Bonus Preparation Post: Clarifying Checking

Friends, apparently there is some confusion about the new checking policy, so I want to send around a fresh copy of what I sent in June.

CHECKING UPDATE

Your NEHB staff and officers, and your sponsors, are committed to helping you be prepared for the rally - being fully prepared is the best way to have fun and make fantastic music together.

We make preparation as easy and fun as possible. You have always responded - the payoff has been that nearly all attendees are well prepared. 

In recognition of that, checking will be different and largely invisible this year.

All you will need to do, is sing. 

We will have a few key staff listening. If our staff identify under-prepared singers (or if you confidentially identify them to us), we will privately speak with them, and see if we can help them at this and future Rallies. 

We have confidence in you, and that is why we are doing away with checking panels for this year.  Your commitment to us has inspired us to try this approach. 

I avoid the phrase, but this seems like a good time to say it: "Coming unprepared is not an option". 

Please continue to ask for help with your preparation, so that you can come and sing with confidence, ease and total enjoyment.