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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.

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Topics discussed include: the future training programme for Edinburgh Gay Switchboard (EGS) and Lesbian Line; Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM) moving premises; the EGS one day conference; weekend late night sessions in conjunction with Radio Forth's 'open-line'; and the EGS youth strategy.

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Topics discussed include: an AIDS update; Gaysoc youthline; late night Saturday shifts; a sexual abuse workshop; joint conferences with Glasgow Gay Switchboard; the Social Work Department grant; using the Linden Hotel conference room; smoking on duty; the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard (EGS) Youth Strategy; the finances of the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG); and social events.

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: a joint community service announcement on Scottish Television (STV); a training weekend with Strathclyde Gay and Lesbian Switchboard; the Social Work Department grant; the Peebles Conference; late night Saturday shifts; training; the Stonewall Youth Project; an update on Scottish AIDS Monitor's (SAM) move to new premises; a new leaflet; poor attendance at meetings; women trainees; Lothian AIDS Forum; Scottish Parents Enquiry; and an announcement that the Blue Moon...

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Topics discussed include: feedback on the National Friend Conference in Durham; British Telecom's rejection of Edinburgh Gay Switchboard's (EGS) request to be listed in the Edinburgh Directory; collection cans; contracts for team members; a training update; and the Social Work Department grant for 1988-1989.

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Topics discussed include: a training update; the team conference; the Joint Switchboard Conference in Dunblane; and a support group to discuss calls.

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Topics discussed include: a report on purchasing computers (a copy of the report is attached to minutes); vacant posts; concerns about renting out premises to non-gay groups; accommodation at the Cumbrae Conference; and a comment that West and Wilde are selling condoms and lubricant containing Nonoxynol‐9 (historically believed to prevent transmission of HIV).

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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

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.

Scope and Contents

Topics discussed include: office equipment; Fife Switchboard; training; Body Positive; the Dunblane Conference; Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM); recent calls; and a warning about scandal-seeking journalists and disclosing information to befrienders.

Also discussed is the Stonewall Youth Project and a flow-chart is provided which shows when to refer a caller.