By Invitation

When the Circle wishes to ask someone in, the invitation is extended by a member who already keeps that company, in person or by a note that says little more than where and when. It is not preceded by a review, a vote, or a waiting list. It reflects a judgement, quietly formed over time, that a person belongs at the table.

What follows is simple. The new member is seated at their first Circle Dinner or Salon, introduced to no one by title, and left to be known as everyone else in the room is known: by the way they keep company.

Only discretion, and only what every member already gives: the confidence of the table kept, and the same judgement extended to those who might one day join it.