Create a General or Special Committee in Contacts, then add existing members and assign their committee roles.

Create the committee

  1. Open Contacts and click Add Committee beneath the left panel.
  2. Choose General for a committee working across groups, or Special for a committee associated with a particular group.
  3. Enter Committee Name and Email. Add a Description explaining its purpose.
  4. For a Special Committee, select its Target Groups entry. If the group needs setting up first, see Manage Member Groups and content audiences.
  5. Review the type and group, then click Save. Select the committee in the left panel to maintain its members.
Example Special Committee with a name, email, purpose and target group.
Example Special Committee with a name, email, purpose and target group.

Add a member and role

  1. Select the committee and click Add Member beneath its member list.
  2. Use Lookup Member to search for and select the correct existing member.
  3. Enter the committee Role, if applicable.
  4. Click Add, then check the person and role in the committee list.
Use Lookup Member to select an existing member. The Role field describes their work in this committee.
Use Lookup Member to select an existing member. The Role field describes their work in this committee.

Maintain the committee

Select the committee to review its details, then use its edit icon to update the available fields. Select a person to review membership and edit their committee role. Follow Update a committee or member role for the steps.

Where the rearrange instruction appears, drag member entries to change their display order. A committee Role is separate from the underlying member profile.

Use the committee as an audience

If using a committee when targeting content, review the resulting membership before publishing. See Manage Internal Groups for the distinction between group codes, membership and content audiences.