Present: In London, the President (Mrs Henrietta Mossop) (then Vice-President), the Secretary, and nineteen Fellows. In Sydney, by absence and subsequent correspondence, four resigning Fellows.

Apologies: None received from the Sydney party, the Sydney party having declined to acknowledge the meeting as constituted.

Minutes of the previous meeting: Read. Accepted with no amendment. The Secretary records this as the second such occurrence in the Society's history. (The first being June 1953.)

Item 1. The application of Dr Beryl Honeyfield (#00418) for Fellowship. The Chair noted that the application was a matter of standing record and had been the subject of correspondence since the 2018 EGM. The Chair invited the Membership Committee to report. The Committee reported. The application had been considered. The application had been declined. The grounds had been recorded.

Item 2. The grounds. The Secretary read the grounds. The grounds, in part, contained the word "tone". The reading of the grounds occupied eleven minutes. At the conclusion, the Chair invited debate.

Item 2, continued. Debate. Mr Wyndham-Forbes (#00433) rose. Mr Wyndham-Forbes resigned. Mr Wyndham-Forbes departed.

Item 2, continued. Three further Fellows rose, in turn, resigned, in turn, and departed, in turn. The Secretary recorded each by name. (See Schedule A: Resignations of the Fourteenth of February to the Twenty-First.)

Item 2, continued. The Chair noted the departures. The Chair noted the time. The Chair invited the meeting to consider whether the matter had been satisfactorily resolved. The meeting confirmed, by silence, that the matter had been so resolved.

Item 3. Correspondence from the Sydney party. The Secretary tabled the letter announcing the formation of the Antipodean Chapter. The letter was read in full. The Chair invited the meeting to consider whether to acknowledge the Chapter. The meeting confirmed, by silence, that no acknowledgement was required.

Item 4. Christmas cards. The Secretary noted that the Sydney party had, in advance of the meeting, posted a Christmas card to the London Society. The card was tabled. The Chair noted its receipt. The Chair did not propose a reply. (The card has been retained in the archive.)

Any Other Business. None.

Date of next meeting: to be determined.