Committee admin onboarding
Set up your organization, invite the committee and prepare your first season.
What you'll learn#
By the end of this guide your organization is set up, your committee is invited with the right roles and your first season is ready for RSVPs.
Before you start
Have to hand: your festival dates, the venue address, your committee list with email addresses and each person's job, and a draft meal and ticket plan with prices.
Module 1: Your organization (5 min)#
Create your account and organization
Sign up at mandali.io/sign-up with your own email address, then create the organization for your committee. You become its first admin. Read more.
Set the essentials
Open Settings and choose your community type, time zone and currency. Set the currency now: it locks once you add prices.
Add your logo
Open Members → General and upload your committee's logo. It appears in the dashboard and, later, on your event site.
Module 2: Your committee (10 min)#
Map each person's job to a role before inviting anyone:
| Job on the committee | Role |
|---|---|
| President, general secretary (2 people) | Admin |
| Food, venue, cultural program and ticketing leads | Manager |
| Treasurer, assistant treasurer | Treasurer |
| Day-of volunteers | Volunteer |
| Advisors, past presidents | Member |
Invite everyone
Open Members → Invite, enter addresses and pick each person's role. Read more.
Make a second admin
Make sure at least two people are admins, so the committee is never locked out.
Check acceptance
Pending invitations stay on the Invitations tab until accepted. Nudge anyone who hasn't joined after a few days.
Module 3: Your first season (10 min)#
Create the season
Seasons → New season, for example Durga Puja 2027, with the festival's start and end dates.
Add the days
Open the season and add each day with its times and venue.
Activate it
Select Activate. It becomes the season the whole committee works in.
Hand meals and tickets to your managers
Your food lead sets up meal slots and your ticketing lead sets up ticket types. Point them at the Event manager training.
Module 4: Good governance (5 min)#
- Turn on two-factor authentication for yourself and ask your treasurer to do the same. How.
- Review the audit log once a week during the season. Read more.
- Remove people when they leave the committee, the same day.
Checklist#
- Organization created with the right name and logo
- Community type, time zone and currency set
- Every committee member invited with the right role
- At least two admins
- Season created, days added and season activated
- Two-factor authentication on for admins and treasurers