Re: [Callers] Need help with "Mr Know It All"

2012-10-27 Thread Lewis Land
Well, that is a real problem, I think you should address this as soon as possible before things get out of hand. One of the frustrating things I sometimes experience as a caller is to see a pair of novice dancers in a contra line that consists of other dancers without much more experience. Whe

Re: [Callers] Need help with "Mr Know It All"

2012-10-25 Thread Ron T Blechner
Ben, Does your dance organization have a clearly stated written set of community values? Best, Ron On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Linda Leslie wrote: > Shared Weight also offers a discussion group specifically for organizers > and the issues they face running dances. It might be helpful to jo

[Callers] Need help with "Mr Know It All"

2012-10-25 Thread Linda Leslie
Shared Weight also offers a discussion group specifically for organizers and the issues they face running dances. It might be helpful to join this group, and query about the issue below, as well as questions about children at dances. The link to the group is: http://www.sharedweight.net/inde

Re: [Callers] Need help with "Mr Know It All"

2012-10-24 Thread Alan Winston
On 10/24/2012 5:06 PM, Ben wrote: My concern is that we have "given someone an inch, and now he wants to take a mile." This guy, due to his occupation, is used to coming into an organization and being the new sheriff in town, and I get the distinct feeling that he sees our dance group as one th

[Callers] Need help with "Mr Know It All"

2012-10-24 Thread Ben
Okay, I need some other perspectives on this. Last year we had a new couple move to our area, and start attending our local contra dance. They had danced "somewhere else" for several years, and the gentleman had obviously been involved in some of the dance organizing duties in their last location