Sunlight: the Best Disinfectant

[HoltonH178]

I cant help but notice how opaque administration of corps is, particularly the ones I've been closely involved with. Is it your belief that a corps does well do keep its cards close to the vest, or is it important that transparency in the administration and clarity in errors, staff changes, staff errors, etc. helps maintain a healthy drum corps?

[garfield]

I cant help but notice how opaque administration of corps is, particularly the ones I've been closely involved with. Is it your belief that a corps does well do keep its cards close to the vest, or is it important that transparency in the administration and clarity in errors, staff changes, staff errors, etc. helps maintain a healthy drum corps?

"Don't air the family's dirty laundry."

However, your question is not clear because you don't state what your role was in dealing with the corps you've been "closely involved with". Were you a volunteer or on an executive committee or did you have board position? Transparency is viewed differently depending upon how you serve.

Among the executives and board, there certainly must be business transparency. Among the staff, too. But should staff be involved with business decisions? Transparency doesn't seem important between those roles. More like on a "need to know" basis, just do your respective jobs. Transparency invites criticism and decision by committee that eventually waters down an idea's original intent.

All that, and even more so, with volunteers. Just do. your. job.

Transparency with the public should rarely be expected. No matter how much a corps says to the public, whatever they say will never be enough for those who expect it.

As a fan? Fugget-about-it. Your ticket gets you into the stadium, not into the executive boardroom.

As it should be, IMO.

Edited May 26, 2013 by garfield