Hi all,
I’m a new treasurer for an organization that is preparing to hold it’s
first weekend since before the pandemic. We are a registered 501c3
non-profit operating at less than 50K per year. We will be paying our
talent more than the threshold for filing 1099’s ($600+), thus it is my
To clarify, this event is upcoming. We have not yet paid our talent, but
multiple individuals will receive an amount greater than $600.
Virginia Varland
varlan...@gmail.com
On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 1:35 PM Mary Collins wrote:
> As an organizer, caller, Bookkeeper and tax filier this
Note that performers still have to pay taxes on the money they earn. So
unless your talent is planning to cheat on their taxes it's not benefiting
them to keep below the $600 threshold.
Jeff
On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 2:08 PM Lissa Bengtson via Organizers <
organizers@lists.sharedweight.ne
Several times I've had talent agree to work for $599 so that they don't
have to receive a 1099. But I think those days are gone!
Lissa B.
San Antonio
On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 12:05 PM Mary Collins via Organizers <
organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Ok then yes ea
Ok then yes each recipient should fill out a w9 (down load from irs) and
then next Jan a 1099 should be issued.
On Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 1:38 PM Virginia Varland wrote:
> To clarify, this event is upcoming. We have not yet paid our talent, but
> multiple individuals will receive an amount g
preparing to hold it’s
> first weekend since before the pandemic. We are a registered 501c3
> non-profit operating at less than 50K per year. We will be paying our
> talent more than the threshold for filing 1099’s ($600+), thus it is my
> understanding that we’ll need to get our talent
ers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Several times I've had talent agree to work for $599 so that they don't
> have to receive a 1099. But I think those days are gone!
>
> Lissa B.
> San Antonio
>
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 12:05 PM Mary Collins via Organizers <
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1099 should be issued. On Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 1:38 PM Virginia Varland <varlan...@gmail.com> wrote:To clarify, this event is upcoming. We have not yet paid our talent, but multiple individuals will receive an amount greater than $600.Virginia Varlandvarlan...@gmail.com On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 1
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> wrote:
>
>> To clarify, this event is upcoming. We have not yet paid our talent, but
>> multiple individuals will receive an amount greater than $600.
>>
>> Virginia Varland
>> varlan...@gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2
ini-course would be awesome. Great idea thanks!
Simon - so true re experienced talent. Great reminder to see what we can
do there. :)
JD - our 'community talent dances' have been our monthly Tuesday dances
where we've been building local callers and musicians (vs our 1st and 3rd
S
On 2018-04-21 12:22, Emily Addison via Organizers wrote:
Hi Folks,
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Another thing we're working on is having our monthly community talent
dances be more beginner focused so that should be neat... ... but a
little different than a condensed weekly course.
Thanks!
Emily
Hullo
th an expensive
dance weekend doesn't go anywhere. Who do you have for talent?
Great Bear's last outing packed the dance weekend (Winter Warmup).
Ditto Perpetual e-Motion's last outing at Mentone (Birmingham's weekend).
So top talent will draw on their own. But if you have
ling
(some of which I share, and some of which I don't -- I'm not on the
committee).
Even though we've traditionally been a good-sized dance, we are not really
on the way to anywhere, so we get very few out-of-town bands/callers --
maybe twice a year. Happily, we have wonderful local
Here in Buffalo we have a band booker, me, and another for callers (I call
and don't want conflicts). I usually try to send out emails to all our
local talent with dates and ask for interest and availability. I try to
book first choice. I do try to book local for winter dates and farther
(at my dance we ask adults to
pay and offer any amount for kids).
I can send you a copy of that sign in sheet if that’s helpful.
Another dance in our area uses a simple tally sheet for $5 youth, $10 others, $
pay as you can.
I also put out a talent tip jar, since our rent is based on 40% of
I received a request for assistance with organizing a contradance in Long
Island, for Grace Christian Academy, in the next month or so.
I explained(1) That I live in Rochester NY, 7 hours drive (at least), and there
is local talent that would be better suited;(2) That all contradances in the
ntry volunteers (2 people from 7-8pm, 2 people for dances 1-2, 2
people for dances 3-4, 2 people for dances 5-6)
-Others who help with tear down
We recognize volunteers in a few ways:
-Announcements from the mic
-One free dance with local talent in May at the end of our season. Others
can atte
Hello organizers
I've been having conversations with other organizers and talent about pay at
dance weekends. Our conversation started with talking about our local contra
dance weekend, and moved to a discussion about the local ECD weekend. Then the
discussion expanded to several musician
I think this sounds like a great idea, Emily! The only thing I'd think
about is the community talent night being focused on beginners. I find
that experienced contra callers and bands are often better for beginners
because callers who've been doing this for a while are usually good
Fascinating and valuable discussion. Our policy requires the test for
any unmasked talent to be completed immediately before they enter the
hall, on the principle that anyone with a low enough virus load to pass
a rapid test is unlikely to pose a risk to the dancers. This adds a
dimension we
just for handling the finances of the local dance. It will have just
enough money in it to pay the talent (band, sound, caller) electronically. The
treasurer or scheduler will find out prior to the dance if the talent wants to
be paid electronically or in cash.
Seth
Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP
u
contact folks sequentially on an "if you're available for date X, you've got
it" basis?
* How far in advance to you seek to book your talent? Does it vary for
different people (callers vs. bands; locals vs. out-of-towners; top-tier locals
vs. others; musicians who d
e that does not have the ability to stand
up to the mob and say, “No, this is wrong.“ You, as an organizer, will be
in this situation. You too may find it difficult to stand up and say No.
You might instead say, as your policy:
“We only do three things here:
- We book the hall.
- We hire the
ge to our accounting practices: create a
> separate account just for handling the finances of the local dance. It will
> have just enough money in it to pay the talent (band, sound, caller)
> electronically. The treasurer or scheduler will find out prior to the dance
> if the talent wants
<
organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Hello organizers
>
> I've been having conversations with other organizers and talent about pay
> at dance weekends. Our conversation started with talking about our local
> contra dance weekend, and moved to a discussion about the
possible (which it isn’t always) I try to keep OOT bands/callers from
‘date clumping’ so that there is an even sprinkle of OOT talent across the
calendar instead of 5 OOT bands in a row followed by 9 local bands in a row
OOT callers and band contacts may pro-actively contact me about booking gigs as
tever we set aside to pay eventually for
maintenance and repair of the venue (most of which will be done by volunteers)
+ whatever we need to set aside to accommodate "vulnerable dancers" (e.g., a
special dance for them, perhaps?) = $17-20/per, maybe.
And that's assuming volunteers op
ning with them
9) Sporcle - has many many fun trivia
10) joke fest - everyone come with their favorite joke (or two) ready to tell
Icebreaker questions
1. Best thing that happened to you this week
2. How did you discover Dance?
3. What is your strangest talent you or a friend has?
4
to 'dance better')
- Con: Having a room full of beginners would remove all the supportive
help that experienced dancers can provide. (Solution -- have a few
volunteer experienced folks come to the course)
Another thing we're working on is having our monthly community talent
eff
>
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 9:24 PM Tepfer, Seth via Organizers <
> organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello organizers
>>
>> I've been having conversations with other organizers and talent about pay
>> at dance weekends. Our con
e for date X, you've got
it" basis?
* How far in advance to you seek to book your talent? Does it vary for
different people (callers vs. bands; locals vs. out-of-towners; top-tier locals
vs. others; musicians who don't want to commit too far in advance because they
might get offe
Apr 25, 2023 at 9:24 PM Tepfer, Seth via Organizers <
>> organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello organizers
>>>
>>> I've been having conversations with other organizers and talent about
>>> pay at dance weekends. Our conversatio
each person works=
on their own carft
8) Individual check-in: good with <25 people: have each person spend 30 se=
conds talking about what's happening with them
9) Sporcle - has many many fun trivia
10) joke fest - everyone come with their favorite joke (or two) ready to te=
ll
Icebreak
rs who are focused on skill-level to push beginners
>to 'dance better')
>- Con: Having a room full of beginners would remove all the supportive
>help that experienced dancers can provide. (Solution -- have a few
>volunteer experienced folks come to the co
Thanks Penelope, so far so good(ish).
Regarding the language, I plan on revising our policy to specify a deadline
of 4 hours before the event start time - hopefully sufficient to find
alternative talent in case of a positive result yet support timely data.
-Don
On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 3:15 PM
dweight.net> wrote:
> Thanks Penelope, so far so good(ish).
>
> Regarding the language, I plan on revising our policy to specify a
> deadline of 4 hours before the event start time - hopefully sufficient to
> find alternative talent in case of a positive result yet support timely
as a family friendly dance. For many years they
hosted a pot luck before every dance until the core folks who did most
of the work got exhausted. I don't know their current post-covid
pattern, but pre-covid they still did pot lucks but just for the talent
and volunteers helping setup.
-Hei
ill have just
enough money in it to pay the talent (band, sound, caller) electronically. The
treasurer or scheduler will find out prior to the dance if the talent wants to
be paid electronically or in cash.
Seth
Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)
Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate
· 2: Cash App
>
> · 1: ApplePay
>
> · 0: PayPal
>
> · 54: jar with cash and checks (approximately)
>
>
>
> The dance was sliding scale admission - people were told they could pay
> what they wished, and donation requested was $20.
>
>
>
> In the fut
e.
Roughly half of our dancers drive a distance to come (20-60 minutes) and would
consider
another dance as their home dance. I try to book regional to weekend quality
talent
(Toss the Possum is our next band, then George Paul & Ben Schrieber,
then ContraForce, then RushFest). So we lose money
umors that they may
restart soon.
Pre covid they had a pleasant 60 - 85 person dance in a small community
hall in
a park. Mostly local talent.
Charlotte, NC, monthly ... restarted last summer, I've heard they're
doing great
with a full hall of dancers (130? guessing!). My pre-covid
yment options:
>>
>> · QR code for Venmo
>>
>> · QR code for PayPal
>>
>> · QR code for Cash App
>>
>> · A jar for stuffing cash in
>>
>> · Instructions on how to use ApplePay
>>
>> I would estimate we had around 60 pe
when people register for our Playford Ball, which
allows it to break even most years.
- We offer the opportunity to sponsor a dance, usually for a special
occasion/anniversary, etc., with varying levels of support. Pay enough
(early enough) and choose the caller and musicians. Usually pa
age 35-50) dance but with good energy and a slowly building
base of
dancers who consider us their home dance. We're in our 6th year as a dance.
Roughly half of our dancers drive a distance to come (20-60 minutes) and would
consider
another dance as their home dance. I try to book regional to
have codes for Venmo and PayPal and CashApp.
We also do the sliding scale, $10-20, and have a "pay it forward" option
where people can buy a ticket for someone in the community, so anyone can
accept one of those tickets and dance free.
I ask the talent how they want to be paid, it's
r unmasked
talent, but it's an interesting idea! We're always taking a look at our
policies and reassessing, given the ever evolving nature of this pandemic.
Dana
On Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 11:45 PM Martin Lodahl via Organizers <
organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> You can al
PayPal QR code with Zelle QR code.
We are discussion a big change to our accounting practices: create a separate
account just for handling the finances of the local dance. It will have just
enough money in it to pay the talent (band, sound, caller) electronically. The
treasurer or
ferent people's approaches to booking bands and callers for a dance series. For example:
* Do you ask a bunch of bands and callers at once for their availability dates and then try to fill in the schedule based on the combined responses, or do you contact folks sequentially on an "if you&#x
m pretty
sure we'll have to, and I'm pretty sre
Our position in the Bay Area is that we have a *lot* of local talent, both
callers and musicians. If a contra dance started looking like a good idea to
us as organizers and to the halls we use, we think we could pull a pretty good
one to
who did most of
> the work got exhausted. I don't know their current post-covid pattern, but
> pre-covid they still did pot lucks but just for the talent and volunteers
> helping setup.
>
>
> -Heitzso
> Gainesville, Georgia
>
>
> The idea I have been cogitating on fo
folks come to the course)
Another thing we're working on is having our monthly community talent
dances be more beginner focused so that should be neat... ... but a little
different than a condensed weekly course.
Thanks!
Emily
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> sure we'll have to, and I'm pretty sre
>
> Our position in the Bay Area is that we have a *lot* of local talent, both
> callers and musicians. If a contra dance started looking like a good idea to
> us as organize
so do the sliding scale, $10-20, and have a "pay it forward" option where
people can buy a ticket for someone in the community, so anyone can accept one
of those tickets and dance free.
I ask the talent how they want to be paid, it's about half and half for cash
vs. digital paymen
nation requested was $20.
In the future we will replace the PayPal QR code with Zelle QR code.
We are discussion a big change to our accounting practices: create a separate
account just for handling the finances of the local dance. It will have just
enough money in it to pay the talent (band, s
retty
sure we'll have to, and I'm pretty sre
Our position in the Bay Area is that we have a *lot* of local talent, both
callers and musicians. If a contra dance started looking like a good idea to
us as organizers and to the halls we use, we think we could pull a pretty good
one to
keep furthering our mission and to
> give the musicians support.
>
> We haven't made a formal statement about the Oct-Dec quarter, and we
> haven't yet canceled our English dance weekend scheduled for November, but
> I'm pretty sure we'll have to, and I'm pret
't made a formal statement about the Oct-Dec quarter,
and we haven't yet canceled our English dance weekend scheduled
for November, but I'm pretty sure we'll have to, and I'm pretty sre
Our position in the Bay Area is that we have a *lot* of local
ho are focused on
skill-level to push beginners to 'dance better')
Con: Having a room full of beginners would remove all
the supportive help that experienced dancers can
provide. (Solution -- have a few volunteer experienced
. Most of our talent didn’t
respond, but of those that did, most were ok with a little loosing of our
policies (i.e. removing vax/booster requirement or allowing more alternatives
but keeping masks and contact tracing). We’ll next survey our community to see
what they are open to.
Robin
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