A business meeting was held on the lawn, before the carriages took the guests back to Banff. Following a paper by Mr Thomas Edward, the club decided to print his paper and distribute it to other societies, and also decided that all future papers would be printed by the Banffshire Journal and be free to members. This is the source of the papers held by the club's transactions secretary today. An early secretary was James Spence, who founded the Buchan Field Club, which is still in existence. Another member, William G. Craib, the botanist, compiled The Flora of Banffshire, published by the Banffshire Journal in 1912. He later became Professor of Botany at Aberdeen University and added three further supplementary lists.

During the First World War, the club continued to meet, but no excursions were held. Postwar, between 1923 and 1937, contributions to meetings were from Mr Alistair Tayler and his sister Henrietta, among others. From 1925 Dr W. Douglas Simpson, librarian at King's College, Aberdeen University, contributed articles and led excursions to Boyne, Findlater, Spynie and Elgin Cathedral, Auchindoir, Rhynie, Essie and Rothiemay Castle. Many of his printed talks have detailed sketch maps and photographs, still available from the transactions.