Hi everyone! As promised, uploaded here is an overview of the job scopes of the various posts in the NYCO committee! J

President (Sec 3)

• Assist the Teachers-in-charge as well as our conductors (Mrs Ee and 林老师) in admin matters
  
• Main source of administrative support of the whole committee.
  
• Takes consideration into all aspects of CO regardless of admin, welfare or logistics.
  
• Qualities of a President of NYCO
  
  • Should have ample organisation skills and be an effective leader.
    
  • Have good foresight (to prepare for upcoming events)
    
  • Good Time Management
    
  • MUST BE VERY VERY VERY COMMITTED to NYCO
    
  • Decisive – be able to address (all sorts!) problems in a short time!
    

  
   

President '09 – '10: Chew Lixian (Sec 4)

Vice-President 1 (Sec 3)

• Assist the President; Job scopes similar to the Presidents'.
  
• Equally as important as the important
  
• Needless to say, VPs are there to help the president. VPs have to be proactive especially in helping the president, because their suggestions are the best gauge for the president.
  
• In this case, it is IMPORTANT that the president and the VP can work well together.
  
• Gives the president support and help à should be equally capable.
  
• Both president and VP1 will often work with the teachers in charge, committee and CO, so good communication skills are a must.
  

Vice-President 2 (Sec 2)

• President understudy
  
  • exposed to the usual planning that a president has to deal with.
    
  • learn the essentials to leading a CO well through various leadership opportunities
    
  • In charge of all the keys to our CO practice venues (m401 – m403 and level 4 classroom keys)
    

NOTE: Neither should be too involved in external commitments as these 2 roles can be time-consuming (i.e. you should have enough time to spend on school work, CO, your hobbies and yourself).

VP1 '09 – ' 10: Denise Yeo Jia Qi (Sec 4), VP2 '09 – '10': Lim Woon Yee (Sec 3)

Secretaries

Our secretaries play a vital role in our CO! They are:

• Responsible for taking attendance during practices, recording meeting minutes and handling many other administrative duties (like collating the holiday schedules of each and every one of you!).
  

  
   

• Qualities needed for a secretary
  
  • On-task and efficeient – demanding job to handle such a HUGE group of people!
    
  • Fast and precise – to take down notes for minutes during meetings
    
  • Fast, fast and FAST!
    

    Even taking attendance, they have to be fast or it will take up a lot of time during practice.

• Meticulous and careful!
  

    They have to keep track of everybody's attendance, making sure that absentees submit their excuse letters or MC, and be able to note if someone is frequently absent ><

Secretary '09-'10: Eva Kong Yuet Man (408);

Asst. Secretary 1: Shi Chen (310), Asst. Secretary 2: Hee Jia Min (301)

Treasurer

Our treasurer is also very important! Of course, she:

• Deals with $$$MONEY!$$$ :D
  
• In charge of the CO funds and is responsible for collecting money (e.g. for food during camps, games day etc, SYF photos, and for concert ticket sales etc).
  

Qualities of a treasurer

• For instance when there is an upcoming concert, she will have to collect the money and distribute the tickets to the people who ordered tics.
  
• Have to be clear-headed - as she has to deal with large sums of money, because CO is a super big group of CCA.
  
• Money is a big responsibility, especially for a CCA with so many people
  

Treasurer '09-'10: Rachel Lim Kay Yee     

Manager of General Affairs

• Mainly in charge of the logistical and welfare needs of the orchestra.
  
• Make sure that we have food to eat, uniforms to wear and proper chairs, music stands and practice venues to use! (This includes taking care of cleanliness of all the venues CO uses...)
  
• Assign tasks to the people in the orchestra, such that all of us accomplish them together (so don't worry about having to tank everything up if you are the MGA)
  
• Ensures that everybody has a good instrument to use, costume to wear and is in charge of instrument loans from other schools.
  
• The MGA should be a consistent person who is meticulous with her work J
  

MGA '09 – '10: Rachel Tan Rui Qi

Welfare Coordinator '09-'10: Sylvia Tang

Scores In-Charge

The scores you receive every time we begin on a new piece are prepared by our scores in-charge! (jin shang etc). The CO library (in the tuning room, if you didn't know) is also organised by the scores in-charge. So, in all, the scores IC is in charge of:

•  Photocopying scores for all of you!
  
• Copying scores/ coordinating people to help copy scores for every respective instruments
  
• Making sure the 总谱 is updated after Mrs Ee rectifies a mistake in the scores.
  

Qualities of a Scores IC

• Requires stamina to copy scores for EVERY instrument!
  
• Being able to read stave notation (五线谱) and transpose (highly preferred!)
  

Scores I/C '09 –'10: Lee Wen Di, Lee Wen Li, Liu Shi Jia

Sectional Leaders

• One of the most important roles in the CO!
  
• Oversee administrative matters of the section, as well as the section's technical performance and welfare.
  
  • Collate section stuff (collect ticket orders, collect CO funds etc)
    
  • In charge of disseminating information to members!
    
  • Lead sectionals (when instructor is not around); Arrange lunch sectionals etc!
    
• Qualities a SL should have:
  
  • Responsible
    
  • Have a passion for NYCO!
    
  • Optimistic – to positively influence their sections and promote bonding among sections. (:
    
  • Sensitive to member's needs!
    
  • Misconceptions – SL is not necessarily the PRO-est member in the section.
    

    Most importantly, the SL must be able to LEAD the section to greater heights (not just music, but also the rapport).

• Without your SL, your section will 'lose direction' and the CO will be affected. In other words, the word 'SL' ties very closely with the growth of the section.
  

Sectional Leaders '09 – '10:

Amanda Lim Jia Ying (Pipa), Song Yang (Ruan), Jeslyn Keng (Liuqin), Chua Wang Jia (弦乐) , Lim Yu Shan (ASL of 弦乐), Goh Xiao You Yuka (Yangqin), Lim Wei Shan (Percussion), Zheng Xiaohan (Sheng), Goh Hui Pin (Suona), Victoria Tan (Dizi), Gong Yuan (Cellobass),

Student Conductor

• Oversees the musical performance of the orchestra when Mrs Ee/ 林老师 is not around.
  
• Gets to conduct in mini-events such as:
  
  • Open house
    
  • Sec 1 Orientations
    
  • Etc etc
    
• Gets to undergo conducting training from Mrs Ee (conducting is not as EASY as it seems to! :O)
  

  
   

Qualities of a Student Conductor:

• Critical (in terms of music playing)
  
• Have music background (Preferred)
  
• Interest! :D
  

Student Conductor '09 –'10: Jocelyn Lee Jia Yin

PLEASE NOTE:

• Don't be misled that all the current Sec 3 understudy positions in committee will definitely be promoted to become the official post. So please do not vote according to understudies. Vote based on who you think has the potential in the position.
  

~Of course, if you think that the current understudy has what it takes to be the official post, you can vote for her! J

• Nomination forms are kept anonymous and confidential. So if you are interested and are shy, you can feel free to nominate yourself!
  

Actually, the qualities of all the posts in the committee boils down to one: Passion for NYCO! <3 With passion, actually anything and EVERYTHING is possible! So, if you think you have what it takes (in terms of qualities and responsibilities and commitment), do consider trying out for the committee too! ^^

This is a chance for you to give back to CO and serve your CCA! (Especially if you deem it as your second home/ refuge/ whatever! :))

OK! That's all! J Do consider running for comm! (:

If you have any queries, feel free to approach me/ anyone in the committee! :) The names of the current post holders are stated at the bottom of every post for your easy reference! You might want to drop an sms asking anything you want! :) If you do not have our numbers, you can ask your SLs for our numbers :) They'll have our contacts! :D

Cheers,

Lixian