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According to Spencer, the only rule the club had was to have no rules.

When a resolution was proposed in November 1885 to keep formal notes of the meetings, the motion was defeated because it violated the rule.

Nevertheless, the club kept both a secretary and a treasurer, and both positions were held in turn by each member of the club.

These offices were in charge of account collecting and sending notices of upcoming meetings.

Members, including Hirst, Huxley, Hooker, and Tyndall, also took informal notes of the meetings.