Meeting Notes Aug 4, 2014

Present:
Wayne, Nev, John, Eva, Deb, Chloë, Diane, Liz, Kellie, Dave

Content:

BBQ Update: attendance approximately 25.  Diane was applauded.

DJ Survey Summary: The DJs are hard at work :)

Once-a-month evening dances: The plan calls for once a month, typically on the 4th Thursday (holidays excepting) PCD at Mechanics Hall from 7 - 9.  DJs get normal pay, the hall is $100 per night.  Deb proposes starting in Sept to see how it goes with the current sounds system.

Dates so far:  9/24, 10/22, 11/19, 12/17 are the current dates for the four dance trial period.

New Year's Dance at Avant: Neil agreed to send Avant a message to reserve the space.

Live Music Special Event Dance: Chloë is heading up our investigation of creating a live music dance.

Safety Dance:  We reviewed the safety dance idea from last time - 2 x per year -  a first hour of safety followed by 2 hours of dancing.  We rediscussed everything about it.   New agreement about the safety dance structure: 15 mins of warmup, 30 mins of safety instruction, 120 mins of dancing.  Deb and Chloë and Nev will plan and deliver the first safety dance.  Date: TBA - probably in Oct, announced a couple of weeks in advance.

Hiring Teachers -  The committee of Nev, Dave and Eva will meet and discuss.

Retreat Update: No update.  We have a verbal that we are in for April 1- 3, 2016 and Oct 14-16, 2016.

Non-Profit Business: Nadda

Email and Gmail list:  John is going to deal with making sure that all list are in gmail.

Sensitive Topics: We discussed how we handle sensitive topics in meraki and we may want to revisit this topic in a future meeting.

Next Meeting: Tuesday the 15th of Sept from 7 to 9 pm at Neil and Chloë's  --  71 South Freeport Rd, South Freeport.