31 Oct
2023
31 Oct
'23
1:18 p.m.
Chiming in from up in Ottawa way as both a caller and a long-time dance
organizer.
I feel pretty strongly that the organizers should take ownership and
leadership in their community over the role terms that are used. Leaving
it to a caller, especially if visiting, is opening that caller up to lots
of dancers who may have strong opinions in that community. I don't feel
that it's the caller's role to carry the weight of the role terminology
discussion in a community. It's the organizers that are doing all the
other work and leaving it to the caller feels like a bit of a cop out to me.
I do appreciate callers who engage with organizers to discuss the use of
various role terms and increase the dialogue around this topic. But just
as messages about safe communities/dancing should be led by the organizers
and not left just to the caller, so should be this piece about the role
terms.
Despite my strongish stated message, I am totally open to other
ideas/perspectives on this. Just my two cents given my current perspective.
Emily in Ottawa ON
On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 6:00 PM Jerome Grisanti via Organizers <
organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
In Louisville, the group advertises which terminology
the caller will use
per each dance. There may be dancers with strong preferences who choose to
attend or not based on that information, but I suspect most are flexible in
that metric. The choice is the caller's, the organizers just want to know
how to advertise it.
Jerome Grisanti
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