Assistant Ward Clerk vs Ward History Specialist
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:41 pm
Handbook 2 (13.4.3) states that an Assistant Ward Clerk can be called to be over "historical records", among other things like finance, membership, etc.
I understand that the Ward Clerk is responsible to create the annual ward history which I'm assuming falls under (or is) this reference of "historical records" in the Handbook.
I also know that it's relatively common for a Bishop to call a Ward History Specialist to off-load the ward history effort off from the Ward Clerk.
This could lead one to assume that like "Finance Clerk" is just a name given to an Assistant Ward Clerk who has been asked to help with the ward finances, that Ward History Specialist might be a name given to an Assistant Ward Clerk being asked to care for the ward historical work. Yet, the same rules for being and calling a Ward History Specialist are not the same as for an Assistant Ward Clerk. So it's pretty clear that the Ward History Specialist isn't an Assistant Ward Clerk. But from the Handbook description of the ward history work, the Ward History Specialist is doing the job of an Assistant Ward Clerk. Can someone help clarify this a little for me?
I understand that the Ward Clerk is responsible to create the annual ward history which I'm assuming falls under (or is) this reference of "historical records" in the Handbook.
I also know that it's relatively common for a Bishop to call a Ward History Specialist to off-load the ward history effort off from the Ward Clerk.
This could lead one to assume that like "Finance Clerk" is just a name given to an Assistant Ward Clerk who has been asked to help with the ward finances, that Ward History Specialist might be a name given to an Assistant Ward Clerk being asked to care for the ward historical work. Yet, the same rules for being and calling a Ward History Specialist are not the same as for an Assistant Ward Clerk. So it's pretty clear that the Ward History Specialist isn't an Assistant Ward Clerk. But from the Handbook description of the ward history work, the Ward History Specialist is doing the job of an Assistant Ward Clerk. Can someone help clarify this a little for me?