The Care and Keeping of Anna

with pulse, breath, head, hands, heart and muscle

Revisiting Who’s Who

Committees

Archives

Nominating

Marketing

Operations

Vox

Music

Volunteer

Fundraising

Production

Themis

GALA

Board• President• Vice-President• Secretary• Treasurer• Members At

Large• Singing and Non-

Singing• Personnel Group

• Business Manager

[no vote]• Artistic Director

[no vote]

Singers• Soprano

1• Soprano

2• Alto 1• Alto 2

Strengths and Challenges with current framework

Strengths It is familiar. It has gotten us where we are today.

Challenges Communication between entities is

inconsistent. Few people do lots of work.

Meet Anna

She has many parts that need care and nourishment.

Her breath - making wonderful music.

Her hands – connecting her to her musical sisters.

Her muscle – giving strength to her music.

Her head – giving purpose and ideas to her music.

Her heart – energizing her to sustain her music.

Her pulse - feeding and connecting each force.

These things are all part of her. They are utterly interdependent and one is not more important than another. One part cannot exist without health in all the other parts.

The Body of Anna

Breath – Musical Excellence

Head – Social Justice

Hands – Feminist Community, Membership Development

Heart – Board of Directors

Muscle –Production

Pulse - Operation and Communication

The Body of Anna

Breath – Musical Excellence

Head – Social Justice

Hands – Feminist Community, Members

Heart – Board of Directors

Muscle– Production

Pulse – Operation and Communication

MuComm, Artistic Direction, Auditions, Select Repertoire, Concert Themes

Social Justice, Archives, VOX

Membership Development, Care and Concern, Volunteers, Nominations , GALA coordination, Attendance, Dues, Librarian, Snacks, Morale, Conflict Resolution

Board of Directors, Fund-raising, Financial, Community Outreach and Visibility, Themis, Grants, Raffle, Personnel [HR] Committee,

Marketing, Promotion, Childcare, Venue, Accessibility, Sound, Green Room, Receptions, Concert Programs and Ads, Concert Liaison, Store

Day to day management, Database, Website, Communication between body parts

PREVIOUS nomenclature

The Body of Anna

Breath – Musical Excellence

Head – Social Justice

Hands – Feminist Community,

Members

Heart – Board of Directors

Muscle – Production

Pulse – Operation and

Communication

Artistic direction, auditions, select repertoire, concert themes, venue considerations

Being the steward of our mission for social justice, preserving our written and oral legacy

Take care of each other, provide musical leadership for each section, housekeeping tasks around rehearsals and singers [ie attendance, sectionals, snacks, dues etc.] connections between singing and non-singing volunteers, nominations, conference coordination

Fund-raising, financial considerations, community outreach and visibility, Themis, grants, raffle, personnel [HR]

Marketing, promotion, childcare, venue coordination, accessibility, sound, green room, receptions, concert programs and ads, marketplace, concert liaison

In more frequent meetings than the other parts, day to day management, database, website, communication between body parts

The Functions of Each Body Part

The Body of Anna

Breath – Musical Excellence

Head – Social Justice

Hands – Feminist Community, Members

Heart – Board of Directors

Muscle – Production

Pulse – Operation and Communication

Artistic director, Section Leaders, Singers

Singers, Non-singers

Singers, Non-singers

Board Members, Artistic Director

Non-Singers, Singers, [collaborates with Artistic Director]

At least one member from each other part, Artistic Director

Optimal Members

Compare and Contrast

What is different?

• Simplifying the structure

• Flattening the hierarchy

• Adding a conscious communication element [Pulse]

What is the same?

• The mission• The vision• The work

The Body Parts[Committees]

Each Body Part

• Each Anna sister can put energy toward at least one body part

• Varying levels of involvement by individual members

• Charged with specific tasks

• Interdependent with the other parts

• One member of each part will also sit on the Pulse

Hands

Head

Heart

Breath

Muscle

The Pulse

Pulse is the only “new element”

• Meets twice a month

• Consists of at least one member of each other part

• Charged with coordinating and collaborating within the body

• Nudges each part to complete tasks

• Communicates with the choir about operation and forward movement of our mission

Head

Heart

Breath Muscle

Hands

One Body – Many Caregivers

Hands

Head

Heart

Breath

Muscle

Pulse