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@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 > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list -- organizers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to organizers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net >
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