CONTRA BOREALIS DANCERS

Minutes Meeting---April 20, 2005

1. Those present: Sue Cole, Lynn Basham, Alan and Barbara Braley, Jim Deininger and Marty Baldridge

2. Time, Date, Place of next meeting: May 21, annual meeting Alaskaland 7:00 P.M. Potluck 6:00 PM.

3. Minutes: corrections? none.

4.Treasurers Check-in: Alan reports that dances were ahead $874 for 2004. So far for 2005, the average is slightly in the red. We discussed whether we can afford the new sound increase, as we would like to see dances break even. Alan says we have around $6000 in the account and our hall rent is paid through Feb. Sue gave $60 to Zimmermans in payment for the swing dance. We voted to contribute $250 towards the podium.

5. Membership Check-in: Jim says all is going well with membership.

6. Newsletter Report: Send newsletter-worthy items to Lynn for the newsletter; he is making progress on learning the new newsletter program.

7. Dance master Check-in: Steve was not able to be here.

8. Webmaster tells all: Gary is not able to come. He sent out an e-mail to the list about the dance camp potluck/house dance at Bashams on Friday April 22.

9. Publicity Report: Barbara has reserved Wood Center for the Sept 17 dance through UWA. She will e-mail Isabelle that the hall is available for the group who wanted to use it during our slot.

10. Scheduler's Report: John was not able to be here. Marty will check the web to see if the in-town date for dance camp is on the schedule. Marty will see what John is up to regarding summer dances scheduling.

11. Corporation Report: Lynn reports that spring cleanup at the Hall will be May 21 at 10 AM. There will be dance brochures at the airport and train. The new website for the Hall schedules +etc will be www.dancealaska.org. The Hall will painted this summer.

12. Student Rep Report: Brad was not able to be here.

13. Anything Else?.

1.) Charley is still working on having Larry Unger to come for a fall special event.

2.) Kari Lundgren is available to come and call on May 6, when both Lynn and Barbara have a conflict.

3.) Keys. We need to see who has keys to the hall. Sue will send a note to Isabelle to see who she has on our list. We know that Lynn and Sue each have one. There needs to be one in The Box, as folks at the swing dance were locked out for a while.

Adjourned at 6:10 PM.

 

March 2005 minutes

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