Held in D12.
Present: Ben, Jon, Stephen, Andrew, Anthony, Sibylle, Rob, Claire and Alison (hurray! a guest who came back!).
Apologies: Vicky, Angela, the High Queen Jon Skeet.

1. Jon takes a pound from Alison, who has joined (hurrah! again!), to pass on to the absent Treasurer. The usual jokes are made. Jon adds Alison to the list of members, which now stands at a full fifteen!
   


2. Jon declares last week's meeting the best all year, on the grounds that there were loads of people there.
   


3. Rob reads the minutes of last week's meeting. We note as a matter arising that Stephen is for the second week running wearing no jumper! Such daring! He'll catch his death and have only himself to thank, mark my words.
   


4. There is confusion over the reference in the minutes to Sibylle's famous orgy being "in instalments" - many people wonder how this is done, exactly, and Anthony wants to move to Instalments now.
   


5. Ben reports that Alasdair is up the Cam without a paddle, having gone on another punt while the Poohsoc were on the river and losing his paddle in the ensuing battle.
   


6. We discover that the spell-checker in Microsoft Word does not recognise "Winnie-the-Pooh"! Rob immediately proposes that we censure Microsoft really really badly and write to tell them so: F., 8, Ag., 0, Abs., 1; carried. Jon will do the letter (at some point).
   


7. We debate how "jewellery" should be pronounced. The balance is in favour of pronouncing it "jewellery", rather than "jewellery" which would be silly.
   


8. We read the minutes of a silly meeting whose entire purpose was to censure Jon.
   


9. Ben goes looking for "something odd".
   


10. Shamal Ratnayaka has sent us the money for membership without asking to be admitted. Jon proposes that for this impudence we refuse and embezzle his money, for the benefit of the Treasury: F., 6, Ag., 1, Abs., 2; carried, and Jon takes charge of the quid to pass on to the Treasurer again.
    


11. Jon tells the story of the American who asked if Trinity was pre-war: she was told by a porter, "No, Madam, Trinity is pre-American".
    


12. Anthony reads the Captain's Log of the Punting Expotition, which is in his own unique style.
    


13. We note, among other things, that the Dean comes from Nottingham, and that Andrew has his name painted in three places in the College rather than the normal once.
    


14. We vote to censure Alasdair really really badly for stealing the Poohsoc punt-pole earlier this afternoon: F., 4, Ag., 2, Abs., 3; carried. Someone will have to tell him now.
    


15. Ben realises that his Piglet voice has been damaging his pulling power (among other things).
    


16. The Right Reverend David Jenkins has replied to his letter from Anthony asking for a celebrity Poohstick, and has unfortunately not sent us one, preferring the watery version. The letter is placed in the archive with suitable reverence. We should really have copies of Anthony's begging letters too, I suppose.
    


17. Andrew failed to qualify as an Idler because he doesn't own a blazer. He is from the North, after all.
    


18. Anthony goes, "because of time". We ponder the depths of this enigmatic comment for a few seconds.
    


19. Andrew abuses Alison, who declares that he is "not nice". This seems not to be news to any of those present.
    


20. We decide to try and get a lawn on Suicide Sunday for the Garden Party (F., 6, Ag., 0, Abs., 2; carried) - Rob will ask the Dean, since he is probably on the best terms with him. It is customary, and therefore necessary, to invite the Honorary Members, Colin Wilcockson and the Dean: Jon will do this when things are fixed. Somebody needs to ask Tor or Tim about ice-cream, and also to come to the party. We should also invite Will, so that we have someone to sight-read `Cottleston Pie'. It is noted that, in the words of our ex-President, "Will's got stilts and lots of fun things." Sibylle promises to do a fruit salad; everything else remains to be settled.
    


21. Having mentioned Tim, we re-read the letter, a fine effort of calligraphy, In Which He Resigned. Andrew recognises the phrasing from a letter in the prospectus, but we are not sure that this decreases the charm of the artefact.
    


22. It was decided at a meeting earlier this year that we should also invite Diana, Princess of Wales (as Rob would have it) and Cardinal Basil Hulme. The problem is, what happens if the Queen and Di turn up? We decide that if this looks likely, we will book Trinity.
    


23. Jon produces an empty packet of Wheat Thins, which is evidence that someone disobeyed the vote of the members that they should not be opened, last week. A quick inquiry however reveals that it was the Famous Anna who ate them, so we vote to forgive her: F., 6, Ag., 0, Abs., 2; carried.
    


24. Rob apologises for his absence at the meeting after the week after next, for reasons of politics. Jon becomes scornful on discovering that COLS have a steering committee, but bloodshed is avoided. Next week's meeting will be in N4b, we decide, and the week after in T9.
    


25. Sibylle discovers that there is something called "discreet maths" (discrete? I don't know. Ed.) and pronounces this her new career.
    


26. We decide, finally, on the contents of the parcel we should send to Jacyntha: among anything else we can think of, it must include English Breakfast Tea and Yorkshire Tea (OK Andrew?), Jaffa Cakes, custard creams and a slab of Dairy Milk. We mandate Ben to buy them and bring back a receipt too: F., 6, Ag., 0, Abs., 2; carried.
    


27. Ben points out that Jon has not yet written to Sainsbury's head office and we try to censure him for it (Jon that is): F., 3, Ag., 3, Abs., 2; motion hung. We seem to have forgotten about it thereafter.
    


28. Ben gets up and runs on the spot, explaining, "I'm sorry, I've gone all stiff."
    


29. Rob proposes that we create a Committee post of Minister Without Portfolio for him, but he cannot find a seconder; with it being a non-Committee post Jon seconds him, but the vote is F., 2, Ag., 4, Abs., 2; defeated. Rob remains office-less (apart from helping to steer COLS, obviously).
    


30. We vote to close, using a vote Anthony left behind him: F., 6, Ag., 2, Abs., 2; closed.
    

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