The class secretary plays an important role in facilitating communication among class officers and maintaining a formal structure for the group. The secretary takes minutes of class meetings and distributes them to all class officers as well as the staff class contact. They are also responsible for maintaining a record of all meeting minutes. The secretary may be in charge of ensuring that the class constitution is regularly reviewed and updated, and they may serve as class historian by documenting important events and changes in the organization’s history. The secretary may also write class sympathy, congratulatory, and thank-you notes.