Happy Holidays M-AD!
Throughout this past year, our M-AD Operations Team (Ops Team) searched for ways to best serve our membership even though we weren’t singing and sharing our hobby the way we were used to. This included online versions of Leadership Academy, Director Round Tables, Virtual Harmony College East, as well as planning several events before being forced to cancel them. While not visible to many of you, the Ops Team continues to work on events and programs for 2022.
With a goal of serving our District members more effectively, the District Leadership also reorganized the Ops Team. This change includes a re-alignment of the District Vice Presidents and will be accompanied by a District Operations Manual. This guidance document (manual) has been sorely needed for almost a decade.
We will roll out a reorganized structure in the new year consisting of the following four silos:
- Community, to serve our chapters, quartets, and members
- Events, to plan, execute, and administer our contests and conventions
- Education, to grow and develop all barbershoppers
- Marketing, to ensure effective and efficient communication to our members and the community
I am confident that these changes will aid in moving our organization forward. Thank you for your support.
submitted by Steve Kirsch, Executive Vice President (EVP)