As assistant director of Group Therapy Drum Corps it is my job to talk with the members about anything needing talked about. Just recently A person acted very unprofessional in public. We have decided to ask him to leave the corps. The director has kicked him out before but gave him another chance. He didn't fix his attitude so now he's going to be permanantly removed. What I'm asking is if there is anyway to do this without a scene? He beleives we can't go on without him. But to make matters worse He has two friends in the corps and they might leave because of this. Is there any way to try to get them to stay?

May I ask, what did this member do?

We had given the check they gave us for the parade back to them as a donation. In turn they gave us free dinners. While eatng he complained about how we gave his money away and made a real bad scene in front of the general public. He also made another member upset enough to want to quit. All in the same 1/2 hour.

how are you 16 and an assistant director of a line?
sounds shady...as if it weren't much of the line.
Where's the instructors and adults?

Im 16 and assistant director because I know what the heck I'm doing. We are an independant line. I know all the little details of everything we do. The director also beleives I have the right character to deal with the rest of the line. But this isn't about how or why I am in my position, It's about the aforementioned subject.

We don't have "sections" we have a line. We consist of 13 drummers and a colorgaurd. This is off-topic. Please PM me if you want to discuss this further.

This is far from offtopic. I bring this up only because I find it hard to see how a 16 year old could have control over who is in the line or not. It's very much an issue, and relevant to this thread.

I don't have complete control. But I do get together with the director and make decisions pertaining to the line. And I don't see how age matters. Whether 16 or 61 as long as the person has the ability to handle the requirements they are eligible. A person is a person, and each one has a knack for certain things.

what groups is this? that's not really important but anway...
if you need to get rid of this kid, just do it behind closed doors. take him and the staff and just tell him how it is.
before hand, make sure he has all his crap, you don't want to give him the chance to go back and talk to anybody about what was said in the little meeting. if he wants to share it with any of them, they can do it on their own time.
pretty much just handle it like he's an employee being fired. clean out the desk before and have security make sure he gets do the door without stealing or shooting.

---what experience do you have as a 16y.o. that would make a person so inclined to give you such a big responsibility?

----Group Therapy Drum Corps....that is what you said, is that your title, the name of the group? if that's in indoor line, yes this sounds shady, but hey, i'm sure you can fill me in