Faith and Practice
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Part II: The Form of Government
Chapter 2—General Organization
Section 1—The Local Meeting
B. Officers
1. Clerks
Each year the meeting appoints a presiding clerk and a recording clerk. The is chosen with attention to the following qualifications: sound judgment, spiritual discernment, and the ability to determine the sense of the meeting in the business process. The Presiding Clerk presides over all business sessions and signs official documents on behalf of the meeting. He or she also chairs the local Executive Council (see Executive Council.) In the absence of the Presiding Clerk, the Recording Clerk, Treasurer, or another person named from the floor, shall preside over the session. The keeps an accurate record of all business proceedings, both for business sessions and Executive Council meetings, and provides copies thereof to those authorized to request them. The Recording Clerk also serves as the statistical secretary and the correspondence secretary. A meeting may appoint assistant clerks to share in these duties.
2. Other Officers
The meeting also appoints a treasurer to handle the customary responsibilities. Regular financial statements shall be submitted for general information to all members. By virtue of this position, the treasurer shall serve as an ex-officio member of the Stewardship Ministries Committee. The meeting may name such other personnel as it considers necessary.
3. Qualifications
All officers and committee chairpersons are to be active members of the meeting (see Membership.)
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