TCA Committees

Each of these groups are composed of TCA Board Members who drive our strategy, vision, financial health, and long-term planning. On rare occasion a volunteer may be invited to serve in these committees depending on need and expertise of the volunteer.

(Humility, Empathy, Anti-Racism, Representation, and Transparency)

This committee aims to raise awareness within the taiko community by encouraging dialogue and projects on DEAI (diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility) through lenses like racial equity. They provide feedback and guidance to TCA leadership and will help craft programming to support this work.

This committee serves as promoters, supporters, and sources of institutional knowledge for the collegiate taiko community. This is a direct through line to working with and for the collegiate taiko community.

This committee provides logistical support and steers the vision of our major (NATC) conference and regional (NATC-R) conferences. Some tasks include picking the theme of conferences, selecting performers and workshop leaders, and helping with outreach for sponsorships of TCA events.

This committee stewards our relationship to our TCA members and includes coordinating recognition events, manning out membership table at events, and running out annual Member Drive and Taikothon.

This committee oversees our programming (with the exception of NATC/NATC-R). Examples of programs this group coordinates includes: Taiko Census, Leadership Program, and our webinar series of content. This is also the group that brainstorms new programming ideas for TCA as well.

This committee provides the tech support, maintenance, and implementation of our websites and tech needs in programs. These committee members run our livestreams, build our websites, or help launch NATC registration.

This committee serves you, our volunteers! They help identify volunteer needs for TCA, recruit, train, and pair individuals with those needs. They also coordinate recognition events for our volunteers throughout the year.

This committee assists the Executive Director in managing staff needs - including recruiting/hiring, training, and performance evaluation for all TCA staff.