Minutes of the Pembroke College Winnie the Pooh Society Extraordinary Meeting

Held in the basement of S/T staircase in the computer room on 16/11/96 at 23.18.
Present : Jon, Ben


  1. Motion : To postpone reading of minutes of previous meeting to next elevenses meeting. F:1 A:0 Abs:1. Motion carried.

  2. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the correspondence with the Sheila and her Dog society (spit, spit).

  3. Further to the mandated sending of a challenge to a Formal Hall of War, Jon Skeet, High Queen and Second Lord of the Treasury of the aforementioned society (spit, spit), replied accepting the challenge.

  4. Jon then, without mandate, took it upon himself to engage in further unsolicited communications, in order to settle the location of the formal hall. The aforementioned megalomaniac suggested that the SaHDS (spit, spit) send ambassadors to settle the protocol of this meeting.

  5. This was then found by the James (me), who felt that, since we are living in an autonomous self-governing collective, we should approve such uncalled-for initiative in a proper democratic fashion.

  6. Thus this meeting.

  7. Vote to censure Jon for his unsolicited communications. F:0 A:1 Abs:1. Motion defeated.

  8. Vote to allow the SaHDS (s, s) to send ambassadors to the next elevenses meeting. F:1 A:0 Abs:1 Motion carried.

  9. Vote to allow Jon, secretary, acxting president, acting foreign secretary, (while the proper one is on remand) to send missives to the SaHDS (s,s) instructing that this is alright as long as they bring a mug. F:1 A:0 Abs:1 Motion carried.

  10. Ben says the word “Bahnhof” again in ameeting.

  11. He says it again when reading the minutes he just typed.

  12. The further censureing of the James will be brought up at the next meeting, by motion of the aforementioned Dictatorial High Lord of Chaos (Jon)

  13. Vote to close before it gets any more silly and ben says “Bahnhof” agion. Oh shit. F:0 A:1 Abs:1.

  14. Ben said it again. Further censures necessary says Jon, OBE, Msc, BA, JRG, DGA, DJC, Head Gardener.

  15. Next meeting is still in U9.

  16. Vote to close properly (stop that, that’s far too silly): F:1, A:0 Abs:1. Motion carried. Meeting closed.


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