Making together
Post a call
A guitarist, Thursdays, Brooklyn. Ninety seconds to write, and the difference between four good answers and none is entirely in how plainly you put it.
5 min
5 steps
The walk
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Say the thing, not the category
"A bassist who can read a chart" beats "musicians wanted". "A voice for a two-minute short" beats "voice talent". Write the card you would pin in a stairwell, and pick the craft it is in. -
Give the when and the where
The place, how often, and the date it starts. Say in the description whether it can be done remotely. Calls without these get answers from people who then discover they cannot do it. -
Say whether there is money
Paid, with the rate, gets better answers. Unpaid, said plainly, gets honest ones. A call that avoids the question gets neither. -
Post it
It goes on the board, where members — and nobody else — can see it, filed under its craft. Answers arrive on your call's page. -
Accept, then mark it filled
Accept the answer you want and a conversation opens between the two of you. When you have everyone you need, mark the call filled: it comes off the board, and everyone still waiting is told no.
Good to know
- Read your call back and ask whether a stranger could tell what night to turn up. If not, it is not finished.
- Answer somebody else's call before you post your own. It is the fastest way to be somebody people answer.
Afterwards
Fill it, and the people who answered are told
Mark the call filled when you have your person, or close it if the need went away. Either way, everybody still waiting on an answer is declined for you, which takes one press and saves four people from wondering for a fortnight.
Leaving people hanging is, more simply, a horrible thing to do to somebody who took the trouble to answer. The board makes it easy not to.
Questions, answered
How many calls can I have open?
As many as you have real needs. There is no charge and no boost that moves one up a board.
Can the public see my call?
No. Calls are club-side, visible to members and to nobody else.
Can I accept more than one answer?
Yes. A band needs more than one player, so accepting an answer leaves the call open until you mark it filled.
Can I post a job for my company?
Yes, honestly, with the money in it. What you cannot do is write to fifty members about a vacancy.
Write the card
The instrument, the night, the city, the rate. Members answer, and the one you accept is a conversation away.