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1 The meeting opened at 6.00 p.m. in 2 Committee room ‘A’, with all five remaining 3 members of the committee present, together 4 with two Mr. R. Crone and Miss J. White, 5 who were due to be co-opted onto 6 the committee.

7 1. Minutes
8 The minutes were read and duly 9 signed.

10 2. Matters Arising
11 None

12 3. Co-option if New Members
13 Mr. Thompson proposed and 14 Mr. Andrews seconded Mr. Roger Crone as 15 U.H.F. Secretary. The appointment was passed 16 unanimously. Mr Thompson also proposed, 17 and Mr. Earby seconded, the appointment 18 of Miss Janet White as coffee representative 19 This appointment was also approved unanimously 20 Mr. Crone’s duties were agreed to include 21 the preparation of rooms for meetings, 22 and announcements over the Union loudespea- 23 ker system on the day of a meeting 24 In the face of Mr. Rooney’s [UNREADABLE]

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1 oferation over coffee, Miss White would 2 have to prepare a bottle or similar device 3 and all the coffee that would be needed

4 4. Correspondence
5 Affiliation to the U.H.F. had 6 been acknowledged, and the receipt for 7 the £1 fee to was passed to the 8 Treasurer. Nothing more had been heard of 9 the request to obtain Margaret Knight as 10 a speaker through the UHF. 11 Mr. Cooper was instructed to 12 affiliate to the [REDACTED] ULY Humanists, offering 13 an affiliation fee of 10/-. 14 An Anti-Apartheid group 15 had written to the college seeking support, 16 bu this could not be offered until 17 a motion had been passed at 18 the next General Meeting. Mr. Griffiths was, 19 however, instructed to [UNREADABLE] the Society’s 20 sympathy with the cause.

21 5. Finance
22 The Treasurer stated that the year’s 23 programme had been calculated on an 24 estimated income of £17 from the 25 S.C.C. grant with members’ subscriptions. 26 Total income in fact equaled £ 14/4/-

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1 but the costs of affiliations and the 2 Freshers’ Tea had been overestimated. A 3 bill for the books had also been 4 received; Mr. Griffiths said that he 5 was in possession of them and would 6 return them, since they has not 7 been damaged, or even touched. 8 The idea of a Hop was 9 postponed, since its likely profits were 10 far beyond the Society’s needs.

11 5. The Term’s Programme
12 The date of the joint meeting 13 with ULU Humanists had had to be 14 changed, and Mr. Griffiths had arranged 15 for a speaker on 19th November. 16 The meeting with Catholic Society 17 was postponed in view of our 18 numerical inferiority at the present 19 time. The idea of a sherry party 20 was also held over. Satisfaction was 21 felt by all at the present state 22 of the Society’s programme for 23 this term.

24 6. Settling of Ex-Chairman’s Affairs
25 Mr. Griffiths was now in 26 possession of everything of Mr. Reardon’s

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1 relating to the Huxley Society. Mr. Reardon would 2 be reimbursed immediately with part of the 3 money he had spent on parties, and 4 with all of it in due course. 5 Mr. Cooper has pledged eight of 6 the UHP Bulletins no. 14 to be sold, 7 in the hope that the Committee at 8 least would buy some. Since the 9 UHF were in no hurry to get them 10 back; the Committee preferred to try 11 to sell them at future meetings, 12 on the clear understanding that Mr. 13 Cooper would see 17/6 d. back at 14 least, one way or another 15 Obsolete printed matter belonging 16 to the Society was examined and pigeon- 17 holed.

18 7. Any Other Business
19 The idea of sending representatives 20 to the forthcoming UHF conference was 21 discussed, and it was agreed to 22 sound out the S.C.C. on how many 23 people would be subsidised by them. 24 Certain members of the Committee felt 25 they could get there at their 26 own expense.

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1 The improvement of publicity 2 was discussed, and it emerged that the 3 prohibitive cost of duplicating really 4 splendid posters dictated a reliance on 5 the traditional methods. Miss White 6 agreed to contribute reports of meetings 7 to Felix. 8 The meeting was declared closed at 9 7.30. 10 SIGNED: 11 Graham Thompson.