Minstrel Staffing

Minstrel Staffing Report

for the month of February, 2015

Staffing efforts for the Minstrel are ongoing and evolving. Right now

my main push is to really institute the kitchen upgrade we started in

February, and see if we can lighten Amy’s load in finding weekly Minstrel kitchen volunteers. We’ve had some solid early success with

this effort, but we still need to make the changes “part of the culture”

so they’re self supporting.

I’m planning on a Head Staff/Door volunteer meeting in April. Mark

Schaffer has agreed to host. The focus will be on bringing consistency

and common practice to these two jobs, and groom more people to fill

the positions. Look for more news soon.

I’ve begun working with Mike Agranoff on making some of the Head

Staff tools more user friendly. Our first big goal is revamping the

Tally sheet and the serpentine end of the evening accounting

process. This would go a loooong way in making the Head Staff job

more appealing to the masses. Or maybe just to three or four new

people? Anybody?

I am also looking for a solid investment from six upstanding Folk

Project citizens to commit to volunteer for the Head Staff job once

every six weeks, and end another of Amy’s weekly pleadings for

bodies to fill those positions. Anyone reading this who might be

saying to themselves “hey, that could me ME!” please see me ASAP

before you change your mind.

It has yet to be decided if the Folk Project will be having a

Volunteer Appreciation event sometime this year. One would hope, but circumstances may conspire against us - we shall see. We’re in a cost conscious environment these days, and rightfully so, but this is

an “infrastructure” investment that’s truly needed. Stay tuned, stay

engaged, stay energized…

Respectfully,

Barrett