The aims of the Constitution Review Panel were the review the relationship between the Officers, the Council and Senior Executives, and the status of the Director General as Chief Executive; and the powers of Council to appoint boards and committees, and to delegate authority to them, and in particular the role of the Finance and General Purposes Committee
The terms of reference were:
'To review the Charter, Byelaws and Regulations of the Society and the organisation of the Society with particular refence to:
(1) the categories of Fellows, Associates and other interested persons such as Lifewatch members;
(2) the status of the persons mentioned in (1) and the facilities that should be provided for them;
(3) the rates of subscription that should be levied in the light of any changes in (1) and (2);
the rules governing the nomination and election of members of the Council;
(5) the arrangements for meetings of members of the Society, whether formal or informal, in order to facilitate contact by members with the Officers and Council and the exchange of views."
Correspondence with Fellows, ballot papers and extracts from Council Minutes
Correspondence Secretary & members of Council re structure of Fellowship, 1957; Zoo. Sunday Opening, 1957; Resolutions relating to committees and Fellows [extracts from the Minutes of Council etc., 1826-1958].
Zoological Society of LondonH Cobden-Turner, 1957-1959; Colonel Finch, 1958-1959; EPF Field, 1958; Seccombe Hetts, 1957; Misc, 1957-1959; Correspondence relating to Peterborough Daily Telegraph article, 1958; Correspondence between 'rebel' Fellows, 1958-1959; Correspondence with Mr Raymond Russell and misc., 1957-1959.
Zoological Society of London