Hi
I'm not sure if this is the right section to post this in, but not sure where else to put it.
I'm band secretary at my band, and find it can be a very demanding job at times - maybe it's just at my band, or maybe I'm a control freak and want to make sure that things get done on time, but there always seems to be a lot to do and keep organised. From membership registers, key registers, calendars, tracking attendance, preparing minutes and agendas for meetings, to dealing with enquiries and correspondence that come in to the band (new members, playout requests, etc), there's always something to be done.
Does anyone struggle managing all that?
I'm doing pretty well juggling it all, but I thought I'd ask what others do - maybe you know of something (a website, or app, or even an offline paper-based system) that has made your life easier. I'm always on the lookout for ways to innovate or systems to put in place so handover to the next secretary will be easier, or if anything happens to me, someone else can step in and everything keeps going without too much trouble (for this reason, I hate registers being kept on people's computers - you generally either end up with no access to it if they walk away, or multiple versions of the same document being kept by different people, sometimes with no control over who has the master copy).
Or - pie in the sky - what do you wish you had that could solve a problem you've got? (Maybe someone else has the answer).
So just thought I'd start off a discussion as to what's out there these days.
I'm not sure if this is the right section to post this in, but not sure where else to put it.
I'm band secretary at my band, and find it can be a very demanding job at times - maybe it's just at my band, or maybe I'm a control freak and want to make sure that things get done on time, but there always seems to be a lot to do and keep organised. From membership registers, key registers, calendars, tracking attendance, preparing minutes and agendas for meetings, to dealing with enquiries and correspondence that come in to the band (new members, playout requests, etc), there's always something to be done.
Does anyone struggle managing all that?
I'm doing pretty well juggling it all, but I thought I'd ask what others do - maybe you know of something (a website, or app, or even an offline paper-based system) that has made your life easier. I'm always on the lookout for ways to innovate or systems to put in place so handover to the next secretary will be easier, or if anything happens to me, someone else can step in and everything keeps going without too much trouble (for this reason, I hate registers being kept on people's computers - you generally either end up with no access to it if they walk away, or multiple versions of the same document being kept by different people, sometimes with no control over who has the master copy).
Or - pie in the sky - what do you wish you had that could solve a problem you've got? (Maybe someone else has the answer).
So just thought I'd start off a discussion as to what's out there these days.