Within the Religious Society of Friends, a clerk is someone responsible for various administrative functions within a meeting for worship for church affairs or meeting for worship with attention to business.
Within some branches of the Religious Society of Friends, the clerk may also create an agenda and may facilitate the meeting.
In Britain, when members of the meeting wish to indicate their approval of a minute, they will sometimes say "hope so".
Some Friends groups, particularly ones who do not have regular minuted meetings for worship for business, may have some of the roles usually carried out by a clerk carried out by a correspondent (who is responsible for sending and receiving correspondence on behalf of the meeting) or a convenor (who is responsible for bringing people together for a meeting - this is a term often used for someone who co-ordinates a committee).
Most committees will have their own clerk or convenor who will convene meetings and record minutes.