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Quotes for approval for August building works
by Jo Kelly 29 Jun '24

29 Jun '24

Dear Directors, As you've hopefully been aware we have been working towards a renovation project focussed in the WCs, creating a more accessible and baby change friendly WC, a safer accessed store for the bar and also replacing the rotten decking in the garden. The agreed design can be downloaded here: https://cloud.cubecinema.com/s/building?path=%2F The ambulant disabled WC has the potential to become a full wheelchair accessible as it meets the space requirements and can be level from the bar by raising the floor to bar level, moving the steps in the corridor and enlarging the doorway. It was decided this was an unnecessary expense at this stage as the rest of the building has several major access challenges which are not practically resolvable. *The summary of quotes for the building work* are as follows: - *Electrics £3882* - *Plumbing £7293.62* - *Building work* (including laying blockwork to replace decking) (£9505 +VAT)* £11,406* *Trades subTOTAL: £22,581.62* Full quotations can be found here: https://cloud.cubecinema.com/s/building?path=%2FQuotes A few notes on the quotations: All prices include 20% VAT Disposal of sanitaryware will be by vols to keep costs down. Am sourcing free recycled driveway blocks for the garden in red herringbone to echo the buildings aesthetic. Cost to lay them has been quoted by the builder. *Please let me know if there is any practical reason decking was used in those areas *ie access to drains etc*. * Allow additional £1500 for joinery and painting supplies (voluntary labour). Allow £400 for bar store shelving. https://www.bigdug.co.uk/clearance-special-offers-c82640/mega-deals-c411/sh… Allowance required for tiling project and installation.. areas TBC (guessing about £1-2k). Flooring hopefully donated heavy duty paint and LVT for the store. Following this up. *Total will be around the £26k mark.* I'm really happy with these figures but I appreciate they can seem really daunting if folk aren't used to the cost of employing trades. Please confirm these works can go ahead as soon as possible so I can confirm and book the trades, hopefully by Monday. Any questions do call/ ask. Many thanks, Jo 07825600216

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Spend a Penny request + AGM!
by kari 28 Jun '24

28 Jun '24

Hello all, can we get a consensus on 'Spend A Penny' spend. Jo is asking for us to agree it as the MH board, good to support with this. Some funding applications will ask for this, i.e. should we be successful in our revised application for the Green Energy Grant, it will be signed by me. MH (and Cube) can cope with the spend. Just spoke to Helen (bookkeeper) today, she is confident looking at historic data. Cube has some historic money owed that can be donated towards this fund. I'll update on this after our Friday meeting. Helen has also suggested we have our MH AGM soon, she is aligning the data now. I will check in with Ryan regarding his availability, we are suggesting week of July 15th, so we can announce with a 2 week lead-in and do before school hols. Let me know how you are fixed, can do online if not in-person. x -- Best Wishes, Kari // Kari Nygard // Cube Cinema 4 Princess Row Bristol BS2 8NQ +44(0) 117 907 4190 www.cubecinema.com

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Fwd: [Blueprint] Re: Toilet campaign text
by kari 28 Jun '24

28 Jun '24

See below re. toilets! x --- Best Wishes, Kari // Kari Nygard // Cube Cinema 4 Princess Row Bristol BS2 8NQ +44(0) 117 907 4190 www.cubecinema.com -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Blueprint] Re: Toilet campaign text Date: 2024-06-28 13:12 From: Jo Kelly <jocubecinema(a)gmail.com> To: Marcus Valentine <marcus(a)cubecinema.com> Copy: blueprint(a)cubecinema.com Hi David, Thanks for taking this in hand. Have tweaked a few things to focus more on the energy efficiency and less on the accessibility (which we'll have improved but not to the extent that we'll have level access to the bar. This was decided against until we resolve the level access throughout the building (if we ever can). The new accessible WC and steps can be altered in the future to be level with the bar and the room is sized to accommodate wheelchairs when/if that does happen. Probably at a cost of about another £7/8k ish). # Spend a Penny We are refurbishing the Cube's toilets over our August closure to make them less janky, more accessible and better for the environment. ## What we're doing ### Making our toilets more pleasant and efficient We're making significant improvements to the quality of our toilets - highlights will include: - eco cisterns that fill in less than 15 mins and use less water - seats that aren't hanging off - hand dryers that actually dry your hands - energy efficient lighting and better ventilation - baby change facilities - full redecoration ### Improving accessibility and inclusivity Our building is more than 100 years old, and a century of remodels and changes of use have made it very poor for accessibility. When we bought our building we committed to improving things, and we stand by that commitment. We previously worked with architects to try to resolve these issues but the building quotes we got were significantly higher than anticipated (£1 million+) and the changes just weren't feasible. As a result of this, we're aiming to make more appropriate improvements over time. As part of this phase we're going to: - create a new ambulant-accessible toilet - install new hand rails on our stairs - reconfigure gender neutral WCs and urinals - build a beer store with safer access for our volunteers ### Increasing our energy efficiency Our water heater is a hulking beast from the distant past. It takes up a lot of space and burns through an obscene amount of energy for the relatively small amount of hot water we use. We are replacing it with a more efficient model and reducing our carbon footprint. All new plumbing has water conservation in mind. ## How you can help The main challenge to this is funding - although the volunteers are putting in as many hours as is feasible, the works will also require specialist building, plumbing, tiling and electrical work. You can [donate to the campaign online] (https://www.cubecinema.com/cgi-bin/freehold/freehold.pl?action=donations) (this page is still from the building buy 10 years ago so ignore the £200k total on the counter - we're working on it!). Our target for these works is £28k. You can also donate via cash or card in the bar. We're open to other fundraising ideas like raffles or events - email blueprint(a)cubecinema.com if you think you can help with this. -------------------------------------------- Do you want before and after drawings to illustrate what we're up to? Maybe a gif? Jo On Fri, 28 Jun 2024 at 12:38, Marcus Valentine <marcus(a)cubecinema.com> wrote: > Cool. Is it worth mentioning something to the effect the piss will > actually drain away rather than sitting around in stagnant pools? > > And improved ventilation and surface? > > M > > On 28/06/2024 10:58, David Biddle wrote: >> Hello blueprinters! >> >> I'm writing up some copy for the website and wondered if anyone > could >> review it - this is still completely unfinished so don't worry too > much >> about the style or the content, I'm mainly concerned about whether > the >> structure looks OK and if I've got the facts right, especially > around >> the accessibility section. >> >> Here's the text as it stands: >> >> >> # Spend a Penny >> >> We are hoping to refurbish the Cube's toilets over our August > closure to >> make them less janky and more accessible. >> >> ## What we're doing >> >> ### Making our toilets more pleasant >> >> We're making significant improvements to the quality of our toilets > - >> highlights will include: >> >> - cisterns that fill in less than 15 mins >> - seats that aren't hanging off >> - hand dryers that actually dry your hands >> - improved lighting and ventilation >> - baby change facilities >> >> ### Improving accessibility >> >> Our building is more than 100 years old, and a century of remodels > and >> changes of use have made it very poor for accessibility. When we > bought >> our building we committed to improving things, and we stand by that >> commitment. >> >> We previously worked with architects to plan a complete rebuild to >> resolve these issues. This plan did not work out - we could not > secure >> funding, and the building quotes we got were significantly higher > than >> anticipated (£1 million+). As a result of this, we're aiming to > make >> more manageable improvements over time. >> >> As part of this work we're going to: >> >> - reduce the number of level changes in this part of the building > from >> 11 to 4 >> - install a new ambulant-accessible toilet at the same level as the > bar >> >> We think this will significantly improve access to the building for > our >> disabled visitors. >> >> ### Increasing our energy efficiency >> >> Our water heater is a hulking beast from the distant past. It takes > up a >> lot of space and burns through an obscene amount of energy for the >> relatively small amount of hot water we use. We want to replace it > with >> a smaller and more efficient model. >> >> ## How you can help >> >> The main challenge to this is funding - the level access works in >> particular will require building work, and we really want to make > those >> changes happen. You can [donate to the campaign >> > online](https://www.cubecinema.com/cgi-bin/freehold/freehold.pl?action=dona… > <https://www.cubecinema.com/cgi-bin/freehold/freehold.pl?action=donations>) > (this page is still from the building buy 10 years ago so ignore the > £200k total on the counter - we're working on it!). >> >> You can also donate via cash or card in the bar. >> >> We're open to other fundraising ideas like raffles or events - email > >> blueprint(a)cubecinema.com <mailto:blueprint@cubecinema.com> if you > think >> you can help with this. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> blueprint mailing list -- blueprint(a)cubecinema.com >> To unsubscribe send an email to blueprint-leave(a)cubecinema.com > _______________________________________________ > blueprint mailing list -- blueprint(a)cubecinema.com > To unsubscribe send an email to blueprint-leave(a)cubecinema.com _______________________________________________ blueprint mailing list -- blueprint(a)cubecinema.com To unsubscribe send an email to blueprint-leave(a)cubecinema.com

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Re: Marcus, what is the email for the directors of microplex holdings please?
by Marcus Valentine 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

Hi Jo Good question I just created a mailing list called microplex(a)cubecinema.com containing Kate Rich <kate(a)irational.org> Chiz Williams <edenshalf(a)gmail.com> Kari Nygard <kari(a)cubecinema.com> Dave Taylor-Matthews <evadrolyat(a)gmail.com> Graeme Hogg <graemehogg(a)pi.irational.org> David Hopkinson <mr_hopkinson(a)hotmail.com> Robbie Warin <robbiewarin(a)gmail.com> and myself these being the names on the AR30 form for 31/03/2023 downloaded from https://mutuals.fca.org.uk/Search/Society/6506 If this list is out-of-date, I dare say people will let me know. Best Marcus On 21/06/2024 14:02, Jo Kelly wrote: > is it microplex(a)cubecinema.com <mailto:microplex@cubecinema.com>? > Jo

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