Dear Jane, The questions that come to my mind are: 1. It is important that you get your time off duty, so might extra bookings only be acceptable if there is another staff member, or volunteer, who can cover those duties? 2. Might you want to discuss with your committee whether your living accommodation is reasonably quiet, whenever you're off duty? 3. How desperate is your local Meeting for the income? 4. At Winchester Meeting House we have three part-time wardens, who cover 7 days per week between them, and there are short quiet times here and there. 5. We have regular groups on Saturday and Sunday evenings, only occasionally activities on Sunday afternoons. 6. Perhaps your committee could come to an agreement with you, what the 'opening hours' should be, i.e. when rooms are or are not available for hire. Best of luck, Lorraine . Andrew and Lorraine O'Hanlon Warden-Managers Friends' Meeting House 16 Colebrook Street Winchester SO23 9LH 01962 864184 On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 at 11:53, Jane Keay via wardenship < wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org> wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jane Keay <wardenjanekeay@mac.com> To: "wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org" <wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org> Cc: Bcc: Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:13:40 +0100 Subject: [wardenship] Sunday Groups Dear Wardens/Managers and Resident Friends,
At Watford Quaker Meeting House we have groups hiring our rooms and the garden throughout the week, also Saturdays. I have been asked by a local Romanian Christian group whether they could book once a month on a Sunday afternoon. (A couple of rooms including the Children’s Room.) For years we given space to the local Unitarian Fellowship on a Sunday, once a month. This seems to work fine. I live directly upstairs from the Meeting House and can hear furniture being moved and the extractor fans in the toilets etc ! I would love to take on the Romanian Christian Group who are eager for the space but my dilemma is that Sundays afternoons are a time to stop and rest. My question is: Do other Meeting Houses book groups on Sunday afternoons? Is there an expectation to do this from your Meeting ? Would this work if this was passed on to another person to clear away afterwards? Or can the Meeting House building just have a quiet afternoon ? (After the occasional shared lunch and talks of course.)
Thank you for any comments or shared experiences,
Jane K. Warden
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jane Keay via wardenship <wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org> To: "wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org" <wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org> Cc: Jane Keay <wardenjanekeay@mac.com> Bcc: Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:13:40 +0100 Subject: [wardenship] Sunday Groups _______________________________________________ wardenship mailing list -- wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org To unsubscribe send an email to wardenship-leave@lists.quaker.eu.org