Copy or move a member between choirs

What is this?

When a member moves from one of your choirs to another — typical case: from the children''s choir to the main choir — you do not have to create them twice. With Copy or Move you carry over the master data in one click. Saves typing and avoids errors on IBAN or address.

Copy vs. Move — when to use what?

• Copy — the member sings in both choirs (e.g. children''s choir and main choir at the same time).
• Move — the member switches completely (e.g. has grown out of the children''s choir).

How to do it

1. Open the source choir and go to Members.
2. Click the arrow icon (horizontal double arrows) on the desired member — the button only appears for choirs that have sub-choirs or projects.
3. Pick the mode at the top: Copy (blue) or Move (red).
4. Choose the target choir from the list of related choirs.
5. For Move also tick the confirmation checkbox ("Yes, remove … and move them to …").
6. Confirm with the button at the bottom.

On Copy, the member receives an invitation email for the new choir and stays in the source choir.

On Move, the member is created in the new choir and at the same time removed from the active list of the source choir. Active functions in the source choir are ended with today''s date — historical data stays untouched.

Which choirs are eligible as a target?

Only related choirs are shown:

• the parent choir (if your current choir is a sub-choir),
• sibling sub-choirs (other sub-choirs of the same parent choir),
• your own sub-choirs.

Projects are not allowed as a target — projects sync their members through their own import from the parent choir.

In addition, only choirs where you hold the members.edit permission are shown. Missing permission or an existing membership is listed in a grey note below.

What is carried over?

Tips

• Children''s choir → Main choir: use Move when the change is permanent. Past singer history stays in the children''s choir, but the member does not show up twice in the current member count.
• Check voice part: if the voice group names differ (e.g. "Soprano I" vs. "Soprano"), the voice will not match. You can assign it manually in the target choir afterwards.
• For projects: use the project''s "Import members from choir" button instead — it has a dedicated sync mechanism that pulls in master-data changes from the parent choir automatically.