id="present">
    <title>The present</title>
    <div>
     <title>Building use</title>
@@ -501,7 +528,7 @@
 
    </div>
   </div>
-  <div>
+  <div id="future">
    <title>The future</title>
    <div>
     <title>Practicalities</title>
@@ -691,9 +718,12 @@
 next. . .</p>
    </div>
   </div>
-   <div>
+   <div id="appendices">
     <title>Appendices</title>
     <p>Material we've gathered (what do we keep back?)</p>
+    <div id="remit">
+     <title>Appendix A: Remit from Area Meeting</title>
+    </div>
    </div>
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