What does the comm do? (P/VP)

Hello everyone

Since AGM is coming up, we've decided to do a series of entries about the different committee posts of GENUS! (and also to answer the question of "What exactly does the comm do?!" which has been hovering in many juniors' minds) Yep, this is to help you voters better understand what are the job scopes of the various posts and make informed decisions on your voting slips.

So let us begin with the President and Vice President.

(Please note that these two roles are dynamic and the P & VP should complement each other)

What do P & VP do?

• Together with CM, conductor and tutors, decide the direction of the ensemble especially for concerts.
• Ensure the smooth running of practices and events
• Planning of practice and event schedules
• Allocate tasks to other committee members and set deadlines
• Ensure that all the other committee members are doing their job and to ensure effective communication within the committee
• Fulfill the role of any other committee members when they need help or when they are not around.
• Liase with external parties (CFA, other groups, external organizations, etc)

Qualities that a good P/VP candidate should have:

• Clear vision for GENUS.
• Ability to take the initiative and push new ideas forward.
• Able to identify problems and solve them creatively, being resourceful.
• Have a big picture of things, but also pay great attention to details.
• Open to suggestions and criticisms, but at then end of the day able to come up with decisions with his/her own judgement.
• Willingness to serve and to commit his/her time to GENUS.
• Able to work and communicate well with others.

Actually, willingness to serve and commit your time to GENUS is an important quality in every single committee member. Being a committee member can really take up quite a chunk of your time - so much so that my friend (who is a comm member in another CFA grp) exclaimed to me that she feels more like a full time staff of CFA who is just a part time student of NUS. ^^" Seems pretty extreme huh? But I believe this sentiment rings true for all comm members during the month before concerts :)

This entry is part of the What does the Comm do? series.

The committee is made up President, Vice President, Concert Master, Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian, Property Managers, Publicity Secretaries.