Office Bearers

Key Responsibilities

• Chairs Management Team meetings, AGM and EGM meetings. Agrees the agenda and priorities with the Chorus Secretary.
• Develops and implements appropriate Chorus policies.
• Responsible for overall Chorus communications; actively listening to and responding to members’ views.
• Preserves and nurtures the Chorus culture of fun, friendship and mutual support.
• Ensures that all LABBS resolutions and rules are implemented.
• Represents the Chorus to LABBS and other external bodies.

• Setting the musical direction for the Chorus.
• Appointing members to the Music Team.
• Overseeing the singing evaluation of existing and new Chorus members.
• Planning and directing Chorus rehearsals.
• Providing education, support and encouragement to Section leaders, enabling them to develop their sections.
• Deciding the content of competitions and performance and preparing the Chorus for all performances.
• Introducing new music to the Chorus 
• Developing methods to improve the performance standards of the Chorus.
• Planning and implementing a coaching strategy for the Chorus.
• Encouraging and advising Chorus quartets.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee membership teams
• Represent the membership team on the board including producing reports
• Managing attendance awards
• LABBS liaison, registration and renewals, representing the chorus on LABBS council meetings
• Supporting the Chair as appropriate

Teams

New members support team

• Meet and greet potential new members
• Liaise with music and pastoral teams 
• Guide through audition process
• Coordinate open rehearsal and recruitment events
• Administrate new members website access, uniform, name badges etc
• Facilitate handover to regular pastoral team

Section Pastoral team

• Monitor wellbeing and attendance of section members
• Escalate wellbeing or attendance concerns to Vice Chair for Membership
• Assist new members
• Manage leave of absence and chorus leavers

Member communicaton

• Bring together information for the weekly newsletter and liaise with Secretary
• Liaise with board to publish surveys and polls when required
• Receive feedback from members and be their voice to the music and management teams 
• Liaise with PRO to assist with FaceBook, website and LABBS communications

Key Responsibilities

• Prepares agendas for Management Team meetings.
• Prepares, finalises and distributes minutes of Management Team meetings.
• Handles all matters of correspondence pertaining to Chorus administration.
• Compiles, edits and posts the Weekly Chorus newsletter.
• Prepares templates and collates information for Chorus events.
• Updates and amends all Chorus documentation together with the Chair and Membership Secretary as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish dates of key events and communicate with board and music team
• Identify attendees and special requirements
• Liaise with Treasurer to book venues, transport, accomodation, catering etc
• Manage room allocation for residential events
• Agree costume requirements
• Communicate necessary information to members
• Liaise with Public Relations Officer
• Support Bookings Officer to assist with sing-outs as required

Key Events

• Convention
• Retreat
• Special rehearsals/coaching
• Fundraising events
• Festivals
• Shows
• LABBS events

Key Responsibilities

• Liaises with local media for publicity purposes
• Writes articles for local media and barbershop/singing publications
• Publicises all Chorus events on social media 
• Designs and prepares promotional materials including event flyers
• Manages the public Spinnaker Facebook page
• Contributes actively to the private Spinnaker Facebook page for internal communications
• Ensures that photographs are taken of Spinnaker events for publicity purposes

Key Responsibilities

• Prepares and monitors the annual budget.
• Collects all monies due to the Chorus and advises on appropriate subscription levels.
• Manages the Chorus bank account/s and pays fees/invoices on behalf of the Chorus.
• Ensures that Chorus income balances Chorus income and expenditure.
• Provides longer term financial planning advice.
• Prepares annual accounts for the AGM.

Key Responsibilities

• Identifies opportunities for appropriate singouts and markets the Chorus to potential audiences/venues
• Receives performance requests and provides information and advice to the MD on suitability
• Supports the MD by coordinating information from the client once performance/s have been agreed
• Liaises with the MD on an appropriate fee for each event based on agreed broad guidelines
• Assesses the availability of Chorus members for potential sing-outs and advise the MD of numbers and names by voice part.
• Liaises with PRO re publicity for each performance/event
• Liaises with Treasurer re receipts, fees, donations etc

Key Responsibilities

• Maintains security of the website
• Manages access to the various elements of the site
• Updates Web content 
• Assists others to access and maintain data and content
• Responsible for data protection and compliance with GDPR

• Setting the musical direction for the Chorus.
• Appointing members to the Music Team.
• Overseeing the singing evaluation of existing and new Chorus members.
• Planning and directing Chorus rehearsals.
• Providing education, support and encouragement to Section leaders, enabling them to develop their sections.
• Deciding the content of competitions and performance and preparing the Chorus for all performances.
• Introducing new music to the Chorus 
• Developing methods to improve the performance standards of the Chorus.
• Planning and implementing a coaching strategy for the Chorus.
• Encouraging and advising Chorus quartets.

• Standing in for the MD as required.
• Leading rehearsals in MD’s absence.
• Assisting in the selection of music and new songs.
• Assisting section leaders in developing their sections.

• Coaching sectional rehearsals.
• Managing ‘pink sequin’ evaluations.
• Communicating with section members to advise on music matters and listen to comments/issues.
• Informing the MD of any problems with new repertoire songs specific to their section.
• Attending and contributing to Music Team meetings.

• Coaching sectional rehearsals.
• Managing ‘pink sequin’ evaluations.
• Communicating with section members to advise on music matters and listen to comments/issues.
• Informing the MD of any problems with new repertoire songs specific to their section.
• Attending and contributing to Music Team meetings.

• Coaching sectional rehearsals.
• Managing ‘pink sequin’ evaluations.
• Communicating with section members to advise on music matters and listen to comments/issues.
• Informing the MD of any problems with new repertoire songs specific to their section.
• Attending and contributing to Music Team meetings.

• Coaching sectional rehearsals.
• Managing ‘pink sequin’ evaluations.
• Communicating with section members to advise on music matters and listen to comments/issues.
• Informing the MD of any problems with new repertoire songs specific to their section.
• Attending and contributing to Music Team meetings.