[Organizers] Cancellation Policies

[David Kirchner via Organizers]

I don't recall ever cancelling a dance in the Twin Cities on account of
weather, certainly not winter weather. We have a policy for an instant
cancellation in the event of a tornado warning or a loss of power at
nighttime, but I don't think it has come up since we instituted it.

On the other hand, we don't get a lot of big dumps of snow like upstate NY;
anything over 6-7 inches is pretty unusual, and 12 inches or more is a
once-every-five-years sort of thing -- so the odds of it happening on dance
night are pretty low.  It does get cold here, but we had a night with 30-40
below wind chills a couple weeks ago and the dance went on as scheduled. We
didn't even bother to post an announcement that it was still on.

David

On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 11:11 AM, via Organizers <
organizers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> In Rochester NY we are often blessed with unpredictably significant
> quantities of snow over a short time.
> Generally speaking, it is known by 3pm if the evening dance will cancelled
> due to weather.
> We are reviewing our procedures for canceling the dance, and wondered what
> other communities do to:
>
> 0) Decide if a dance should be cancelled?
>     We are thinking of basing it off Winter Storm Warning by National
> Weather Service
>
> 1) Let the community know the dance is cancelled
>     Easier if everyone knows to check for a Winter Storm Warning...
>     But post on website, and facebook event page are also done here
>
> 2) Compensate performers who have arrived or are en-route when the dance
> is cancelled.
>     In particular, touring performers who may be in the city on their way
> to the next gig...
>
> Any thoughts are appreciated.
> Bob Fabinski
>
>
>
>
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