Decorating Sub Committee

Other sub-committees and their responsibilities:

• Program sub-committee
• Funding sub-committee
• Volunteer sub-committee
• Food sub-committee
• Marketing sub-committee

Decorations create the environment for the event. The environment can convey culture, mood, or an attitude, and is instrumental in meeting goals and communicating the theme. Table center- pieces, serving line set-up, back drops and stage decorations all add to the environment.

When determining the Decoration plan, these items should be taken into consideration:

• Stage Set-up
• Food Area Set-up
• Colors
• Costumes
• Lighting
• Room capabilities and limitations

The Chair of the Decorations sub-committee is responsible for:

• Convening a committee
• Setting meeting times and agendas
• Supporting the development of a Decorating plan
• Communicating the Decorating plan to the Event Committee
• Identifying needed human and monetary resources
• Creating a planning and decorations time line
• Assigning tasks to committee members
• Communicating with the Facility
• Schedule preparation and decorating times
• Communicating the need of volunteers to Volunteer Committee Chair
• Overseeing the prep and decorating
• Evaluating the effectiveness of the Decorating plan
• Thanking all of the participants

The Committee is responsible for:

• Creating a Decorating Plan
• Identifying needed supplies
• Identifying where products can be purchased
• Purchasing products
• Making, building, creating decorations
• Decorating
• Clean-up after event
• Securing reusable decorations