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FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL SKCRRTARTFS AND RECORDERS 
FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL SECRETARIES AND RECORDERS 
While it is highly desirable that whenever possible the functions of 
Local Secretary and "Recorder should be performed by one person, in 
practice this will not always be possible. The distinct functions are 
therefore here separately defined. Tt is not intended that Local Secre- 
taries and Recorders should become the only, or even the usual, channels 
of communication between members on the one hand and the Officers, 
Referees, or Panel Members of the Society on the other. A Local Secre- 
tary or Recorder, upon appointment, shall have the boundary of his/her 
area defined. Areas will where possible be on the basis of Watsonian 
vice-counties, but it may be found desirable to appoint either for a 
smaller area. 
LOCAL SECRETARIES 
1. To keep in touch with other local members and where possible 
and desirable to arrange meetings for their benefit. 
2. To encourage the enrolment of new members. 
8. To act as a centre for some botanical work of local bearing where 
they are qualified to do so. 
4. To provide information to members of the Society from outside 
their areas, either by correspondence or otherwise, on travel facilities, 
accommodation, and botany. (This does not include supplying infor- 
mation about localities for rare plants, although statements as to their 
continued existence or frequency may be given for the purpose of scien- 
tific work.) 
5. To keep in touch with local libraries, museums, and, especially, 
local herbaria and natural history societies, supplying information 
about them to other members, and particularly to the Panel, and also 
keeping the name of the Society before officials, officers, and members 
of local Societies. 
6. To assist the TTon. Meetings Secretary and Leaders of field meet- 
ings prior to and at the time of visits of the Society to their area. 
7. To report without delay to the Hon. General Secretary or 
Treasurer the death of any member within their area. 
8. To make regular visits to habitats of special interest within 
their areas as far as possible, and to report without delay to the Hon. 
Geneial Secretary any threat which may call for conservation 
measures. 
RECORDERS 
To assist the Editor by collecting records of more than local interest, 
checking records contributed for publication, and forwarding informa- 
tion about important changes in the flora. 
