<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">As far as I know, all of the ongoing gender-free English country dances use a different system, “global terminology.” It’s based on current position rather than role, and so doesn’t have to use a substitute for gents/ladies. There are a small number of dances for which it’s awkward, though I’ve had callers present me with something they couldn’t figure out the global terminology for and I’ve usually been able to, usually resulting in easier teaching and calling than the gendered version. There was one ongoing contra dance decades ago that used a similar system.<div class="">Two discussions of the terminology: <a href="http://heatherandrose.org/about.shtml" class="">http://heatherandrose.org/about.shtml</a> and <a href="http://lcfd.org/gf-ecd-calling-conventions.html" class="">http://lcfd.org/gf-ecd-calling-conventions.html</a> </div><div class="">and an experience from quite a while back: <a href="http://www.henryandjacqui.com/Essays/GenderFree.htm" class="">http://www.henryandjacqui.com/Essays/GenderFree.htm</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">
<div class=""><div class="">Read Weaver</div><div class="">Jamaica Plain, MA</div><div class=""><a href="http://lcfd.org" class="">http://lcfd.org</a></div></div>
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 12, 2017, at 5:59 PM, P. Campbell via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:</div><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="">...</div><div class="">Do you know if the ECD world is going through these issues?</div><div class="">...</div><div class="">Patricia Campbell </div><div class="">Newtown, CT</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>