Minstrel Staffing Report

MinsStaff Report 15.06

! Advocating for our Volunteers since 2015 !

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I. Volunteer Appreciation Concert coming up!

A. July 25, 2015 - Tom Paxton concert at Sanctuary

1. Will be recognition of 40 years of Folk Project volunteers

2. They’ll be recognized at the door, and recognized again from the stage

3. Minstrel volunteers yes, but just as important:

a) 40 years of Board of Directors volunteers

(1) Officers

(2) Trustees

(3) Venue Chairs

(4) Committee chairs

b) 40 years of behind the scenes volunteers

c) 40 years of committee volunteers - indians, not chiefs, doing

hundreds of hours of work behind the scenes

II. Overall Minstrel volunteer turn out continues to be strong

A. Several job re-designs / tweaks are still in process but we can continue

improving

B. We’ve had strong Baker turn out in the past few months

1. Food contributions have been excellent

C. Establishing our “Kitchen Tradition” at Minstrel shows continues - you

can help out! Help spread the word that all it takes at half time is four or

more audience volunteers to help clean up food room and kitchen, then

all of our kitchen volunteers can enjoy the entire second half of the

show.

III. Head Staff Position

A. Actively working with Minstrel Booking to make this job more realistic

B. Updating Head Staff supplies at MUF

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Respectfully Submitted

Barrett Wilson

Chairman, Minstrel Staffing