many examples because it's the one I had the most experience with: the Troy High Band Boosters.  This group is truly a mini version of how our city government is intended to function.  I bet if you think of the sports clubs, elementary school PTOs, church groups, etc., you have been involved in you'll see similar parallels and examples. Like the city, the band booster organization has a business management process established.  At the helm you find, of course, the band director (similar to the city manager) and a band booster President (similar in role to the mayor).  There is a booster board that functions sort of like our city council.  Its members are elected by the broader booster group.  There's a committee structure to support the work that enables the Troy High bands to be successful, similar to the boards and committees at the city level   It all comes together to support the vision of the band and its constituents (the student musicians and their audiences). In all my time volunteering with the Troy High Band Boosters, no one ever once asked about another booster member's party affiliation.  Decisions were never considered in the context of if they were "conservative," "liberal," "socialist," or "Tea Party."  (Yes, I did see lots of "coffee" consumed over the years, but I know this didn't have anything to do with political beliefs!)   Ideas were shared, plans made, trips planned, exhausting band camps chaperoned, equipment hauled, snacks served, monies collected, uniforms distributed, props produced,