Brand New Booster Board… and No One Trained You? Let’s Fix That.

There’s a post floating around right now that stopped me in my tracks.

A high school booster club is about to roll into next season with an entirely new board.

President. Vice President. Treasurer. Secretary. All freshman parents.

No transition plan. No seasoned leadership stepping in. And very little guidance being handed down.

And the comments?

Exactly what you would expect.

“Follow the bylaws.”

“Just communicate.”

“Ask your director.”

“Make binders.”

“Use Google Drive.”

“Make sure your taxes are filed.”

“Don’t mess up the finances.”

All well-meaning. All partially right. All completely overwhelming when you’re the one sitting there thinking: “Okay… but what do we actually do first?”

Let me say this clearly:

If this is you… You did not miss the memo. You are not failing. And you are definitely not the only one.

What you’re stepping into is one of the most common (and most stressful) transitions in all of fine arts programs:

A full leadership reset with no roadmap.

And what usually happens next?

• New leaders try to do everything at once

• Advice comes from ten different directions

• Roles get blurry

• Communication gets messy

• Financial questions start creeping in

• And by mid-season… everyone is just trying to survive

Not because people don’t care.

But because no one ever stopped and said: “Here’s how you actually get your footing.”

So that’s what I’m doing.

Not another giant PDF. Not another “tips and tricks” list.

I’m building something different.

🔧 A Resource Center Built From Real Conversations

I’ve started putting together a Booster Board Resource Center based directly on the exact issues surfacing in conversations like this one.

Not theory. Not recycled templates. Real problems. Real confusion. Real pressure.

Broken down into simple entry points like:

• “What do we do first?”

• “We’re worried about finances and accounts”

• “We don’t understand our bylaws”

• “What is the director supposed to handle vs us?”

• “Our communication is already a mess”

• “We were given almost no transition”

• “We just don’t want to screw this up”

Each section is being built to:

• give you immediate clarity

• walk you through what actually matters

• and offer simple, board-ready downloads you can take back to your team

⚠️ Real talk for a second…

This is still under construction. Because I’m not building it in a vacuum.

I’m building it based on what you are actually dealing with right now.

Which means:

• the structure is live

• the entry points are there

• and the content is being added intentionally

👇 Here’s what I’d recommend you do right now

If you’re stepping into a new booster role (or about to):

1. Go to the resource center

2. Create a free account (nothing weird, just so we can stay connected as this grows)

3. Bookmark the page

4. Check back as sections go live

Because this is going to become:

A place you can come back to when something doesn’t make sense…instead of trying to piece together advice from 40 different comments.

🤝 And if you’re already in the thick of it…

If your situation looks like:

• no transition

• missing information

• unclear finances

• tension between board and director

• or just general overwhelm

You don’t have to figure it out alone.

I’ve been working directly in this space for a long time, and I offer 1-hour working sessions where we sit down and map your situation out clearly.

No fluff. No judgment.Just clarity and a path forward.

Final thought

That thread I saw? It’s not rare. It’s not unusual. It’s happening everywhere.

And the people stepping into those roles deserve better than:

“Good luck… you’ll figure it out.”

We can do better than that.

And we’re going to.

👉 [Visit the Booster Board Resource Center](Create your free account and bookmark it—we’re building this together.)