"Mr. Bland took the chair at 8.10 p.m.
"After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and confirmed Dr. Gibson moved the series of resolutions which had been read to the Society at the previous meeting.
"Mr. Podmore moved as an amendment the series of resolutions, copies of which had been circulated amongst the members a few days previously.
"The amendment was carried by 10 votes to 4.
[Presumably the 4 included Burns-Gibson, Chubb, and Estcourt, who signed the defeated resolutions.]
"Mr. Podmore's proposals were then put forward as substantive resolutions and considered seriatim.
"Resolution I.—That the Society be called the Fabian Society (as Mr. Podmore explained in allusion to the victorious policy of Fabius Cunctator) was carried by 9 votes to 2.
"Resolution II.—That the Society shall not at present pledge its members to any more definite basis of agreement than that contained in the resolution of 23rd November, 1883.
"Carried unanimously.
"Resolution III.—In place of Mr. Podmore's first proposal it was eventually decided to modify the resolution of 7th November, 1883, by inserting the words 'to help on' between the words 'shall be' and the words 'the reconstruction.'