Minutes of the Pembroke College Winnie the Pooh
Society Meeting held on the 18th of January 2002,
after formal hall to celebrate the birthday of
A.A.Milne, held in AA20.
In which Rosie and Andrew give 16 readings.
Present: Owen, Martin, Andrew, Neil, Richard M-H, Richard S, Rosie.
- Owen opens the meeting.
- Votes to mandate Neil to give a speech: passed
- We wonder if we're his relatives.
- Votes to censure Neil for not being able to give a proper speech or censure others properly: passed
- Isn't everyone a grandson?
- Someone should've shot Richard's grandma.
- Can we just have wine glasses?: failed
- We pass around Neil's passport photo.
- Neil doesn't know what an Aga is!!
- We fault Neil on his understanding of the conservation of energy.
- Martin wouldn't put pagers in the oven.
- Martin couldn't join Clare college women's football team because he's no good at football.
- Votes to censure Clare for graduating (we miss her cakes): passed
- Rosie should write to Ian to complain that he has not written enough letters, and to Lady Tompkis to tell her about the mystery mail we recieved.
- Martin and Owen should supervise Dr Baden: failed
- This is not a good state of affairs: failed
- Votes to invoke clause 55 in order that we don't have to vote on this motion immediately: hung
- The minutes
- Winnie the wallet society...
- Votes that we must all name our wallets Winnie: passed
- Votes to censure Rosie and Richard M-H for refusing to name their wallets Winnie: failed
- Owen attempts semaphore communication with the department of Biochemistry.
- Votes to vote again: spoilt
- Votes to do something to the entire universe: hung
- Votes to rename the society 'the for Republican against Democrat Society': hung
- Votes to hang Republicans and Democrats: passed
- We'll have the electric what: hung
- We're hanging too many motions: failed!
- We should second it first: failed
- Votes to mandate Rosie to write all the minutes left handed: failed
- Foiled again: passed
- Clause 55 needs a 2/3 majority.
- Owen talks about us all being tied up and gagged...
- There are no limits: passed
- These mathmos and their bloody functions.
- There's no point in having two pens if you're only going to use one hand.
- Votes that Neil should rewrite his printer sofware: passe
- Votes to censure Neil: passed
- Votes to censure Neil: passed
- Neil would like to censure Rosie for her lack of knowledge of Lord of the Rings.
- Votes to censure Neil for discussing non-Pooh-related literature: passed
- Maths is Martin's life: passed
- Martin doesn't remember badly spelt versions of Elephants in maths.
- Votes to censure Martin for not yet using his removal of censure: passed
- Votes to stop with the motions: hung
- Neil's going to shut up now: hung
- They speak Swahili over there (on Owen's bed): passed
- Votes to censure Neil for not doing: passed
- Owen fails on the ability to speak any language at all.
- 'My name is Owen and I have a problem': passed
- Reading by Rosie and Andrew:
Corner of the Street
Happiness
Knights and Ladies
The Old Sailor
- Votes that Buckingham Palace wouldn't fit in the poetry book: passed
- Mustard
- Reading by Rosie, Title by Andrew:
The End
- Votes that Rosie will be six for ever and ever: passed
- Reading by Rosie and Andrew:
The Invaders
- During general meetings we try and get everyone involved.
- Reading by Rosie and Andrew:
Shoes and Stockings
- Owen joins Rosie and Andrew on the bed.
- Reading by Rosie, Andrew and Owen:
The Doormouse and The Doctor
- Reading by Andrew, Rosie and Owen:
Teddy Bear
Pinkle Purr
- Reading by Owen:
Lines and Squares
- Andrew tells us his new poems.
- Reading by Andrew and Rosie:
Daffodowndilly
- Reading by Andrew:
Disobedience
- Andrew can't read Disobedience: passed
- Reading by Andrew:
Jonathan Jo
- Reading by Andrew and Rosie:
Politeness
- Reading by everyone:
The Anxious Pooh Song
- Votes to censure Andrew for reading non-Pooh-related material: passed
- Reading by Andrew, Rosie and Owen:
Spring Morning
- Votes to read A.A.Milne's entire works: failed
- Votes to read A.A.Milne's entire works: passed
- Reading by Owen:
Poem
- There will be a meeting tomorrow in Z7, Emma.
- Votes to close: passed
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