Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 10:37:24 -0500
From: Chrissy Fowler <ktaadn_me(a)hotmail.com>
To: "organizers(a)sharedweight.net" <organizers(a)sharedweight.net>
Subject: [Organizers] cancellation policy
1. Do any of you have specific cancellation policies?
Good question. Neither our JP gender free contra dance nor English country dance have one,
and we should.
2. Under what circumstances would you cancel a dance?
How do you go about deciding whether or not to cancel?
The one time we cancelled the contra dance it was for an evening dance when we had an
afternoon dance. We were at the church when we decided. It had started to snow and there
was a huge storm that evening and night - 2 feet I believe.
3. What happens if you cancel a dance? (Do you still
pay the band/caller/sound provider the guarantee, if you have one?)
We don't have a policy. For English, our musicians and callers are gratis, and for
both we do the sound.
4. How do you get out the word to dancers?
email and Facebook. We should publicize this better because it would be extra incentive
for people to get on the list or friend us. We do try to get a sign on the church.
We had an emergency cancellation of an English because an oil tank had leaked and they
didn't want anyone in the church. I was informed about 4 hours before the dance. I
sent email. Someone was supposed to put up a sign but they didn't so a couple of
people showed up and wondered what was going on.