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both and I do not think that in any sense the Field
Club could be submerged. Many people, when they join
the Trust ask - "Do you have outings?", and I say "No"
and they look rather surprised and I say that they
should join the Field Club for that,"
Cowlin: Do you think that there is a case for more
cooperation or integration between the Trust and
the Club?
Masefield: This has come up several times. I think
that we have said that we would possibly like to
integrate with the Trust, I think that was said
several times when I Has President. But there is
the reciprocal case; Would the Trust like to, not
cooperate but to amalgamate, if you like, with the
Field Club? I don't think this is so. The Trust is
against corporate membership, and it would then have
to make corporate membership for the Colchester
Natural History Society, the Southend and London
Natural History Societies - Where does it stop? So
I think that they are watertight compartments. Any
liaison between the two would be I think on a
scientific basis. The Trust wants scientific
evidence and the Field Club I think can give it.
The Field Club probably will not get much from the
Trust.