Band-facing profile
First name/display name, instruments, broad region, genre interests, goals and chosen rehearsal-access preferences.
PrivacySafeguardingModerationComplaints
The band board cannot become a risk board.
A statewide musician-finding and community network needs more than profiles and direct messages. Youth/adult separation, location privacy, blocking, reporting, event verification, media consent, equipment accountability and staff escalation rules have to exist before public matching goes live.
This is especially important because neurodivergent people may be seeking community, not merely buying a service. The system should make connection easier without making vulnerability searchable.
TRUST BY DESIGN
Privacy architecture
Share what helps the music—not everything known about the person.
Matched contacts
Direct contact becomes available only after appropriate account and matching controls.
Operational record
Equipment assignment, attendance, training, consent and incident records available only to authorized roles.
Clinical detail
Diagnosis, medication and unrelated health history should not become ordinary band-directory data.
Before statewide matching
Minimum safety controls.
Age lanesMinor and adult discovery/messaging rules are not the same.
Location privacyBroad region first; precise addresses only when operationally necessary.
Block + reportImmediate user controls plus staff review and evidence preservation.
Verified eventsPublic event details require source and organizer identity.
Media consentSeparate participation from permission to photograph or publish.
Staff rolesWho can view, edit, moderate, investigate or export which data.
RetentionDo not keep sensitive operational records forever by accident.
AppealModeration and exclusion decisions need review routes.
Public accountability
A state-supported music network should be auditable without making members public property.
PublishProgram standards, public budgets, eligibility rules, aggregate outcomes, contracts as legally required and correction notices.
ProtectMember identities, private access profiles, minor information, incident details and nonpublic contact data.
MeasureWait time, equipment access, regions served, groups formed, repeat participation, courses, performances and dropout reasons.
ReviewAnnual accessibility review with musicians themselves—not only administrators evaluating musicians.