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Report to E-Board and
Councilby the Directors, read by Gene Joerns, 2ndyear
Director.
Jr. Reps Report
delivered by Elaine Adamson Respectfully submitted, Les and Elaine Adamson – CSSDA Junior Rep
CSSDA Senior Reps No Report
Nominating Committee delivered by Nominating Committee Chairman, Cindy Vanek Voting for Junior Reps Jim Langdon restated the Denver Council’s requirements for qualifying for the Junior State Representative position. Dan Pantano, the Council’s Parliamentarian, discussed the procedure if Brian Reid who is currently running as a solo person were to win, the Eboard would appoint the second person.
There were five nominees for the CSSDA Junior Rep Position, Sam & Linda Margheim, Carl & Joyce Severson, Brian Reid, Judy Winters & Dan McPeek, and Jim and Marcia Langdon. Each gave a three-minute speech, and had a two-minute question and answer period. Dan McPeek and Judy Winters declined the nomination during their speech.
After the ballots were counted, it was determined Brian Reid won the nomination with 38 of 65 votes. The Nominating Committee thanked everyone for voting and for volunteering to serve.
Membership Club Visitation Award – Ken and Betty Love – 9th and 10th award; Marshall Blaney – 20th award Total number of Council Representatives in attendance – 69 Total number of Clubs Represented – 25 Total number of people in Attendance – 88 Callers and Cuers in Attendance – Bob/Joan Gaunt, Todd/Melody Allbright, Jeff Cox/Sandy Sugarman, Bear Miller Clubs not represented – Sunflower Squares and Shadey Rounders
Respectfully submitted, John Anderson, Griz and Senda Griswold
Past President’s Report Matt Raynak and Tawnya Bailey were not present – Marcia Langdon noted they were working on evaluating the nominations for the Hall of Fame and the dance.
Insurance Reported by Gene Allen Currently, 11 clubs have sent in their rosters and money for the insurance. Clubs need to have insurance to get coverage for their facilities. Gene Allen said that some facilities that are having New Year’s Eve dances have already requested proof of insurance. The insurance company has said that they will not be insured after midnight, January 1st if they don’t get their insurance back to Gene Allen on time.
Respectfully Submitted, Gene Allen, Council Insurance
Fund Raising Reported by Elaine Adamson Over the last two months, with
your help, we recycled 125 pounds of aluminum cans, foil, trays,
etc. This was worth $.61 per pound for a total of $76.25.
Respectfully submitted, Les and Elaine Adamson, Fund Raising
Finances No Report
Bulletin Presented by Dianne Gum We thank the December Bulletin Assembly crew from Mountaineers and look forward to seeing crews from Plus.com and Sunflower Squares on December 28 to assemble the January Bulletins. Due to various holiday schedules that week, please let Debbie Hoyt know an approximate number that will be attending.
A special thanks goes to Brian Reid for his diligent work on getting the minutes to us so we can meet our deadlines. Since the January meeting is a week later, we also appreciate all efforts to get items for his minutes to him early so he can help us meet our deadline.
Our thanks goes to ALL of the club and council contributors for all of your 2010 Bulletin content and help, and we look forward to continuing to create issues that you can be proud of in 2011.
The Red Book is going around for reps to verify the calendar information for the January Bulletin. Who has not seen the Red Book? We want to make sure that every club gets a chance to check the calendar information, and we apologize to any club that did not get to check their December calendar information at the last meeting. We know how important these few minutes are in helping keep club calendar information updated and accurate.
Also for clubs who change officers in January, please contact me, Dianne Gum with the contact information of your new President ASAP.
We hope that all of you enjoyed reading the Christmas messages from your dancing friends and family in the December Bulletin and a special thanks goes to the dancers and clubs that participated this year.
Respectively Submitted Debbie Hoyt and presented by Dianne Gum
Marketing & Publicity Delivered by Joan Gaunt Great News! The council has a new phone number. It is 720-412-7789. So we are joining the new phone number with the new website address; I am able to provide FREE publicity materials to you. Please take advantage of the business cards and tri-fold brochures to advertise to the general public that square and round dancing is alive and well in this area. It is to your advantage to advertise all year long.
The person at the other end of the line of the information phone is Sue Bell. She has been a dancer in this area for many years. Her thoughts are as follows: “Basically......I can only give information that I have from either the web site or bulletin. If a club needs me to have something not published in either of those places, they can call the info phone 720-412-7789 or email it to: squareandrounddanceindenver@gmail.comsquareandrounddanceindenver@gmail.com”
Please let Sue Bell know that you appreciate her volunteering her time and talents to give our organization a human voice.
Respectfully submitted, Joan Gaunt, Local Publicity
Orbiting Squares Report delivered by Kent and Pam Long We didn’t have any retrievals of the Council Banner during the past month, but five clubs managed to steal the banner at the council meeting and anniversary dance. If you haven’t had a chance to read the December bulletin yet, the five clubs are the Columbiners, Scootbacks, Swing Thru’s, Rollin’ Wheels and Mountaineers.
We’ve gotten retrieval dates from the clubs and have posted the information on our Orbiting Squares web calendar. These retrievals are to take place after the first of the year and will be listed at the end of our January bulletin report. For those who want a jump on planning and don’t have internet access (you do get the bulletin, don’t you?) we have the clubs’ retrieval dates on slips of paper to pass out.
A current list of clubs who have already stolen the Council Banner this year was on the sign-in desk when you came in. Did you notice it? This serves as a reminder for you. If your club is on the list, you don’t have to start a stealing sheet as each club can only steal the banner once during the council year.
I took a sneak peek at the new DAS&RDC website. Although it’s still a work in process, it looks like you will be able to get into the Orbiting Squares calendar a lot easier. The new web site’s address is in the December bulletin. That’s how I found out about it. I’m not going to tell you how to get to the calendar as this may change until the website is complete. However, it looks fairly obvious. Take a look. I think you’ll like it.
Tonight, three clubs have stolen the banner – Hilltoppers, Scuffed Shoes and Square Pegs. Each club came up and had their pictures taken.
Respectfully submitted, Kent and Pam Long, Orbiting Squares
Web Master Reported by Ron Fuchs On January 9, 2011, I will hold a seminar how to get a gmail email account, and how to update your clubs dance calendar as well as ways to get a new web site. The next educational meeting is January 9, 2011 before the Council meeting when I will teach you the “how to” of updating your own club calendars. If you want to look at the updates already made on the new website, you can get on the website at www.denversquaredancing.com.
Special Envoy No report
Class Liaison Reported by Mike Zimmerman The Mountaineers graduated eight new dancers on November 29 at the Valley View Church of God. The ceremonies were attended by many angels of the club. The instructors were Don Furnish and Betty Falk.
The Rocky Mountain Squares, Rocky Tops, Rollin’ Wheels and Square Halos class is scheduled to graduate on December 12 at the Wheat Ridge Grange. The instructor is Bear Miller. The information I have right now is that the following clubs are planning to begin new classes after the first of the year: Grand Squares, Mountaineers, Never Summer Squares, Rollin’ Wheels, Scootbacks and Timberline Toppers.
I want to give special recognition to Alan and Annie Strobel of the Rollin’ Wheels. They had encouraged some friends to start square dancing and hoped they would be able to join in the lessons hosted by their club. When the dates did not work out, Alan and Annie introduced their friends to square dancing through the Mountaineers lessons and were angels through the entire session of Mountaineers lessons. Alan and Annie Strobel were recognized at the Mountaineers graduation for this effort, but I want to use them as an example of what cooperation between clubs and their members can do to bring new dancers into our fun, fun, fun.
A reminder for all clubs desiring to request the 1-2-3 payment from the Council, please advise your class coordinators to keep the records from the class in order to substantiate your request. I apologize if I missed your club’s lessons or got the wrong information. Please let me know so I can correct the information.
If any other clubs are planning to begin lessons soon, please let me know so I can make plans to visit the club.
Respectfully submitted, Mike Zimmerman, Class Visitation
CRDA Rep Reported by Jim and Judy Taylor Lots of pictures on Picasso’s website from the 50thGALA Anniversary check them out.
Respectfully submitted, Judy and Jim Taylor, CRDA Reps
DACCA Rep to DAS&RDC Presented by Bob Gaunt At the November meeting of DACCA a discussion was had about how the new dancer dances are labeled. These dances were listed as follows in both the November and December issues of the Bulletin; “New Dancer Dance”, “Beginners Dance”, “Beginner Dance”, “Beginner Hoedown”, This is NOT a reflection of the Bulletin staff, they just print what is given to them.
The feelings of the members of DACCA are that this may be very confusing to class coordinators and the new dancers who are in class. CALLERLAB has gone to great lengths to standardize the different programs that are danced at club dances. DACCA members believe it would help if DAS&RDC clubs would do the same for those dances that are geared for the dancers who are still in class. The members of DACCA would like to see the following: 1) one title picked for all of these dances, 2) a list of the calls to be used advertised as per the CALLERLAB Mainstream program. 3) The calls used should be only those calls that the newest class members know. We acknowledge that different clubs start lessons at different times and that some teach twice a week while other only teach once a week. We still feel that something could be worked out so that the promotion of these dances and the programming for these dances for the newer dancer a very positive experience.
Members of DACCA would be more than happy to help member clubs of DAS&RDC to develop such as listing to be used in the future. DACCA believes these dances are very important and should be continued,
Some of the clubs who sponsor dancers for dancers in class also include a Plus tip in the middle of these dances. It was the feeling of the DACCA members that the inclusion of any dance, i.e. Plus or advanced round dance, that the newer dancers cannot participate in should be discouraged or at least held until the end of the dances. It was also noted that those who are in Round Dance lessons are ALSO New Dancers to that part of our activity and thus these dances should include opportunities for them to participate.
Respectfully submitted, Bob Gaunt
DAS&RDC Rep to DACCA No Report
Education Delivered by Pat Flanagan Hi, as you know, I’m Pat Flanagan, your new Council Education Committee Chairman! We had the seminar today on memory by Michael Van Masters. Next month will be seminar on how you can update your own dance information on the web, and how to develop your own club web site. We encourage everyone to attend and be sure to invite your club’s webmaster!
Sunshine & Shadows Read by Joy Chichester SYMPATHY Kent Long – Square Pegs, Orbiting Squares – father passed away Les Adamson – Square Pegs – sister passed away Sally Cook – Polka Dots – husband Bob passed away Jesse Aguirre – Hilltoppers – brother Joe passed away
GET WELL Ralph Hill – Square Halos – health issues Char Hein – Square Halos – arm surgery Lou Ann Elliott – former Mountaineers, Prairie Stars – shoulder surgery Cecil Snyder – Square Halos – medical issues Jim Garcia – Columbiners – foot surgery Jim Berger – Columbiners – medical issues Marilyn Carbaugh – Columbiners – medical issues Lilette Bagwin – Rocky Tops – foot surgery Colleen Panetti – Rollin’ Wheels – health issues Marlys Harsh – Hilltoppers – medical issues Jerry Felton – Rocky Mountain Squares – medical issues Laura Anderson – Swing Thru’s – medical issues
CONGRATULATIONS Dick & Daryle Ann Hise – Rollin’ Wheels, Plus.Com – son Sgt. Geoffrey Hise is home safe from Iraq John & Dorothy Brainerd – Rocky Tops – marriage
THINKING OF YOU Charlie Tuffield – Classic Dancers, caller – recovering from surgery Betty Harris – Columbiners – minor injuries from a fall Joan Gaunt – Scuffed Shoes; caller’s wife – pulled leg muscles
Please send the names and addresses of our dancing club members who should be remembered for their joys, sorrows, concerns, congratulations, and “thinking of you”. A greeting card will be sent on behalf of the DAS&RDC, and the list will be announced at the next Council meeting and published in the next Bulletin. The deadline is the last day of each month. Donations of greeting cards and stamps are gratefully accepted
If your club isn’t mentioned in this list, we assume you are all well and happy. If you are not all well and happy, please assign a club person who will keep track of your club members’ personal events and notify us when appropriate.
Email dasrdcsunshineshadows@gmail.com, or call 303-233-0108 or 720-381-7768. Include your name, club name, person’s correct name and postal address, and reason for remembrance.
Respectfully submitted, Joy Chichester, Sunshine and Shadows
CSSDA Flooring Reported by Dan Pantano Dan Pantano appointed committee leader reported that in asking the clubs to participate in this discussion, that there is no interest in the Denver Council owning the flooring. Therefore, no further action will be taken at this time. Marcia Langdon noted that the State was going to get rid of the flooring they currently have by January 1st 2011 so if anyone or a club wanted some of it, they could contact the CSSDA State President, Karen Copeland.
NEW BUSINESS Presented by Jim Langdon Jim Langdon noted that at the last meeting the 1-2-3 program was approved a portion of the plan required a newly graduated dancer to attend dances, and have their attendance documented. Jim Langdon developed a form which was presented and approved by the E-Board for this purpose. The Council will get these forms printed and will make them available to all the clubs by the next Council meeting.
The Vice Presidents, Sue and Randy Comeau wish to Thank the Rocky Tops and Hilltoppers for providing refreshments for the meeting today. Next month’s refreshments will be provided by Polka Dots, Prairie Stars, Plus.com and Moonlight Madness.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Scootbacks will hold an appreciation dance for Don Rouze on January 14, 2011 to celebrate his retirement of square dance calling – all dancers are welcome to attend. Please check your bulletin for the details.
Jim Langdon noted the Timberline Toppers have no dance on January 1, 2010 – there is an error in the bulletin.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by President, Marcia Langdon.
Brian Reid Council Secretary
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