jack, the tcd and feetretreat groups: how do the boards get to be the board? self appointed? elected? if elected, who votes and how is it determined who gets to vote?
Jeffrey Chicago, not currently an organizer > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Jack Mitchell > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 1:22 PM > To: A list for dance organizers > Subject: Re: [Organizers] Dance Group Structure > > We have three 5 dances in our area (about 1.5 hour radius): > > Two are "one man shows" -- dances run mostly by one person, > both of which also play with the band. They are both once a > month dances, one of which (http://www.csda-dance.org/) has > been going for 15-20 years, and the other one which started > about 2 years ago (http://daviddg.com/pages/contra.html). > Our other dances are both run by "organized" groups with non > profit status, boards and all the other bells and whistles > that go with that (tax reporting, etc). One group > (www.tcdancers.org) runs 2-3 dances a month (2nd, 4th and 5th > Fridays) in the Durham/Chapel Hill area of NC at two > different halls, the other runs a weekly tuesday dance, and a > 2x/month Saturday dance (www.feetretreat.com). More recently > David D's dance and TCD are getting together later this month > to put together a joint event -- TCD has a 5th Friday dance > and David does a 1st Saturday dance, and those are coming on > the same weekend this month. We're having Becky Hill come > down and will have three dances plus a callers workshop. If > it comes off without killing anyone, it'll probably happen > again. ;-) -- more info at www.winterwhirlwind.com. > > So, that's the quick and dirty summary of dance organizations > in our area. If folks want more detail, I can give it. > > Jack Mitchell > (not actually doing any official organizational stuff) in Durham, NC > > > At 12:54 PM 2/7/2008, you wrote: > > In the past, a common way of organizing dances in Maine > was around > > a "house band", who really were the committee, the hosts, > the go-fers, > > what-have-you. In short, you were throuwing a public dance > party. Our > > monthly dance in Blue Hill (ME) still functions this way (after 32 > > years - the longest-running dance in the state). > > We are a band of 4 members, and with some help from various > > volunteers (mostly spouses and friends), we book the hall, > collect the > > gate, do the publicity, open, set up, pick up, > what-have-you. We book > > a rotating collection of callers, and an occasional > visiting band when > > we have other commitments, but essentially we are the house band > > doubling as committee. > > The model is perhaps less common now than in years > past, but still > > occurs with several venues in this state. On the plus side: > > continuity from month to month, regular sharing of ideas > (usually at > > rehearsals), long experience working with each other, > comfort in the > > routine. A few drawbacks: more work for some members if others are > > absent, a certain staid comfort with the status quo that > could become > > (but hasn't so far) a bit of stagnation, a certain amount of > > exhaustion from time to time. But ...... "if it ain't > broke; don't fix it" > > > >Best to all, > >George Fowler > >_______________________________________________ > >Organizers mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/organizers > > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/organizers
