In San Diego we have a non-elected, self-selected dance committee comprised of those who show up at the quarterly meetings.
I can see theoretical drawbacks to this method (hostile takeover for instance) but it has worked successfully here for many years. I should mention that this dance committee operates under the umbrella of a larger, more formal non-profit organization, although the parent organization is not involved in routine dance operations and decision-making. Rick ------ Original Message ------ Received: 06:37 PM PST, 02/05/2008 From: [email protected] To: "'A list for dance organizers'" <[email protected]> Subject: [Organizers] dance group structure (resending) > sorry, i sent this under a different email address so it was held for > approval. i am resending under the correct address. > > i am interested in hearing about different methods of dance group > organization. > > i am aware of two basic methods: 1) elected board method, which is > responsible for making all decisions by vote and 2)the beneficent dictator > method (b.d.). the b.d. may or may not have people that act as a board who > are appointed, but in the end all decisions are those of he b.d. > > > re: elected board voting methods: there are a couple of variations for the > voting process: 1) dancers get the right to vote by buying a group > membership, or 2) whoever is at the dance on the day of the election gets to > vote. (my feeling is that regularly attending dancers ought to be the ones > voting, but i haven't figured out a good way to track attendance) > > a side issue of the elected board method is how the positions are > established, sometimes individuals run for positions (eg president, > secretary, treasurer, booker, etc). in other groups a certain number of > people are elected to the board and the board decides the different > responsibilities. > > are there other methods or permutations? > > any comments on the pro or cons of these different methods? > > > thanks, > > Jeffrey > ____________________________________________________________________
