Minstrel Staffing Report

Minstaff Report 1504

I. Boots on the Ground

A. We’re lucky that the Volunteers we do have are by and large conscientious

and hard working - we have a good crew of people.

B. I’d still like to find a way to “turn out the troops” with out multiple emails

from Amy Livingston trying to fill empty positions.

1. Minstrel Mash is one possibility. This would be a short email synopsis

sent out to the volunteers Saturday / Sunday re-capping the previous

Friday’s Minstrel concert. Sanctuary Concerts does this with their

volunteers, and it’s an effective way of encouraging inclusion, ownership,

and hopefully turn out. I’ve done one or two of these in the past, but not

with consistency.

2. The upgrade for the Kitchen volunteers continues, whereby we make sure

all clean up is completed by the end of the break, freeing up the Kitchen

staff to get back in and enjoy the entire second half of the evening.

3. Our Head Staff conundrum might be easing a bit. I’m in the process of

asking for a once every six or so weeks commitment from my six or so

trained Head Staff people. Once this is all in place, that nagging empty

spot on the Vol. list called Head Staff should be gone….

C. Training

1. I’m working on creating a training session for our Head Staff and Door

volunteers, sometime Spring or early Summer. I’d like to promote those

two positions and build a deeper bench of experienced, available people,

and this type meeting could be part of getting us there.

2. I myself have been trying to spread myself around to all the different vol

jobs - Kitchen, Set Up/Tear Down, MC, and not just the ones I’m

comfortable with - Head Staff and Sound Assistant. It makes sense if

I’m going to effectively manage these jobs that I have some first hand

experience with them.

D. New Volunteers

1. If any of you folks on the Board of Directors would like to try out a

volunteer position, or know of someone who might like to do that, please

let me know, and I’ll connect with them and get them set up….

2. We do have our usual slow dribble of new faces that appear, but

retention is the key…