General Meeting, July 7, 1997, 9pm, Krannert Center
1. Officers' Reports
President/ Classes are progressing nicely. The club is still
Education Chair accepting nominations for Co-Education Chair.
Nominations for Anne Liwigs and Scott Weitzenhoffer
have been accepted.
Vice President Not Present
Treasurer $3900 in dues and class fees have been collected.
Secretary The July Dance Calendar is finished. Ravi is currently
looking for volunteers who are interested in contributing
to the club newsletter, "Lines of Dance."
Workshop Chair o The summer workshop with Enio Cordoba and Terryl Jones is
this Sunday from 9am to 5pm in the Illini Union Ballroom.
o The club is still trying to get some signed "Letter of
of Agreement" forms from Enio.
o The workshop flyers that were distributed last weekend are
missing some critical information. The club will use the last
page of the 4-page flyer for future advertising. Copies of
this flyer will be available tomorrow, and should be sent to
the Regent, Carol Russo, and other contacts listed in Mark's
email.
o Due to a cancellation, there is now an opening for a
private lesson with Terryl on Saturday (7/12) at 10am.
Contact Mark Balzer (m-balzer@uiuc.edu) if you are
interested in signing up for this time.
o Enio is bringing his own music for the workshop. However,
the club will be bringing music just in case along with
equipment, name tags, candy, flyers, etc.
o Jay will call the Illini Union to confirm our order for
lemonade during the workshop.
o Stephanie will go ahead and request space in the
Union for September 20th for the Fall workshop.
Competition o Jay is currently looking for judges for this Fall's
Chair competition.
o The club is currently considering changes to the competition
format to better define the participant categories (i.e.
beginner, intermediate, advanced). Cory will be creating a
committee to discuss these changes. Members who are
interested in joining this committee should contact Jay
(jumping@uiuc.edu).
PR Chair Not Present
Volunteers are needed for Quad day.
Video Librarian No Report
Webmaster Jim will begin administrating the dancing-official-l list
after the workshop. Jim is also handling the phone list.
The "Welcome to Dance" cards were handed out to volunteers
who will enter the name, phone, and email information. The
format for data entry will be sent out on the official
list. The data should be entered and the "Welcome to
Dance" cards returned by next week.
Competition Yuan Gao represented the Competition Team.
Team Rep.
2. Constitution and By-Laws Changes
The following changes to the Constitution and By-laws were approved.
DI Constitution: Article II, Section 1, paragraph G. Social Chair
add:
The Social Chair shall be responsible for the DI music library.
The Social Chair shall be responsible for supplying music at DI practices.
In DI Constitution: Article II, Section 4, paragraph C
...As remuneration, each officer, chairperson and volunteer instructor
shall receive free ^^^^^^^^^
delete
admission to all DI events whose operating costs are not determined by
attendance....
then delete this sentence:
...Volunteer instructors who teach at least 10 hours per
semester shall receive a dance scholarship of $80 per semester (summer
included), which can accumulate for no more than 3 consecutive
semesters.
In DI Bylaws: Article II, add:
F. Instructor Compensation
Each professional instructor will be paid a fee based upon his
qualifications. Each fee will be negotiated individually and listed on a
"Letter of Agreement" contract signed by the instructor.
Instructors wishing to preserve their amateur status will be compensated
for instruction-related food and travel expenses. See USABDA rules
for amateur dancers at:
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/earhart/rules.html
In DI Bylaws: Article II, section "Dancing Illini Dance Teams" add:
To the paragraph that reads:
Team membership must be open to all DI members or registered
participants. All team members must be DI members or registered
participants.
add:
Dancing Illini dance team names must include the club name,
"Dancing Illini."
In DI Bylaws: Article VII,
Correct spelling of all occurances of "video tapes"
3. Discussion on class progress.
The floor was opened to the general membership to give feedback on the
progress of our summer classes. Members suggested that there be more
repetition of new steps on Thursday's beginner class (Cha Cha, Waltz,
Salsa). In addition, some members have found Thursday's beginner class
more difficult because the men and women are not split up when learning
new steps.
4. Co-Education Chair Elections
Anne Liwigs and Scott Weitzenhoffer were elected Co-Education Chairs.
They will be taking office immediately by helping Cory and John
Deguzman with their responsibilities.
5. Other Items
Mark Balzer proposed that we make and distribute Dancing Illini Fans.
Mark will look into this further, and report price and source
information to the club officers.