1. in early days there was an
HCO Secretary in
charge of the functions of the first three divisions (
Executive,
HCO,
Dissemination) and an Association
Secretary in
charge of the functions of the last four divisions. The
org board evolved further and the
HCO Executive Secretary became the person in
charge of the functions of the first three divisions and the
Organization Executive Secretary the last four. In the
Sea Org these titles became
Supercargo and
Chief Officer but the functions were
similar.
(HCO PL 9 May 74) 2. Organization Secretaries (US and
Saint Hill) or
Association Secretaries (
Commonwealth and
South Africa).
(HCO PL 5 Mar 65 II) 3. the Association
Secretary runs the
Central Organization. He is usually assisted by a
secretary who expedites his
communications, writes his letters and gets in his reports for the
OIC and keeps it.
(HCO PL 20 Dec 62) 4. proper
operation, willing
performance of duty of its
executives and
personnel, its ample financial
solvency and
general high
effectiveness of the
technical and administrative functions of the
Central Organization are all the
responsibility of the Association
Secretary.
(HCO PL 20 Dec 62) 5. the Association
Secretary is looked upon to keep the
organization in
existence and functioning at a high
level.
HCO helps but the
final responsibility of keeping an
organization going is the Association
Secretary's.
(HCO PL 14 Feb 61, The Pattern of a Central Organization) 6. the Association
Secretary or
Organization Secretary has full
authority over his or her
organization and
personnel. It is his or her
task to
cope when
policy does not exist, to
hold the
form of the
organization, to keep it busy and prosperous and its
morale high.
(HCO PL 31 Jan 61, Spheres of Influence) 7. procures persons, puts them bodily on
post, puts the person's hands on the
equipment or
MEST of the
job, handles pay, supervises the
actual conduct of the
work (gets the
work done), sees that the proper hours are kept, etc., and changes, transfers, or dismisses the
personnel.
(HCO PL 27 Feb 59) 8. purpose: to execute policies and orders. To
coordinate organizational activities. To
care for
legal and
public concerns of the
organization.
(HCO London 9 Jan 58) Abbr. Assoc Sec, Assn Sec.