CONTRA BOREALIS DANCERS Minutes Meeting---
1. Those present: Sue Cole, Sue Fenner, Jim Deininger,
Alan and
2. Time, Date, Place of next meeting: The May board
meeting will be the annual members meeting on May 20. We decided to not have a
potluck before, since so few attended last year. We will have the meeting at
the break in the dance and put out a serious plea for help. All board members
who are in town are encouraged to come. (We know we will be missing a few.) Sue
Cole suggested we send an e-mail plea and a
The next regular board meeting is tentatively set for
3. Minutes: corrections? None noted.
4.Treasurers
Check-in: Alan contacted Boy Scouts and they have no date
for our use of camp this summer. He says that the swing dance on April 7 went
well and we came out ahead. We lost about $20 on the April 15 dance.
5. Membership Check-in: Jim reports no new members
for the past several months. We discussed the fact that with no dance camp this
year, our membership numbers will probably drop. One idea was to raise the
dance prices for non-members. We know we have a lot of student dancers and
fewer older members. We don't want to raise the prices for the kids, as we feel
that we offer our youth a safe, non-alcoholic, healthy, and fun! activity as a community service. For member outreach, do we
want to do some sort of demo contra at the Solstice, the Fair or International
Friendship Day? Do we want to have an e-mail notices list for non-members?
6. Newsletter Report: We still need a new
newsletter person.
7. Dance master Check-in: Sue Fenner and Alan will
share dance door duties for the May 5 dance. Sue has someone for the May 20
dance.
8. Webmaster tells all: John is not able to be
here. As evidenced by our band mixup for the April 15 dance, all board members
need to check the website for updates and errors and let John know if there
need to be changes. Several of us checked it to see who was scheduled to play
and didn't know that it did not contain current updated information.
9. Publicity Report:
10. Scheduler's Report: Colleen has arranged with
11. Corporation Report: Jim noted that two long
tables have been removed. We need to pick up and move any small tables needed
for sound or caller carefully onto the floor and off again at the end of the
evening. We need to get our info to
12. Student Rep Report: Neither
13. Anything Else? Band mix-up on April 15: Colleen
revised the schedule after she presented it to the board on Dec.20. She sent
the updated version to bands, but not to the board or the webmaster. So