E-Club ProThe Comedy Zone
The Magic Club
Of course, he didn't know it was against the rules. After all, he'd only just joined, but that's how easily the rot could set in, and The West England Regional Prestidigitators Society (T.W.E.R.P.S.) was not about to be dragged into the mire and become the laughing stock of the magic society world. It called for drastic measures.
Terence William Ingleby Trott had been president of T.W.E.R.P.S. for the last 15 years and so he knew immediately what to do. He called the Vice President, The Deputy President, The Honorary President, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer, the Deputy Treasurer, the Society Auditor, the Meeting Convenor, the Librarian, the Assistant Librarian, The PRO, the Deputy PRO and the 14 committee members and arranged for a meeting the following Tuesday. This meeting would discuss the possibility of calling a meeting to discuss the problem.
Assuming that a suitable meeting format and date could be agreed upon, the whole ensemble would reconvene on the appointed date and would then be in a position to discuss whether to put to the members the idea of having an Emergency General Meeting at which the problem could be generally aired.
Obviously the member in question would be required either not to attend at all, or would be asked to leave the room so his transgression could be openly debated. It was indeed fortunate that the Annual General Meeting was only two weeks away, because then those members who were unable to attend the EGM, could be appraised of the discussions and recommendations and any further points could be aired (again with the transgressor barred from the room).
Terence knew it was only by implementing this sort of speedy and democratic action that the terrifying consequences of this most unfortunate incident could be mitigated, and he was determined at any and all costs to stamp this type of dangerous happening right out.
The member in question who had caused all this sudden flurry of activity was largely unaware of his misdemeanour. He had been interested in magic for many years, but living, as he did, rather out in the sticks, he had not realised that T.W.E.R.P.S. existed until he had fortuitously come across a poster advertising the club's AGM in the city library.
He had written to the Secretary and been sent a 10 page application form to fill out in triplicate, a copy of the Club's Rule Book, a list of the various Officers and Committee members (3 A4 sheets), a diary of the club's council meetings, working party meetings, sub committee meetings and AGM, and a large A3 size scroll listing the club's 36 point 'Oath Of Allegiance'.
He had duly returned all the necessary paperwork and had eagerly awaited the next meeting, which as luck would have it was only 12 weeks away. On the night he had turned up punctually at 8pm, listened attentively as the minutes of the previous meeting were read and Matters Arising (15) dealt with, patiently waited while the 23 Parish Notices were exhaustively gone through by the Secretary (with additional comments by the Assistant Secretary) and then, following the break for tea from 9.30pm -9.55pm, and just before the caretaker closed the hall at 10pm, it happened.
He got out a deck, and did a trick! Of course, he didn't know it was against the rules.....
