And if so, what do you do with it?
At our last committee meeting (I chair) we discussed committment to the band, and attendance.
There are two opposing views
1. We are a community band, where people can come for a blow and enjoy themselves in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere
2. We are a performing band, improving every year, and for rehearsals and peformances we need committment to each other to turn up and make ourselves available when reasonably possible for performances.
We are now having at least 2 enquiries a week from people who want to join our band, and most of the people wanting to join are excellent players. We generally put them on a waiting list as the chairs are full by current members - some of whom do not always turn up.
So we are thinking of taking a register to see who turns up, and how often.
And then, we have to think how we use that information. Do we ask them to leave if they come less than xx% of the time?
We could be open to everybody, and be selective about who performs (but this makes balance in rehearsal difficult, and exclusive when performing)
We could be closed to newcomers until a member leaves and miss out on improving the standard in the band.
We could kick people off the band if they are not committed, however that is defined.
What do you do?
Chris
At our last committee meeting (I chair) we discussed committment to the band, and attendance.
There are two opposing views
1. We are a community band, where people can come for a blow and enjoy themselves in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere
2. We are a performing band, improving every year, and for rehearsals and peformances we need committment to each other to turn up and make ourselves available when reasonably possible for performances.
We are now having at least 2 enquiries a week from people who want to join our band, and most of the people wanting to join are excellent players. We generally put them on a waiting list as the chairs are full by current members - some of whom do not always turn up.
So we are thinking of taking a register to see who turns up, and how often.
And then, we have to think how we use that information. Do we ask them to leave if they come less than xx% of the time?
We could be open to everybody, and be selective about who performs (but this makes balance in rehearsal difficult, and exclusive when performing)
We could be closed to newcomers until a member leaves and miss out on improving the standard in the band.
We could kick people off the band if they are not committed, however that is defined.
What do you do?
Chris