Training

Scope and Contents

Topics discussed include: call cards; befriending issues; reports from the Treasurer; Friends of Gay Switchboard (FROGS) and Lesbian Line; publicity including the Safe Sex leaflet and bus advertisements; annual report; World AIDS Day; the appointment of a Gay Liaison Officer from the Serious Crime Squad (Police Scotland Headquarters at Fettes Avenue); trustees; more phone lines installed; and a training report.

Scope and Contents

Topics discussed include: membership resignation; call cards; training officer report; police training; Lesbian Line report; Treasurer's Report; Co-ordinator's Report; advertising; and the Switchboard 20th birthday party.

Scope and Contents

Topics discussed include: a Lesbian Line update; reports from the Co-Ordinator, the Treasurer, the Training Officer and the Advertising Officer; feedback from working parties including the Equal Opportunities Group and the National Conference Group; code of conduct; membership updates; office equipment; and a discussion of call cards.

Scope and Contents

Topics discussed include: a Lesbian Line update; reports from the Co-ordinator, the Treasurer, the Training Officer, and the Advertising Officer; feedback from working parties looking in to the code of conduct, equal opportunities and the National Conference; a new draft log sheet; office equipment; membership updates; and a discussion of cards.

Scope and Contents Topics covered include: bus adverts; report on a Government organised Ethics and Equality Committee whose purpose is to produce guidance for those working in counselling. but which reportedly had no gay or lesbian representation; a Lesbian Line update; reports from the Co-ordinator, the Training Officer, and the Treasurer; vacant officer posts; health and safety in the office; feedback from working parties looking at the code of conduct, the National Conference, the revised log sheet, and...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: befriending feedback; correspondence; training; social events and groups; further discussion about Ethics and Equality Committee producing counselling guidance (discussed in previous meeting); reports from Lesbian Line, the Co-ordinator, the Treasurer, and the Training Officer; a meeting with the Police regarding the Gay Liaison Officer at Fettes; the code of conduct; membership update; office equipment; the National Bisexual Conference; and a discussion of call...

Scope and Contents

Topics discussed include: potential purchase of a word processor; furniture; rent; the Social Work Department grant; the University of Edinburgh Nightline; a training weekend focusing on gay relationships; relationships within the team and relationships between the team and other agencies; painting of the telephone room; young people project; job allocation; and the cost of producing a banner.

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Topics discussed include: support groups; feedback on a recent conference weekend; an update on recent calls; training questionnaire; the installation of a computer; the Data Protection Act 1984; and the Dunblane Conference.

Agendas are also attached for the Management Committee Meeting and the Team Meeting to be held 21/06/1989.

Scope and Contents

Topics discussed include: social events; training questionnaires; Dunblane Conference; support groups; reduction in number of women working on Lesbian Line; the Central Region Gay Group; and the Stonewall Youth Project.

Also noted is that the Trust Deed was available for team members to consult in the filing cabinet and a copy of the Trust Deed is attached to this set of minutes.

An agenda is provided for the Team Meeting of 19/07/1989.

Scope and Contents

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.