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Re: tidying at ON
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On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 3:53 PM <lauradi rcn com> wrote:
>
> We keep a pretty tidy ringing room in general. What Chelsea has
> done,
> and I expect it took a lot of work, was remove much of our stuff, but as
> you say, she didn't trash anything. We have hung the clock back on the
> wall
> and retrieved the stools and step ladder from the organ blower closet (!)
> since we use them every time we're in the ringing room. We left our
> radiator in the bathroom, apparently its new storage place.
>
> There are things that are ours and things that belong to the church
> or
> the historic site.
> Things that are theirs that can be removed with no affect on ringing, so
> we'd be happy to see them go:
> TV
> TV table (and the cheerful new cover they've put on the table)
> Air conditioner
> Big block of wood left over from the 1890s
>
>
> We are happy to have our bookshelf replaced by a case with closing
> doors (which was one of the suggestions to approve the appearance of the
> room). Someone needs to make really careful measurements to make sure the
> hypothetical bookcase can be moved up the stairs before they buy it.
> We are very grateful that the boxes were recognized as necessities.
>
> Organizational question: we have forty-five years of Ringing Worlds,
> more or less. There are tubs full in my basement and maybe ten years
> worth
> in the ON ringing room. Clearly we can remove the ringing room copies.
> Should we buy some archive CDs of old issues and recycle the rest?
>
> Laura Dickerson
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dale Winter" <moikney gmail com>
> To: "Boston Change Ringers" <boston-change-ringers cosmos phy tufts edu>
> Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2022 10:40:05 AM
> Subject: tidying at ON
>
> Hi folks,
>
> ON are beginning to think about tours again and are keen to get the
> ringing
> chamber tidied up a bit in support of that.
>
> Firstly the new Sexton, Chelsea, has done some tidying already, including
> gathering up some of the loose items. She assures me that she's not
> thrown
> anything out, so if stuff we need isn't there not to stress and we will
> sort it out. It sounds like she might well be there at practice today to
> say hi.
>
> They're thinking of setting up some sort of cabinet for our personal
> things
> as needed as well, which might help keep things tidy.
>
> Finally they are keen to move any larger items that aren't needed any
> more
> from the space, and asked that we tag (perhaps with a postit) anything of
> that ilk that they can remove, ideally by two weeks today.
>
> Hope that all seems feasible, and do let me know any questions. Sorry for
> the late notice on some of this; entirely my failing, as Catherine and
> Chelsea pinged me earlier this week and I am simply behind on email at
> present.
>
> Thanks all!
>
> Dale
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