[Organizers] Bringing in more English dancers

[David Chandler via Organizers]

Good questions, Merry. We ask first-time dancers for their emails as part
of getting a pass to get in free the second time. We could either survey
all of them, or only the ones who didn't use their free pass. For people
who used to come regularly, I assume some people know their names and if
they are members we have contact information. Can't get everyone. Other
ideas? Carol's suggestion is a good one, since a number of English dancers
started as contra dancers in NYC.
Thanks.

David

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:33 PM, Merry <merrykays at yahoo.com> wrote:

> How do you survey people who have come only once, or who used to dance
> frequently and now do not?  How do you identify them?  How do you contact
> them.  And finally, if they don,t come to your dance, how do you motivate
> them to respond to your survey?
>
>
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> On May 7, 2015, at 7:49 PM, David Chandler via Organizers <
> organizers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> This has been a difficult year for English dancing in NYC, with lots of
> people not dancing because of disability, weather, etc. We are looking for
> ways to get more dancers to come and join our community on a continuing
> basis, and want to survey dancers (those who came only once, those who came
> for a while and dropped out, and long-timers) about what might make dancing
> more attractive. Rather than reinvent the wheel we wondered if any other
> communities have done such surveys, and/or found good ways to expand their
> English dancing community. Thanks for your help!
>
> I'll post this separately on ECD.
>
> David Chandler
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