Present: Rosy, Rachel, Katie, Dunstan, Naath, Owen, David, Jonathan, John-h, Roz, Martin, Alison, Debbie, Rachel C

Apologies: Jenny, Rosie, Neil, Catherine, Jack

1. Meeting opened (in Grange Road).
   


2. Meeting opened again (by Owen).
   


3. The bay tree looks like Martin.
   


4. Let’s escape politics: Passed.
   


5. Vote to make Len Fisher (the biscuit dunking research man) an honorary member: Passed.
   


6. The secretary should write to Len Fisher and tell him so: Passed.
   


7. Owen goes to check that Martin, who we saw arrive a few minutes ago but who hasn’t made it as far as the garden, isn’t in the house stealing the computer. (And to make tea)
   


8. This [points to plastic bag] is Owen: Passed.
   


9. Roz got in!!! She’s got a place on a course in London next year.
   


10. Next year, instead of PoohSoc meetings, we will have Roz expounding on what she’s learnt that week: Failed (not 2/3 majority).
    


11. Alison and John-h are taking a long time in Owen’s room.
    


12. Roz has a very vivid memory of sucking sweets up straws in the Yorkshire archaeological library, but it may have been a dream. She’ll ask the person she was doing it with if they remember it too.
    


13. Votes to censure John-h for not sending us a postcard last month: Passed.
    


14. We will commend him for his honesty in not trying to blame the postal service:?
    


15. If we beat him to a pulp, then we’ll commend him for honesty:?
    


16. Martin’s so clever he can pre-empt John-h’s thoughts: Passed.
    


17. The Foreign Secretary will write to Channel Four to point out that A.A. Milne did not dream Pooh up, he was a real bear: Passed.
    


18. We should censure Dunstan for saying he’d written the letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury when he hadn’t: Passed.
    


19. Censure Dunstan first, he’ll explain later: Passed.
    


20. Censure Dunstan: Passed.
    


21. Is Grace coming? I don’t know, I’ve never met her.
    


22. Katie is Grace, Dunstan is Favour, and Katie is Latin: Passed.
    


23. Let’s stop talking politics: Passed.
    


24. Martin spoke and politics came to a "."
    


25. The coastguard has to be a pantomime centipede: Passed.
    


26. Jam! Jam! Jam!
    


27. Ooooo! Crumpets!
    


28. Owen’s absence is very nearly omnipresent as it is everywhere Owen isn’t.
    


29. "Who is Dunstan up against? Roz.": Somebody
    


30. First biscuit husting: Chocolate chip cookies. (Dunstan)
    


31. Owen proves that he is not gentile, but most impressively manages not to cover the assembled company in biscuit crumbs.
    


32. "Oh no! Mine’s collapsed!": John-h
    


33. Rhymes for cookie.
    


34. Votes to mandate Dunstan to write a poem about cookies: Passed.
    


35. Dunstan dunks his biscuit in Roz’s tea.
    


36. Second biscuit husting: Pink wafer biscuits. (Roz)
    


37. Votes to censure Late for being late: Failed.
    


38. It would be more of a challenge to throw John-h over the wall than over the fence.
    


39. The pink wafer biscuit packet says "chocolate chip cookies", but of course we know better.
    


40. The Foreign secretary is to write to the manufacturers of pink wafer biscuits and ask why they are pink: Passed.
    


41. You! You! [Indicates Martin] just go away.
    


42. The pink wafer biscuits are quite shockingly pink. Passed.
    


43. They are blatantly pink wafer biscuits: Passed.
    


44. After two dunks, this one still hadn’t gone soggy.
    


45. Votes to censure the secretary for not bringing the minutes: Passed.
    


46. Despite this: Minutes of the meeting on 20/4/03 are read out.
    


47. Neil’s not here because he’s a vampire and we’re meeting outside.
    


48. Votes to censure Alison for failing to hang her head in shame for the rest of last meeting: Passed.
    


49. Votes to make her hang her head in shame for the rest of this meeting: Hung CR decides 48.
    


50. Invisible imps are tickling Naath.
    


51. David has to leave now. He takes his plate with him! (Owen’s had it since the start of last term)
    


52. Biscuit vote:
    Chocolate Chip Cookies: 6
    Pink wafer biscuits: 6
    Abstentions: 2
    


53. Votes to censure Alison for doubting that they are Pink Wafer Biscuits: Passed.
    


54. Be a man: chunky chocolate chip.
    


55. Revote:
    Chocolate Chip Cookies: 6
    Pink wafer biscuits: 6
    Abstentions: 2
    (still counting David’s vote)
    


56. Much bickering about which biscuit wins.
    


57. We decide that the Pink Wafer Biscuits win as David has now left.
    


58. Back onto other things: Passed.
    


59. John-h has problems with his masculinity. He feels threatened by a biscuit: Passed.
    


60. We should read counter-anti-reverse clockwise: Passed.
    


61. We’ll choose who narrates by spin the bottle: Passed.
    


62. Reading: In which Kanga and Baby Roo come to the Forest and Piglet has a bath.
    


63. Neil does an evil Rabbit.
    


64. Neil is a mafia boss.
    


65. We should censure Neil for not siphoning off some of the money he launders through our bank account for the Society: Passed.
    


66. Votes to censure them for talking about non-Pooh-related material: If a vote was ever taken on this on the result is not recorded.
    


67. John-h: "This chair is the best form of contraception, as has been proved by Martin and I."
    


68. We discuss, at some length and with much confusion, the ingredients available for the Ready Steady Cook and what we’re going to make with them.
    


69. Martin to John-h: "Naath doesn’t want you to use contraception."
    


70. "Do we have to eat the aubergines? Can’t we just stroke them?" Roz
    


71. Dunstan will peel the potatoes.
    


72. Martin is Roz’s slave: Passed.
    


73. Martin will provide the cabaret.
    


74. John-h is sharpening his invisible pencil.
    


75. For your next challenge, you must eat an entire squid in its own ink: Passed.
    


76. The above is a challenge for Neil: Passed.
    


77. Votes to mandate Neil to do 24 million hours community service: Failed.
    


78. Votes to mandate Martin to do 24 million hours community service: Failed.
    


79. More minutes by Alison should be somewhere about.
    




81. Votes to censure Christopher Robin and The Foreign Secretary for conspiring to assassinate the under-secretary: Passed
    


82. "Put my bowel in the washing up - I want it nice and clean" Naath
    


83. Water: Passed
    


84. Wind: Passed
    


85. Damn it: Passed
    


86. Votes for Rosy or Owen to stay in the room at all times to prevent Alison having ultimate power: Passed
    


87. "Rosie is a blue plate. Round. Flat. Blue."
    


88. Rachel C’s plans for a floating ceilidh. (K-Lee)
    


89. Roz had to be encouraged up Great Gable with a trail of polos. (oo-er)
    


90. Katie is not as old as she should be.
    


91. Dessert is the entire point of a meal: Passed
    


92. "The whole point maybe, but with that much sugar it will hardly be sharp" Dunstan aka 007
    


93. "I’ll have to think of something to give you in return" Dunstan to Alison
    


94. Charades!
    


95. Votes to censure Martin for the heinous crime of shamefully preventing a girl from reaching chocolate: Passed
    


96. Feeding Rhubarb to Rabbits will kill them (are we planning to avoid this or experiment?)
    


97. "Rachel come here, I want to whisper in your ear" Roz
    


98. Someone has glued the squid to the plate with superglue.
    


99. The President decides to take a committee photo even though all the committee aren’t present.
    


100. The under-secretary points out that this is utterly futile and besides which she’s a mess.
     


101. Christopher Robin attempts to drag the under-secretary onto the bed. (this may have nothing to do with the photo)
     


102. Dunstan refuses to man handle Alison onto the bed. Good for him.
     


103. The rest of the committee viscously restrain the under-secretary and take pictures while they’re all thrashing around on the floor.
     


104. B$£%$*^£. I hate you all.
     


105. "If we all purr convincingly he’ll come out and rub against our knees" Roz
     


106. "I gave you one earlier" Alison to Dunstan
     


107. "La, la, la, la, la, la" Naath
     


108. Votes to censure Martin for Severe Evilness: Hung, CR for
     


109. Mandate Martin to do the next charade: Passed
     


110. He’s got thirty seconds then we throw things: Passed
     


111. The president is thrown at Martin in fulfilment of 109.
     


112. We should have a bouncy castle so we could tie Martin up and throw him on it: Hung, CR against (unsurprisingly)
     


113. Next weeks meeting: Magdelene, Buckingham court, room E1 or maybe not
     


114. Naath’s sword is bendy
     


115. We partake in group washing up.
     


116. "Martin is finally giving in to my demands" Alison
     


117. "Knives are not for hurting Alison with" Roz
     


118. Martin - The Phantom of the Kitchen
     


119. Votes to close: Passed
     

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