The Marching Arts Consultant!

[John Keegan]

Ever want to be a consultant!
Would you like to assist others in starting groups!

Welcome to "The Marching Arts Consultant"!

This new forum has been created to help assist those interested in forming
groups such as drum corps', winter guard, and winter percussion.
We will start with forum category "Drum Corps". Percussion and Guard will be
added in the near future!

As this is a brand new forum, please help populate the board and let your
contacts know about this new forum!
http://www.northeastarts.org/consultant/

I encourage you to email me with files, budgets and documentation that your
organization has used in your startup phase. Please clear it with your
administration and remove organizations name if appropriate.

This info will be made available on this server and links will be provided!
Please email your files to nort...@northeastarts.org or feel free to
create links within the proper categories within the forum.

This is a moderated forum and was designed to help provide informational
material for those interested in forming groups.
Personal attacks on individuals will be monitored and removed!
http://www.northeastarts.org/consultant/

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Drum Corps
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Incorporating
How to incorporate as a non-profit Organization.....Getting Started!

B.O.D
Setting up the function of a Board of Directors

Mission Statement
Philosophical Direction of your Organization....Writing your Mission
Statement

Management Staff
Qualifications you should look for when hiring your management staff

Creating Budgets
Elements to include in budgets...Capital and Operational Budgets

Capital Projects
Startup Capital, Equipment Capital, Building etc.

BINGO
Starting a BINGO game.....Sources for getting started

Corporate Support
Soliciting Corporate Sponsorship

Local Support
Soliciting Local Business Sponsorship

Grant Writing
Grant sources and writing tips

Marketing
PR and marketing

Recruiting
Recruiting techniques

Consultants
Consultant Sources, Services and Contacts

Educational Material
Sources and links to Educational Material

Successes and Failures
The Do's and Don'ts of running a drum corps

Open Forum

[Ben Van Kurin]

John
Great Idea! Hope you have great success with this idea.
Benjy Van Kurin
Southern Tier Organization for Recreational Music
Spectrum Winterguard
Executive Director