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Maintaining contact with our communities

by bobfab＠aol.com

Hi all, We had our monthly planning meeting here in Rochester NY, and were thinking of ways to maintain a connection to our dancers during this hiatus. A thought we had was to try and keep people in the habit of thinking of Contra every Thursday between 7:30 and 10:30, by finding bands who are doingwatch parties at that time. We would use our social capital to email our members to check our website for a passthru link to the events.The dancers would be able to "click thru" to the watch party and donate (some of?) the money they would have spent on the dance, to listen to the band play some contra tunes,via the Tip Jar. patreon, or venmo, whatever is on the watch party page. Does anyone know of a central location for these watch parties, so we can connect with performers who are already picking our time slot, orscheduling with them to plan future events? It would be a great way to get people to hear bands that I would not really be able to book for our small local Thurday night contra.Might be fun to connect with other groups that dance on Thursday nights, too. Any variations on these ideas would be greatly appreciated as well. Stay well, and keep dancing. Bob Fabinski

5 years, 4 months

Re: Cancellation list AND a way to donate

by Chrissy Fowler

I'm glad we are sharing information about how we are taking steps to avoid being part of the problem, in terms of being a disease vector. Our group got this from the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), which I have found very useful. There are links to New England CDC/DHHS sites, and a bunch of other important data. Check it out. https://www.nefa.org/covid-19 Our traditional participatory dance culture has such potential to spread joy, in part because of close proximity and a whole lot of touching hands. We build community through connecting -- metaphysically and literally -- with everyone in the room. This is definitely the dark side of all that beautiful touching and connection. Let's keep taking care of each other and our communities! Chrissy Fowler Belfast ME ** ** ** Dance Calling | Transcription | Belfast Flying Shoes chrissyfowler.com<http://www.chrissyfowler.com> | westbranchwords.com<http://www.westbranchwords.com> | belfastflyingshoes.org/blog<http://www.belfastflyingshoes.org/blog> <http://www.chrissyfowler.com> (207) 338-0979 ________________________________ From: Greenleaf via Organizers <organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 9:37 AM To: organizers shared weight <organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> Subject: [Organizers] Cancellation list AND a way to donate CDSS has set up a national cancellations page, and what is useful is that each event can add a donate button to support performers and venues. This button directs you to a page that the individual group has set up (ie CDSS doesn’t set this up for you). https://www.cdss.org/covid19#cancellations I encourage you to set up a donations page, let your community know about it, and then get it added to the CDSS page. BTW, the above CDSS link also has good info about what organizers need to consider when cancelling events. Lisa Greenleaf _______________________________________________ Organizers mailing list -- organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to organizers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net

5 years, 4 months

Cancellation list AND a way to donate

by Greenleaf

CDSS has set up a national cancellations page, and what is useful is that each event can add a donate button to support performers and venues. This button directs you to a page that the individual group has set up (ie CDSS doesn’t set this up for you). https://www.cdss.org/covid19#cancellations I encourage you to set up a donations page, let your community know about it, and then get it added to the CDSS page. BTW, the above CDSS link also has good info about what organizers need to consider when cancelling events. Lisa Greenleaf

5 years, 4 months

Re: FYI: Thurs Concord MA dances canceled

by Paul Wilde

Our teams have discussed this over the last few days and have decided to cancel the following two dances for March, then reassess. The 2nd Sat Cotuit Dance (Cape Cod) & The Rehoboth Sunday Night Jammers Dance Stay safe everyone, and keep being wonderful. See you the floor soon. Paul On 3/8/20, Jeff Kaufman via Organizers <organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Thanks Lisa! I think most dances should consider cancelling, at least for > now. I've written up a summary: > https://www.jefftk.com/p/its-time-to-stop-dancing > > On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 7:04 PM Greenleaf via Organizers < > organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > >> The Thursday Night Dance Committee (TNDC) has decided to cancel the rest >> of our March dances at the Scout House due to community health concerns. >> Even though we have all become quite good at washing our hands, the close >> social contact of contra has become more of a concern. >> >> At the end of March, we will reassess the situation and make a decision >> about April. >> >> I’ve also seen via East Coast Contras on FB that Philadelphia Thursday >> contras have done the same. >> >> Stay well, everyone. >> >> Lisa Greenleaf >> _______________________________________________ >> Organizers mailing list -- organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net >> To unsubscribe send an email to organizers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net >> >

5 years, 4 months

Re: FYI: Thurs Concord MA dances canceled

by Jeff Kaufman

Thanks Lisa! I think most dances should consider cancelling, at least for now. I've written up a summary: https://www.jefftk.com/p/its-time-to-stop-dancing On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 7:04 PM Greenleaf via Organizers < organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > The Thursday Night Dance Committee (TNDC) has decided to cancel the rest > of our March dances at the Scout House due to community health concerns. > Even though we have all become quite good at washing our hands, the close > social contact of contra has become more of a concern. > > At the end of March, we will reassess the situation and make a decision > about April. > > I’ve also seen via East Coast Contras on FB that Philadelphia Thursday > contras have done the same. > > Stay well, everyone. > > Lisa Greenleaf > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list -- organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to organizers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net >

5 years, 4 months

FYI: Thurs Concord MA dances canceled

by Greenleaf

The Thursday Night Dance Committee (TNDC) has decided to cancel the rest of our March dances at the Scout House due to community health concerns. Even though we have all become quite good at washing our hands, the close social contact of contra has become more of a concern. At the end of March, we will reassess the situation and make a decision about April. I’ve also seen via East Coast Contras on FB that Philadelphia Thursday contras have done the same. Stay well, everyone. Lisa Greenleaf

5 years, 4 months

Wowssssers -- cool fundraising by Belfast Flying Shoes!

by Emily Addison

Hi Fellow Organizers, Being an organizer geek, I'm signed up to some non-local email blasts to learn what other communities are doing. (Maybe we should each share our sign-ups so we can join each other's lists???) Anyway ---> I was totally blown away by a recent e-blast from Belfast Flying Shoes. They are running a $15K fundraiser for their 15th anniversary. It sounds so super inspiring. https://us20.campaign-archive.com/?u=2333eebb102c7231c7830544d&id=8eb7e3bef5 From the outside, it seems like it's not only accomplishing a lot of really great programming goals but that that the fundraiser will likely create a stronger community overall by pulling folks together. Seems welllll designed. :) Also reminds me that Portland Maine has run some similarly amazing fundraiser campaigns. Maybe there's something in the Maine water???? ;) Admiring from afar. :) Emily in Ottawa

5 years, 5 months

Re: Dance organizers discussion at the Flurry this next weekend! Organizers Digest, Vol 55, Issue 1

by Leslie Gotfrit

As a dance organizer that won't be at the Flurry but would love to hear the conversation, I'm hoping that someone will take notes and report back here. Anyone? Leslie Gotfrit Calgary Alberta Canada > On Feb 9, 2020, at 10:00 PM, organizers-request(a)lists.sharedweight.net wrote: > > Send Organizers mailing list submissions to > organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or > body 'help' to > organizers-request(a)lists.sharedweight.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > organizers-owner(a)lists.sharedweight.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Organizers digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Dance organizers discussion at the Flurry this next weekend! > (Emily Addison) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2020 11:02:04 -0500 > From: Emily Addison <emilyladdison(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Organizers] Dance organizers discussion at the Flurry this > next weekend! > To: organizers shared weight <organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> > > Hi All :) > > Is anyone heading to the Dance Flurry this next weekend? If yes, come join > the Dance Organizers discussion on Sunday from 10:15-11:30. Hilton Whitey > room. > > We usually get about 30-40 organizers and have a great time problem solving > some of our common challenges + sharing best practices (things that are > working really well for us!). This year, I think it would be great just to > spend a wee bit of time talking about how we can collaborate/support each > other on an ongoing basis. > > Please send me any additional topics you'd like to talk about or > suggestions on formatting so you can get the most out of the session. > > Thanks! > :) Emily Addison > Ottawa, Ontario > > -- > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list -- organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to organizers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Organizers Digest, Vol 55, Issue 1 > *****************************************

5 years, 5 months

Dance organizers discussion at the Flurry this next weekend!

by Emily Addison

Hi All :) Is anyone heading to the Dance Flurry this next weekend? If yes, come join the Dance Organizers discussion on Sunday from 10:15-11:30. Hilton Whitey room. We usually get about 30-40 organizers and have a great time problem solving some of our common challenges + sharing best practices (things that are working really well for us!). This year, I think it would be great just to spend a wee bit of time talking about how we can collaborate/support each other on an ongoing basis. Please send me any additional topics you'd like to talk about or suggestions on formatting so you can get the most out of the session. Thanks! :) Emily Addison Ottawa, Ontario

5 years, 5 months

Re: Organizers Roundtable in Kansas

by Chrissy Fowler

Hi Margretta, I don't have any suggestions re: a particular facilitator, but you might get good ideas and inspiration from the CDSS Portal. Here's a link to organizer resources<https://www.cdss.org/resources/resource-portal/organizers#in-person-gatheri…> for in-person gatherings. On that page is a link to a comprehensive guide to facilitating discussions<https://www.cdss.org/images/organizers-resources/CDSS-how-to-facilitate-org…> among organizers. Many thought-provoking topics, including field-tested activities and resources. You may decide that you don't need an expert to come in from outside your group, but that 1-2 people among those of you planning to attend can facilitate something quite juicy on your own. Cheers, Chrissy Fowler Belfast ME ** ** ** Dance Calling | Transcription | Belfast Flying Shoes chrissyfowler.com<http://www.chrissyfowler.com> | westbranchwords.com<http://www.westbranchwords.com> | belfastflyingshoes.org/blog<http://www.belfastflyingshoes.org/blog> <http://www.chrissyfowler.com> (207) 338-0979

5 years, 6 months

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