Scope and Contents

Topics discussed include: an update on Lesbian Line; fundraising; membership update and comments on providing support to other members; and vacant posts due to the resignation of the training officer and secretary.

Scope and Contents

Topics discussed include: an Edinburgh Gay Switchboard (EGS) benefit event at Fire Island on 16/03/1985; a new answering machine; an AIDS leaflet prepared by Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM) and a donation from SAM to develop EGS's knowledge and service provision. An update on members and applications is also provided.

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: feedback from the Scottish Homosexual Rights (SHRG) Group Council Meeting; the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard's (EGS) letter to the police; correspondence received from Radio Forth and the National Association of Gay Switchboards; and a report on a meeting with the Regional Social Work Department to discuss EGS becoming a charitable trust. The future of EGS’s premises also discussed including a proposal from Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM) to share an office...

Scope and Contents

Topics discussed include: a training update; Edinburgh Gay Switchboard (EGS) collection cans; new drafts of EGS log sheets; permission for Quest to use EGS's address; team support groups; office cleaning and heating; correspondence with EGS's landlord and British Telecom; and Scottish AIDS Monitor's (SAM) telephone room.

Scope and Contents

Topics discussed include: a training update; upcoming Switchboard Conferences; support groups; fundraising; correspondence with British Telecom; and the lease on Switchboard's premises.

Scope and Contents

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.

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: affiliation with the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG); minimum phone duty commitment required of members; new call card design; the Welcome Group; Icebreakers; discussion of cards; training report; mentors group; fundraising officer; and an update on the 'TV/TS' Group (TV is an abbreviated form of the historical term transvestite used to describe individuals who wear clothes associated with a gender other than their gender assigned at birth, and TS refers to...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: affiliation with the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG); the Welcome Group; Icebreakers; request for a talk at EULAGS and LAGS on older lesbians and gay men in Scotland; a request for speakers on the subject of gay community/disunity at the University of Edinburgh's Nightline; room occupied by Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM); advertising report; fundraising officer; membership questions; the Annual Conference; a discussion of cards; a training report; mentor...

Scope and Contents

Topics discussed include: call cards; trainee applications; Lesbian Line update; membership update; Christmas and New Year phone duties; fundraising evening; request for a speaker from Outright Scotland, previously Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG); the Gay Business Club; and a new group named Men Against Sexual Abuse.

Scope and Contents Topics discussed in the Lesbian Line meeting include: befriending and calls; discos including how they are advertised; correspondence including a Channel 4 programme called Out and a conference on HIV and Nutrition; G Spot Radio requesting interviewee; trainees; and the Equal Opportunities Policy.Topics discussed in the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard Trust's Joint Team Meeting include: a Co-ordinator's report covering further discussion about the Ethics and Equality Committee...