9 Feb
2008
9 Feb
'08
5:49 p.m.
HI all,
Rochester has a weekly Thursday dance, with a board consisting of President,
Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. All positions are elected by the
members who attend the dance when the voting is held. There is a few week notice,
with a slate presented for consideration. It is mostly by
coercion that members get put on the slate, so there is no contention in
recent memory. The board
meetings are somewhat regular, about every month, open to all, with special
invites to the organizers
of an upcoming event, as well as "members at large" , the scheduler for
bands/callers, and the sound guy. The positions are described in the bylaws, and
there are time limits (3-5 yrs) for the positions - as much to be a guaranteed
"out" for those afraid of being stuck in the position, as for helping to get
more members of the dance involved in the organization. We are a CDSS
affiliate, and we are an
official Tax Exempt Non-Profit Organization - 501c(3). 2007 is the first year
we have to file our own
Form 990 in addition to the CDSS required annual summary. Anyone with words
of advice, please contact me directly!!!
Bob
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11 Feb
11 Feb
6:06 a.m.
interesting. it seems that few groups have an elected board. based on what i
hear here and in conversation with people from a couple of other communities
that have elected boards, 'coercion' and begging are the primary slating
mechanisms. and, the unelected boards seem to have more continuity, ie the
same people serving for a longer number of years than with elected boards.
is this impression incorrect?
jeffrey
chicago
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HI all,
Rochester has a weekly Thursday dance, with a board
consisting of President, Vice President, Secretary, and
Treasurer. All positions are elected by the members who
attend the dance when the voting is held. There is a few week
notice, with a slate presented for consideration. It is
mostly by coercion that members get put on the slate, so
there is no contention in
recent memory. The board
meetings are somewhat regular, about every month, open to
all, with special invites to the organizers of an upcoming
event, as well as "members at large" , the scheduler for
bands/callers, and the sound guy. The positions are described
in the bylaws, and
there are time limits (3-5 yrs) for the positions - as much
to be a guaranteed
"out" for those afraid of being stuck in the position, as for
helping to get more members of the dance involved in the
organization. We are a CDSS affiliate, and we are an official
Tax Exempt Non-Profit Organization - 501c(3). 2007 is the
first year we have to file our own Form 990 in addition to
the CDSS required annual summary. Anyone with words of
advice, please contact me directly!!!
Bob
**************
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1:46 p.m.
I'll chime in here. My group in Dallas is a 501(c)3
non-profit. We have an elected board; coercion and
begging were the means that some of us got onto the
board, but a fair amount of people who get on, seem to
be willing to stay on, in changed capacities
sometimes. We have a lot of people, IMO, who really
care about our dance; we have a few that were the
founders of the dance, still around, who may or may
not be on the board, but are still willing to do quite
a bit of work. For instance, the person who does the
scheduling has been around a long time, and does not
currently serve on the board, but is willing to do the
scheduling of callers and bands. She interfaces with
the board from time to time, but does not attend
meetings unless we specifically request it. We have a
Special Events committee that includes two previous
board members, who do not attend board meetings.
People seem to do what they're interested in--and
people who have previously been coerced or begged to
be on the board, have continued their involvement.
We have also had co-presidents and co-vice presidents,
if someone was reluctant to take on all the
responsibility of a position, but was willing to share
it. That seems to work well. More in another post,
this could get too long--
Melody
co-Vice President in Dallas
--- astro46(a)apricoto.com wrote:
interesting. it seems that few groups have an
elected board. based on what i
hear here and in conversation with people from a
couple of other communities
that have elected boards, 'coercion' and begging are
the primary slating
mechanisms. and, the unelected boards seem to have
more continuity, ie the
same people serving for a longer number of years
than with elected boards.
is this impression incorrect?
jeffrey
chicago
1:50 p.m.
The rest of my story:
I've been bitten really hard by the organizing bug.
We have all realized that many things that have been
done in the past, or that have NOT been done for many
years, are new to most of us. Nobody sits down with a
new officer and says, This is how you do such and
such. Everybody has just been left to do a job the
way they see fit. Trouble with that is, some people
do nothing (I did nothing my first year, as
historian), or there's just no continuity. So now,
we're trying to codify things a little, put them into
writing as we see the need; how to run a special dance
(besides our annual weekend--we have that one down),
how to give GREAT hospitality to out-of-town guests,
etc.
In speaking with CDSS last week I learned that one of
their people, Linda Henry, is putting together some
info, kind of a manual, for organizers who want to
start a dance. She said she's hoping to have it on
the site under "News" in a week or so.
Melody
Dallas
--- astro46(a)apricoto.com wrote:
interesting. it seems that few groups have an
elected board. based on what i
hear here and in conversation with people from a
couple of other communities
that have elected boards, 'coercion' and begging are
the primary slating
mechanisms. and, the unelected boards seem to have
more continuity, ie the
same people serving for a longer number of years
than with elected boards.
is this impression incorrect?
jeffrey
chicago
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