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Report of the Council for 1968
Membership
The membership of the Club at 31st December 1968 stood at
291. This compares with 255 at the close of 1967.
House List
Dr K. Alvin, Mr D. Scott and Mr E. F. Williams retired from
the Council in accordance with the rules of the Club. The new
members of the Council elected were Mrs K. Birkmire, Mr R.
Cowlin and Mr A. Jones.
Meetings
During the year a total of 46 meetings were held. These were
divided as follows: —
General Meetings ............ At the Museum 5
At Chelmsford 1
Field Meetings 5
Group Dinners .................................... 1
Informal Meetings.................................. 34
The informal meetings were devoted to the following
disciplines.
Botany .............................................. 9
Geology ............................................. 7
Herpetology ........................................ 3
Ornithology ....................................... 5
Mammal Studies..................................... 10
In addition a joint meeting was held with the Quekett Misco-
seopical Club. During October the general meeting was held at
the Educational Centre at Chelmsford and took the form of a
Brains' Trust Quiz and film show. It was, judging by the good
attendance, very popular, especially with those members who
have difficulty in coming to meetings at Stratford. It is hoped
to continue with the policy of holding general indoor meetings
throughout the County during 1969.
Groups
The Groups have again continued to thrive as is evidenced
by the large number of informal meetings organised by them.
The Herpetological Group was formed in the early part of the
year and is now firmly established. Three meetings in the field
were organised by members of the Group during the latter half of
the year.