President Dom Filardo called the meeting to order at 09:10 AM.
OLD BUSINESS:
The purpose of the WASCA meeting is to provide an opportunity for
our out-of-town members to attend the once-a-year mandatory meeting
and also to hold our election of officers every two years.
The minutes of the last meeting were emailed to everyone. It was
suggested that we accept the minutes as read. Tim Eum suggested we
accept the minutes as not read. All were in favor.
NEW BUSINESS:
New Hotel for WASCA: John Kincaid brought up the issue of the
floor in the new hall. The current plans are to use the composite
flooring, which is a poor quality floor for round dancing. John
Kincaid suggested we ask WASCA to provide a wooden floor for rounds.
Tex Shipman moved that we authorize Dom Filardo to send a letter to
WASCA to register our dissatisfaction with the proposed floor. Dee
Herridge seconded the motion and it was passed.
Tim Eum submitted Christina Eum as a full member of RDTA. Tim
noted that Christina has been an Apprentice member for two years,
and should have only been paying half of the normal dues, but has
paid full dues for both years. Tim moved that we accept Christina as
a full member and her first year dues be credited as having already
been paid. Dee Herridge seconded the motion and it was passed.
Tex Shipman moved that we amend the Bylaws to reflect a 2-year
term for officers. At the April 20, 2002 meeting, a motion was
approved to change the officers’ term to 2 years, but the change was
never incorporated into the Bylaws. Tex also moved that we table
this motion until the next meeting. Dom Filardo asked Tex to prepare
the new proposed article for the Bylaws. The article will be emailed
to all members and voted on at the next meeting.
RDTA Website: We have had a problem in keeping the website
up-to-date. Several of the website links have no value unless the
website is kept up-to-date. Dom announced that Dave Sanford has
volunteered to maintain the RDTA website as a contribution to round
dancing. Tim Eum said he did not believe that we need to go outside
the organization, or that we should at least have any outside person
working with one of our members. Dom will explore the issue and get
back with us.
Peggy Bloxom thanked everyone who submitted a list of dances for
the Round Dance Invitational. She also requested that whenever we
get an email from one of our members requesting an answer or input,
we should all RESPOND. It only takes a minute to send back a reply
and let them sender know that the email was received.
Dom distributed the DVDs/video tapes from Irv and Betty
Easterday’s October 16th RDTA clinic. All attendees at this business
meeting received their DVD/video.
NEXT MEETING – Clinic at 10:00 AM on May 7, 2005.
Dues are now payable. If you did not pay them at the meeting,
please send a check to our treasurer, Rae Schoffstall.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:59 A.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Margaret & Tex Shipman
Secretary
