I have been working on the contracts to put online with the leadership positions. As soon as they are ready I will post everything.
Points. How much influence do they have? Well, for one thing, some people helped just for points and although I cannot tell who that is, people dropping an item in the middle of the field after I pass by are in no way getting away with it. There are many of those situations throughout the year. I hear everything and we have 7 other staff people who see everything as well. So, although the points have a guarantee for anyone in the 1 through 20 spots to get one of the 30 positions, the other 10 spots are filled on a whole bunch of other criteria. Some of them I will go through now.
Showing your face in the bandroom. There are people on the top of the list who did not step into the bandroom at all except for rehearsals. There are, tonight, people that I haven't seen in months, who expect one of the top positions. To be one of the top officers you must be proactive and be helping all the time, not only when points are being awarded. You should stop by once in a while to check up on everything, to see if we need some help. I tried, along with the staff, to see what people seemed to do stuff at those unusual times, when nobody else wants to help and those people have been awarded to the best of our ability. This was taken into account as well as the service points.
Performance, level of musicianship and colorguard skills. There are people, low on the point list who are superior musicians, great leaders, and helped on the field with their amazing attitude who now have positions. In most circumstances this is very obvious, sometimes not so much. We take into consideration how great a marcher and musician/flag twirler you are.
We do our best to make the decisions and sometimes make mistakes. It is natural and part of this subjective process. If you are happy with your position, great. If you are not take a day or two to calm down, and see me tomorrow or another day and I will let you know how I came to that decision. I will be happy to meet with anyone with any questions. I will not talk about another band member, just your situation.
