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Topics discussed include: obtaining insurance; election of office bearers; report on the official opening of new premises; treasurer's report including finances; Friends of Gay Switchboard (FROGS); rent rebate from Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG); call statistics; training; and an update on calls and meetings.

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Topics discussed include: the Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM) conference; appointment of a new secretary; new premises; regional funding; the Friends of Gay Switchboard (FROGS); training; advertising; statistics; an update on Lesbian Line; and confirmation that Edinburgh Gay Switchboard has become the first gay organisation to be registered as a charitable trust in Scotland.

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: the Sunday Group; Icebreakers; an advertising report; an information report; an update on the annual report; details of the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard (EGS) Annual Conference; phone duty room keys; a plaque for a former member who died of complications related to AIDS; a Box 2000 advertisement; request for a speaker from Samaritans; a discussion of call cards; finances; a reminder to tick column on statistical call sheets if call related to AIDS; International...

Scope and Contents The minutes begin with a report on a presentation from Lothian and Borders Police concerning the new Lesbian and Gay Police Liaison in the Serious Crimes Squad (Police Scotland Headquarters at Fettes Avenue). There is further discussions concerning public relations and launching the scheme. Concerns amongst members about police and community relationships are also raised and discussed.Other topics discussed include: call cards; befriending issues concerning a meeting with a...

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A request from Body Positive to have an Edinburgh Gay Switchboard (EGS) representative on their Board and for the use of a room in EGS's premises is discussed, and the minutes of the Body Positive Steering Committee Meeting of 02/08/1989 are also provided.

Also discussed in the team meetings is the Fife Gay and Lesbian phone line, the Dunblane Conference, the EGS library budget, training and statistics.

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Topics discussed include: voting rights at conference; attendance at meetings; handling of abusive calls from men; a discussion of phone calls and befriending; an update on the Social Group and difficult situation at a recent meeting; hosting a workshop at the Women, HIV and AIDS Conference at Spittal Street Centre; accounts update; lesbian filmmakers; statistics; and social events.

A yellow insert is included advising on the date of the next meeting.

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Topics discussed include: attendance at a 'Grant Question Time' as part of the University of Edinburgh's Gay Society's Sexual Awareness Week; new officer worker; providing a reference for the Gay Accommodation Agency in Scotland; training update; a Lesbian Line update including contact from Holyrood High School who were compiling a database of agencies; membership matters; funding; statistics; and a discussion of call cards.

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Topics discussed include: contact with the Morayshire Switchboard; improper use of the Stonewall Youth Group phoneline; a training update; membership matters; funding and statistics; Edinburgh City Council Equalities meeting and equality officers; Borders Switchboard; cruising and policing at Gayfield Square; request for prompt sheets on alcoholism and bereavement; and a discussion of call cards.

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Topics discussed include: assertiveness training for the gay community; ceilidh; training report; statistics and a reduced number of calls; funding and accounts; and a discussion of call cards.

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Topics discussed include: applications to the City of Edinburgh and East Lothian Councils; policing at Gayfield Square and an Edinburgh Evening News article on 'alleged rent boy activity in Regent Terrace'; Company Status and a list of directors; finances and accounts; statistics; membership matters; training report; a report on a recent ceilidh; conference report; missing money from the phone room; and a discussion of call cards.