The Recording Clerk is responsible for preparation of the minutes of the Meeting for Worship for Business. The Recording Clerk is appointed for a one-year term and is normally a member of the Society of Friends who is an active participant in the life of the Bridge City Meeting.

• Articulation of the sense of the Business Meeting through sensitive and clear composition of the minutes Read drafts of minutes aloud during Meeting for Business when requested by the Clerk to make sure the language accurately captures the sense of the Meeting.
• Attends all Meetings for Business or in consultation with the clerk and M&O committee arranges for a substitute to take minutes. .
• Types minutes, shares them with the Clerk for comments and as a check on accuracy, then arranges for the minutes to be circulated (via email, or other methods) among meeting members prior to the next business Meeting.
• Maintains a file of monthly meeting minutes and makes sure that a copy of the approved minutes are sent to the archivist every month.
• When the clerk is unavailable to clerk a business Meeting the recording clerk maybe called on to clerk the meeting. This decision is made by the clerk, recording, and the Oversight Committee.

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