The ambassador has various tools at hand to steer the embassy's course. He holds regular meetings with the heads of his embassy's sections. These staff meetings are called "morning prayers" in the British foreign service while in the German foreign service they are known as "Morgenandacht'. The ambassador will also consult with individual staff members if the need arises. An experienced ambassador will listen carefully to the advice he gets from his staff. As chief of mission, the ambassador must also see to it that he views important correspondence. On incoming mail he can mark whether he wants to sign the answer or wants to see the answer before it leaves the embassy. He can also give instructions indicating that be wants to discuss the issue with his staff member in charge. As bureaucracies, embassies have catalogues for appropriate notes in the margins, it is equally important that the ambassador sees all important outgoing mails. He will insist that he signs important reports to his foreign ministry himself. He is well advised also to insist on initialing all important notes verbales addressed to the foreign ministry of the host country, because he is answerable to the host government for the contents of these notes.