Many interesting questions! Unless I am mistaken, and the list no longer is active: I believe there is a Shared Weight Organizers list. These questions would be great to post to that group, too. Linda
On Dec 14, 2015, at 9:04 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Thanks for sharing this, Will! Organizers out there, how many of you have a > coherent contingency plan in place for dealing with issues that occur at your > dances? How many of you have had to deal with issues on the fly, making it > up as you go? Those of you that do have a plan, how did you develop it? Did > it come as a response to a previous issue, or did you decide to be proactive > in advance of anything happening? Did your policy come from the top levels > of the organization down, or was it organized by a non-administrative dancer > or group of dancers? Do you have any sort of script or manual for your door > sitters? Do you include information in your beginner sessions so your new > dancers know who to talk to if there's a problem? > > I'm curious about the varied ways these policies have been implemented. Our > itty bitty English dance series here in Sebastopol has been pretty free of > drama, but the local contras have had occasional moments of unwelcome > excitement over the years. It seems like a good idea to get an > organization-wide policy of consent and safety in place. > > Does BACDS have such a policy? How about NBCDS? If there is one, how is it > expressed, and where? > > Kalia > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
