Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Summary of Practice on Sep. 8, 2007

Below are the excellent notes recorded by our Band secretary, Jephthah

 
Attendance: Jason, Ned, Collin, Daniel, Randi, Emmanuel, myself (Jephthah)
Guest: Luke MacLean
 
Shortly after 2:00 we watched the video clips Mark MacLean recorded of our practice at Sky Ranch. We then discussed band jobs, originally creating six. After brainstorming and choosing tasks assigned to each job, we did away with the sixth job, which had only one task. This task, creating PowerPoints, was consolidated into the secretarial position.

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Technical Director- Daniel

Maintains the website/blog and Google documents
Determines PowerPoint operator
Working with soundman, connects audio/video equipment
Is contacted when speaker(/guest) has audio or video needs
Receives emails to be sent and blogs to be posted

The Technical Director will send all band emails. Jason will "report" to Daniel with information regarding band practice and Monday nights.


Equipment Manager- Ned

Organizes equipment storage
Plots stage (band member, equipment places)
Maintains equipment (repairing, determining if new equipment is needed)
Organizes setting up and tearing down of equipment


Treasurer- Randi

Coordinates with Bob for funds
Organizes fundraisers (meets with Calendar Coordinator)
Purchases equipment (meets with Equipment Manager)
(includes researching prices)
Organizes and tracks funds (keeps records of purchases and funds received)


Calendar Coordinator- Tess?

Plans music sets
Chooses worship themes and special events
Works with:
 leaders (coordinate with speakers and make announcements)
 Treasurer (schedules fundraisers)
 Rest of band (notifies regarding themes, special events)

The Calendar Coordinator needs every band member's email address (even though emails are first sent to Daniel?) and perhaps everyone's phone number.


Secretary- myself (Jephthah)

Responsible for:
 PowerPoints (may receive help from others)
 Web Pages (sends emails, blogs to Technical Director)
 Organizing music
Keeps records of meetings


These positions are flexible, and more may be created as the need arises. Not everyone will have a job assigned to them; some tasks may be shared, and some positions may be jointly run.
Tess needs to decide whether she will be the Calendar Coordinator. If not, someone else who did not attend this practice may want to volunteer.

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After assigning jobs, we discussed the tryouts, which are approaching Monday. Jason suggested that if a junior high band was formed, it could meet in another room or even another home each Saturday. However, so far no one has volunteered to lead them in separate practice. (another position?) The simultaneous use of the MK band soundboard and the Activity Center soundboard was also considered.

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This is a summary of the September 8 MK band practice, held at Jason's house. Please send comments and/or questions to Daniel, the Technical Director.

                                                    Jephthah Goring, Secretary

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