[Organizers] Re: Monthly organizers zoom meetup 3rd Mondays (TODAY!)

2023-03-13 Thread Reed Wilson via Organizers
Quick correction, the organizers meet-up is Second Mondays, not Third Mondays. On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 10:04 AM Darlene Hamilton via Organizers < organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > We welcome other dance group organizers that work in a similar manner. > Every 3rd Monday. We discuss

[Organizers] Re: Need ideas/feedback about how to get new dancers to return

2023-03-13 Thread Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Organizers
Mary, Is the Buffalo dance gender free? The website tells callers to use gents and ladies. If the dance is in fact gender free, then the website needs updating. If you are advertising the dance as gender free but use gents and ladies, that would certainly not encourage me to return if I

[Organizers] Re: Need ideas/feedback about how to get new dancers to return

2023-03-13 Thread Mary Collins via Organizers
Watching this as we have the same issue. We are (I believe) the 2nd largest city in NYS and have the most pitiful turnout. I think you have some good ideas here. One comment: we often or even always speak about our dance not only gender free, no partner necessary to bring, but also as no lessons

[Organizers] Monthly organizers zoom meetup 3rd Mondays (TODAY!)

2023-03-13 Thread Darlene Hamilton via Organizers
We welcome other dance group organizers that work in a similar manner. Every 3rd Monday. We discuss all things topical to running our groups. Organizers of ECD meet-up, this afternoon at 1:30 pm PT/4:30 pm ET. https://tinyurl.com/ECD-Organizers Meeting ID: 831 1348 0385 Passcode: community

[Organizers] Need ideas/feedback about how to get new dancers to return

2023-03-13 Thread Sandy Seiler via Organizers
Newbies are not returning my thoughts... Why? not feeling welcome?, feeling intimidated/too hard? Coming late to lesson and being lost/confused during dance? Lack of feeling of mastery/learning? Need follow up lesson since we only dance 1x/month? One month is a long time to wait for another