Current Member reps are Rebecca Hutton, Anita McKay, Annie Park, Patricia Wake and Alexandra Walton.
Summary: Represent members’ concerns and support the Trustees
Skills and qualities required: good interpersonal skills, tact, reliability, empathy, initiative
- Liaise between the members and the Board of Trustees, representing Members’ opinions to the Committee
- Respond to queries from members.
- Actively contribute to Trustee Board Meetings and the running of the charity
- Take on projects or tasks delegated by the Committee in support of the membership
- Support choir events as necessary
Each Member Representative serves for 3 consecutive years and then must stand down to enable another member of the Chorus to stand, thereby ensuring that Board membership is refreshed on a regular basis.
Member Reps are different from Voice Reps:
Member Reps
- Become trustees and help to run the charity
- Serve as trustees for three years only
- Attend trustee (committee) meetings
- Share member concerns and suggestions at trustee meetings
- Do not handle membership queries
- Don’t track member attendance etc
Voice Reps
- Do not become trustees
- Can serve for as few or as many years as they wish
- Do not attend trustee committee meetings
- Are not responsible for sharing concerns and suggestions with trustees
- Respond to queries from members
- Warn members if attendance is falling too low