We will hold our weekly practice on Wednesday, May 7 at 9:30-11:00pm
in the Regent Ballroom, Savoy. David's 5,000 sq. ft. of hardwood dance
floor surrounded by mirrors make for a perfect practice environment.
If you need a ride, email your request to dancing@uiuc.edu
After some dance practice, we'll turn the music off at 10pm and the
May general meeting will convene. Free pizza and soda will be provided
during the meeting. Then the music goes back on. Class flyers, calendars
and videos will be available.
Nominations for Officers and Chairpersons are now being accepted.
Self-nomination by qualified individuals is allowed. Nominations
will close and voting will be held at the May 7th DI General Meeting.
In exchange for running the club, DI officers and chairpersons get FREE
admission to DI classes and events, plus other perks like no deposits
required for borrowing videos and an end-of-semester dinner on the club.
Additionally, it looks great on a resume that you helped run a 200+ member
club with a $15,000 yearly budget! Former officers have gotten jobs based
on their management experience as club officers!
The following elected positions are open for the 1997-1998 academic year:
(don't worry if there is already someone running for the position that
you want - most any position can be filled by 2 or more people.)
Position Nominee
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President Cory Tsang
Vice President Bruce Powers
Treasurer Matthew Johnson
Secretary Ravi Vijayendran
Competition Chair Jay Tsai
Social Chair Amy Dorris
Public Relations Chair Regina Pareigis
Education Chair Jon Deguzman
Workshop Chair *arranges semesterly workshops
appointed positions which are available to interested volunteers:
Web Master Jim Phillips
Video Librarian *operates video library
Members who have not paid their semesterly dues prior to the opening of
nominations are not eligible to vote or to run for office. Only student
members may serve as President, Vice President or Treasurer.
Please refer to the DI Constitution Article II for descriptions of duties
for each position. Also, refer to the DI Constitution and Bylaws for
information on the governance of the Dancing Illini. If you are
interested in becoming an officer, please feel free to approach current
officers with questions.
The Dancing Illini Constitution and Bylaws are online:
http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/dancing/
Additionally, check out the online Officer's Administrative page for
further information.
Every year the club officers put together a notebook to pass on to the new
officers, and every year it is lost or forgotten, causing needless
duplication of effort for the new officers. To end this wasteful cycle
forever, we have created an "Officer's administrative page" on the DI web
site. This indexed repository of knowledge is chock full of helpful hints
and advice on how to do your job as an officer, chairperson, instructor or
dance team leader. It even contains, in downloadable form, all the flyers
we've handed out over the past year, for ease in creating new ones. Those
of you considering becoming club officers but worried about the time
commitment should look over the officer's administrative page. While
browsing the DI page at
http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/dancing
just click on the "officer's administrative page" link and scan it over.
Utilizing these resources will make life a breeze for future officers.