[Organizers] Saying "no"

[Donald Perley via Organizers]

Of course, beware of burning bridges.. 10 years later they could be a
big draw name, or at least good enough, and the only one available
when your scheduled caller comes down with ebola.

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 6:24 AM, Jeff Kaufman via Organizers
<organizers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> When you're handling booking for bands or callers, there are generally some
> proper you don't want to book. When the reason is straightforward it's not
> too hard to communicate ("you need to get more experience; play some smaller
> dances and get back to me" or "on even days our series only books local
> callers, ago the dates you suggested don't work, but what about DATE?") but
> sometimes the reason is "we don't think you're very good, and you've been
> doing enough dances that we don't think booking you for ours will help you
> improve"? I'd like to just say "no" without getting into reasons, but
> everything I write sounds either too short and curt or overshary.
>
> How do other bookers handle this?
>
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