Re: [Organizers] Problem dancer ? + code of conduct.

Down here in Baltimore we are having a problem with a dancer who seems to be harassing young ladies , He seems particularly fond of monopolizing their dances if he can , then moves on to sending e-mails and giving small gifts ... Shortly there after these unfortunately targeted newcomers seem to stop coming to the dance ... They do not complain to anyone in charge , they just disappear from the dance community .. It is a situation that I , as president of BFMS , only recently became aware of , but in retrospect it seems to have been happening to some extent since he moved down from the Boston area . If this is a "new" behavior and he is amenable to change I will either talk to him , or suggest the American dance chair has a few words with him ... But if , as I now suspect , he was doing this same behaviors in the Boston area perhaps firmer action might be needed . There was , in fact , a discussion over on the callers list about a dancer in the Boston area that seems eerily reminiscent of the situation here .. If any of the Boston area dance folks know of whom I speak , or if he was banned from any dances up there it would be enormously helpful if you could send me an e-mail with just the first name of the gent in question .... You can send it to my regular e-mail ( the one I am subscribed to this list ) or to be at President ( at ) bfms.org ... A thousand thanks from me and from a lot of dancers who hopefully will not have to find out first hand about which they should be thankful ... Rgds Quintin Ps I have looked at all the contra dance "codes of conduct" I can find and we are having a getting to get one set up here .... Hopefully not shutting the gate after the horse ... etc.. _______________________________________________ Organizers mailing list Organizers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/organizers