TBF, the couple of dances who book me and are caller's choice on role names ask me to make the choice in advance and announce it on the calendar, which I think fulfills the requirement.
For the contra I'm an organizer for - Palo Alto - our default since our return from the pandemic is larks and robins but we say "yes" if callers say they want to do positional and we don't usually announce *that*. If no role name is used I don't think we have to announce what role name we're not using. -- Alan ________________________________________ From: Don Veino via Organizers <organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2023 12:25 PM To: Lisa Marie Lunt Cc: organizers shared weight Subject: [Organizers] Re: Dance Policy Decisions (e.g.: roles) Was: Attracting young dancers Thanks for the support, Lisa. Of course, I'm just one opinion on this subject, but it comes from experience on both sides. My primary concern is actually for the dancers - I'll quote a bit I wrote to an off-list reply: My point is: being unclear about what dancers should expect on such a contentious issue, before they arrive at the dance, will ensure that somebody is surprised/ disappointed/ angry when the decision is made "on the fly" - I've seen dancers storm off the floor in such situations. It's unfair to stick the caller in such a charged situation from the start. But more importantly, it's unfair to the dancers who may be traveling a distance for anticipated fun. And, ultimately, the organizers end up having to deal with resultant issues anyway - in my opinion it's better to just address it up front. -Don On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 12:30 AM Lisa Marie Lunt <lisal...@gmail.com<mailto:lisal...@gmail.com>> wrote: I think it's important to listen to what Don Veino just wrote. Don is both a caller and organizer. It's not fair to put the responsibility for choosing role names on the callers. It's the organizers' responsibility to make decisions about our dances. Lisa Lunt She/her Jamaica Plain (Boston) Gender Free Contra Dance On Sun, Oct 29, 2023, 4:17 PM Don Veino via Organizers <organizers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:organizers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote: As a caller and organizer, this is a hot button topic for me. <snip> _______________________________________________ Organizers mailing list -- organizers@lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to organizers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net
