OREGON FEDERATION OF SQUARE &
ROUND DANCE CLUBS
MINUTES OF THE MEETING DATED JANUARY 27, 2002
LANE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, EUGENE, OREGON
President Linda (Ralph) Lambert
brought the January 27, 2002, meeting of the Federation of Square & Round
Clubs to order at 9:00 a.m. at the Lane County Fairgrounds, Eugene,
Oregon.
Roll call was taken by Recording
Secretary Nancy Cobb as follows:
Officers: First Vice President Kay (Jim) Rogers; Second Vice
President Carolyn (Bob) Bosch; Recording Secretary Nancy Cobb; Corresponding
Secretary Marilyn (Ron) Schmit; Treasurer Pro-Tem Bill (Annadale) Rooper;
Membership Chair Clara (Frank) Kilbourne; and Past President Barbi (Lee)
Ashwill.
Appointed
Officers: Financial Advisor
Gary (Betty) Willoughby; Parliamentarian Larry (Carol) Reetz; OFN Editor Jan
(Jim) Steele; State Publicity/Reporter Jill (Floyd) Bard; Education Chairman
David (Kathy) Krause; Historian Bonnie (Jay) Stimler; and Youth Coordinator Ann
(Roger) Skoe.
Delegates: Central Oregon -
in the absence of Virginia (Hal) Meyers, Barbie Cooper; Emerald Empire - Angie
Barta (Alan Prichard); Interstate Highlanders - Cathy (Ron) Pochatko;
Lincoln-Tillamook - Kathy (Buzz) Buczkowski; Mid-Willamette - Dianne (Toby)
Beard; Portland - Al Wolf (Gail Domine); Rogue Sis-Q - Rex (Jeri) Bounds; South
Coast - Karel (Don) Morris; Sunset - Sylvia Davis; Tualatin Valley - Tim
(Kathy) Roberts; and Umpqua - John Hernandez (Esther Thompson-Wood).
Absent: Blue Mountain - Bonnie (Don)
Berry; and Eastern Oregon - Lorene (George) Griffith;
Committee
Chairs: 2002 Mid-Winter
Festival - Larry & Carol Reetz; 2002 Summer Festival and 54th National
Convention - Lee & Barbi Ashwill; 2003 Mid-Winter Festival - Gary &
Betty Willoughby; 2003 Summer Festival - In the absence of Dave & Jodene
Hughes, Buzz and Kathy Buczkowski; Insurance - Jim (Kay) Rogers; BMI/ASCAP -
Ralph (Linda) Lambert; ORDTA - Dennis (Elaine) Smith; State Fair - Fran (Ray) Bunch; Caller Advisor - Roger (Linda)
Putzler; and State Trailers Jim (Avis) Kinkaid. Absent: Round Dance Screening
and 2004 Summer Festival - Barbara & Larry Schaumburg;.
Active
Goodwill Ambassadors: Don and Karel Morris and Ray and Zola
Jones. Absent: Dick and Marge Pentecost; Ray and Betty
Jones; and Benjamin and Penny Brown.
Past
President Barbi Ashwill gave the invocation.
First Vice President Kay Rogers led the Pledge of Allegiance.
MINUTES. Karel Morris moved
to approve the minutes of the November 11, 2001, meeting as presented,
seconded by Rex Bounds. Motion was
voted on and approved unanimously.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT. President Linda
Lambert stated the meeting was being recorded.
She hoped everyone had a wonderful holiday season. She thanked the Mid-Winter Festival
Committee and the Emerald Empire Area for a wonderful weekend. She said that since she grew up in Eugene
she always enjoys coming back to dance with and see old friends. She reminded everyone that mileage and
motel reimbursement are not given for the two State Meetings held in
conjunction with the Festivals, but to be sure and turn in other reimbursement
requests to the Second Vice President for approval.
Since
the last meeting she attended several Mid-Winter and Summer Festival Committee
meetings and the January Washington State Square and Folk Dance Federation
meeting. The meeting was hosted by the Evergreen Council in Vancouver,
Washington, and was held in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary
celebration for the Evergreen Council.
Linda
asked for two additional volunteers to attend and represent Oregon at the United Square Dancers of America (USDA)
meeting being held Wednesday afternoon prior to the start of the National
Square Dance Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. Gary and Betty Willoughby have committed to attending the meeting
already. Linda advised expenses for
attendance at the meeting would not be reimbursable. She noted that USDA is the organization that the Federation and
Federated clubs obtain their insurance from and occasionally receive rebate checks
for credit cards, etc. Representation from the Federation is required at least
two out of every three meetings to keep the insurance.
She
received an invitation from Callerlab allowing the Oregon Federation to send up
to two representatives to their upcoming convention scheduled for March 25 -
27, 2002 in Richmond, Virginia.
Attendance at the Convention could be an opportunity to express Oregon
dancers’ concern about moving three calls from the Mainstream program to the
Plus program. Callerlab also extended
an invitation for the Oregon Federation to support the Callerlab Foundation by
helping a caller attend the Callers School in conjunction with the National
Square Dance Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. Although both of these invitations present opportunities, there
are no funds in the budget to participate.
She asked anyone interested in attending either function at their own
expense, to talk with her at the break or after the meeting.
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT. First Vice
President Kay Rogers thanked everyone on the Mid-Winter Festival Committee for
working so hard to insure that dancers have a great festival to attend year
after year. She was privileged this year to attend some of the meetings and
said it was an eye opener to see first hand how much goes into the
Festival. She said everyone needs to do
whatever possible to help insure that more dancers come to support and
appreciate this terrific effort. She
also asked for everyone’s support for the OFN and state directories.
She
congratulated Lee and Barbi Ashwill for winning this year’s Randall Award,
noting there was some stiff competition.
She
was happy to report that at yesterday's POOF meeting, Jan Steele was approved
as the new OFN Editor, noting everyone should change the state directory, page
14 as follows: Jan and Jim Steele, PO
Box 985, Newberg, OR 97132‑1633; Phone 503‑538‑2881; Fax 503‑537‑0251;
oregonfederationnews@yahoo.com, Kay
thanked Jan for all the work done in getting the equipment moved and managing
to publish January's issue on her own.
She
related the following directory changes: The correct spelling of Jeanine
Norden's name is J-e-a-n-I-n-e; new PAC Delegate - Al Wolf, 15400 SE Hartnell
Avenue, Milwaukie, OR 97267, Phone 503‑656‑5145, of River City
Dancers. She thanked both Al, for taking over the PAC delegate position, and
Bill Rooper for taking over as Treasurer.
Kay
said there are additional State Directories for sale at $1.85 each and that
they make wonderful gifts for graduating classes, along with a trial
subscription to the OFN.
She
and Jim have been busy dancing and enjoying their favorite past time, noting
they had a great time at the Washington State Meeting Weekend dances. The
Silver Stars and the friendship of the Evergreen Council are a welcome addition
to the Federation.
2002 MID-WINTER FESTIVAL. Larry Reetz thanked his wife, Carol, for her support. He stated that Mid-Winter Festival was a
success. He hoped to have actual
numbers before the end of the meeting.
He said success to him was measured by the number of people having a
good time and enjoying the fellowship of dancing. The weather was a factor, but there were 14 squares in the New
Dancer Hall. At the youth dance last
night, there were five squares of youth.
He thanked everyone, noting that the Festival wouldn’t be a success
without the support of the Federation and the dancers.
2002 SUMMER FESTIVAL. Lee Ashwill
invited everyone to attend Summer Festival 2002. He thanked the Mid-Winter Festival Committee for a wonderful
time. He reported the 2002 Summer
Festival was on track, with the only concern being low pre-registrations. The luncheon cruise on the Willamette Queen
is sold out, but there is a waiting list in case of cancellations. Those coming by RV should register as early
as possible in order to have a site with water and electricity. The Fairgrounds will allow one free trip to
the dump station. The Square Dance and
Round Dance programs are in place. A
flyer with the schedule of callers and cuers is available at the Summer
Festival 2002 registration table. The halls will be closed for dinner from 4:00
PM to 6:00 PM on Saturday night for entertainment in the arena area, which will
be square dancing on horseback (taught by Dick and Marge Pentecost) and cowboy
poetry. At the end of the Grand March, there will seating for as many of the
dancers as possible during the ceremonies. There are “beautiful” Summer
Festival mugs available for sale.
Everyone was invited to "Sail Into Summer 2002" and each
person challenged to register one other couple by the May 2002 State meeting.
2003 MID-WINTER FESTIVAL. Gary Willoughby
was pleased to announce that Aaron and Linda Gibbens would be the co-chairs for
2003 Mid-Winter Festival, and step into the position of 2004 Mid-Winter
Festival chairs. They are working on
final design of badges and flyers, with a visitation schedule to commence in
June with a visit to 2002 Summer Festival.
There will be an organizational meeting in March, in conjunction with
the close out meeting of the 2002 Mid-Winter Festival. He thanked Kay for her comments about giving
input back to the Festival Committee about things that are liked and that are
not, because the Committee wants to satisfy as many as possible.
2003 SUMMER FESTIVAL. In the absence of
2003 Summer Festival chair Dave and Jodene Hughes, Buzz Buczkowski said Dave
and Jodene had met with he and Kathy to discuss details and developed a
flyer. Volunteers are coming forth,
with good support from the local clubs.
They had a good dance class, with all students joining the club, so they
are working hard to increase their membership.
2004 SUMMER FESTIVAL. Marilyn Schmit
read Barbara Schaumburg’s report, which
was that everything was on track for 2004 Summer Festival.
OREGON FEDERATION NEWS. Kay Rogers said
that at the last meeting a motion was approved to seat Jan (Jim) Steele as the
new OFN Editor pending approval of the POOF’s, which was done yesterday. She said the Federation was very glad to
have Jan. The POOF’s approved two
recommendations which require the Federation’s approval. The first was to increase the OFN petty cash
fund from $100.00 to $200.00, as $100.00 was not sufficient cash on hand, and
to change the Practices & Procedures to reflect that the fund be
replenished at least at State meetings, noting it could be replenished between
meetings if necessary. The other
recommendation was that the responsibilities of the OFN business manager be
added to the responsibilities of the Federation Financial Advisor.
Kay
moved to increase the OFN petty cash fund from $100.00 to $200.00, seconded
by Carolyn Bosch. Motion was voted
on and carried unanimously.
Kay
moved that the responsibilities of the OFN business manager be added to the
job descriptions for the Federation Financial Advisor, seconded by Barbi
Ashwill. Kay stated those
responsibilities included reviewing the monthly statements showing all
deposits, which the Federation Financial Advisor already does. This would allow the Federation to have a
better grasp of the OFN financial situation, the number of magazines being
published and the number of subscriptions and ads, regardless of the status of
the OFN editor. Motion was voted on and
carried unanimously.
Jan
advised the editorship was transferred to her on December 15, 2001, which included picking up the equipment and
inventory from Dave and Jodene in Hermiston.
They finished the January issue on their own, with a lot of great
support, as Dave had completed a great deal already. Subscription and advertisement receipts are accounted for, and
the data base has been updated. She
related that when people call the OFN they will get a “live” voice and she
would be responding to e-mails immediately.
The US Post Office only forwards second class mailings two times, and
then discards that mail, so subscribers’ magazines can’t be held. They received 25 new subscriptions, with 68
renewals after January 21. There have
been 66 expired subscriptions since the end of the year, and 74 expire at the
end of the month. The OFN is running
about 1,246 magazines each month. She
completed the February issue of the magazine totally on their own. One other issue that Jan resolved was the
recovery of the US Post Office second class periodical permit.
Barbi
thanked Jan for her efforts. Another
issue that the POOF’s brought up was that subscribers need to check the OFN
magazine mailing label for the expiration date of the subscription. The OFN will no longer give grace periods
for expired subscriptions. Kay noted
Jan had extra magazines and urged those who don’t take the OFN to take one for
the subscription form or pass it on to local club members.
At
Kay’s request, Don Wiggins volunteered to attend the press breakfast in St.
Paul, as Jan and Jim would not be able to attend.
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT REPORT. Second Vice
President Carolyn Bosch thanked the
Mid-Winter Festival Committee for a wonderful time. She congratulated Lee and Barbi for receiving the Randall Award,
as they are most deserving. She added
her thanks to everyone for prayers and good thoughts (following her recent
surgery) and especially the chocolate malts that came her way.
Carolyn
passed on a "GOOD JOB JAN" for the wonderful job she has done getting
the last two issues of the OFN out, and a special thanks to Jim and Jimmy for
their efforts and helping Jan wherever possible.
She
and Bob attended the TVC/PAC Joint Dinner in December, two Toe Dragger dances in January and the
Saturday night dance for the Evergreen Council's 50th Birthday.
RECORDING SECRETARY REPORT. Nancy Cobb also
added her thanks to the Mid-Winter Committee.
She said the Buckeroo Square Dance Club graduated 19 students in
December, with 17 joining the club. Those households that joined the club each
received a state directory and a three month trial subscription to the
OFN. She attended the Evergreen
Council’s 50th Birthday Dance on Saturday night and had a good time, getting
some ideas for the Buckeroos upcoming 50th Birthday Day Dance on April 6. She invited everyone to attend that dance.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY REPORT. Marilyn Schmit
reported the ballot envelopes are ready
for the ballots and the resumes of the nominees running for office. The envelopes will be mailed by March 1 and
must be returned to Marilyn by May 1, 2002.
Inside the envelope is the ballot, instruction letter, resumes and
return envelope. She asked that anyone
who needs stationery notify her so she can make an order. Cards have been sent as follows: Sympathy:
Wayne Wood, Seaside, loss of wife; Dale Worthington, Warrenton, loss of mother;
Bruce & Janet Lowther, Salem, loss of daughter; family of Charles Koertje,
Albany; Urchyl Bohard, Corvallis, loss of husband; Sara Goff, Albany, loss of
son; Al Thiels, Corvallis, loss of very close friend; family of John Smith,
Florence; Judy Nunn, Salem, loss of father; and Worley & Nan Carrier,
Florida (NEC), granddaughter shot and killed.
Get Well: Lloyd Eckert, Dufer; Lee Ashwill, Salem; Grace Hibbs,
Dallas; Alberta Baker, McMinnville;
Linda Lambert, Salem; Harold Kleve, Hillsboro; Jack Shelley, Tillamook; Sherri
Miller, Tillamook; Lloyd Coventry, West Linn; Jerry Herring, Keizer; Carolyn
Bosch, Beaverton; Gene Hiserote, Coos Bay; and Connie Clark, Aloha. Thinking of You: Irma Garlick, Salem;
Bob & Joanne Schindler, Tillamook; and Judy DeChenne, Spokane.
UNITED SQUARE DANCERS OF AMERICA
(USDA) REPORT. Marilyn said the USDA winter meeting was
held in Las Vegas. They square danced
with the Good Times Square Dance Club on Friday and witnessed the Fremont
Street Experience (a laser light show four blocks long downtown). Possible new USDA affiliates are South
Dakota, Ohio and Washington. USDA
approved a motion that all publications would be free and they can be ordered
on-line at USDA@USDA.ORG, then go to the publications icon. The 2003 USDA Winter meeting may be held in
Washington, DC, with plans to possibly dance at the White House to influence
the House and Senate to pass the National Folk Dance legislation, although the
Oregon delegation has not signed as a co-sponsor of the bill. Another credit card rebate is planned for
June 2004.
Marilyn
said a group from USDA would be asking for a meeting with the Callerlab
president and executive director prior to the March convention to discuss a
feeling of dissention between the various organizations, the dropping of calls and
the dress code. She asked if anyone had
other items of discussion to let her know so she could forward those
concerns.
There
were no applications for the USDA scholarship this year. The prescription cards are doing well with
the first royalty being $9.25 and the latest, $129.00. The USDA Youth Committee made a video to
assist in the teaching of mainstream for youth that will be available at no
charge. She noted Oregon would have
four votes at the Wednesday USDA meeting at the St. Paul Convention.
TREASURER’S REPORT. Pro Tem Treasurer
Bill Rooper noted that a balance sheet and profit and loss statement had been
distributed to everyone. He explained
the $5,000.00 listed for 43rd National
Convention were funds set aside to keep the 43rd National Convention
corporation active. He believed those
funds were not Federation funds and should not be included in the balance
sheet. The Mid-Winter account purpose
was unknown to Bill, nor did he know whether it could be used by the
Federation. The 54th National
Convention fund was set up to loan funds to the Convention when Oregon received
the bid for another convention, which has already been processed. A beginning balance won’t be available until
Mick McKinney completes the audit.
Larry Reetz explained the Mid-Winter fund was monies set aside to loan
to the Mid-Winter Festival Committee to be used as seed money each year. Gary noted the Federation had received
$165.00 from license plates sales, which is used as a donation each year to the
Federation charity, H.O.R.S.E.S. The
amount under “equity” for the cooperative advertising fund was monies paid out
between September 1 and December 15.
The cooperative advertising fund has been closed and any balance, after
requests that were supposed to be in by January 15, would go back into the
General Fund. Upon questioning by
Carolyn about the negative balance in the OFN, Bill said that all deposits
received for the OFN had been made. He
paid Jan $1,000.00 for postage in advance.
Upon questioning by Barbi, it was clarified that all OFN bills would be
paid and that hopefully the audit report to be made at the May meeting would
clarify the financial position of the OFN.
Barbi Cooper said that the postage was always paid in advance and in
previous years, within a few months of the advance, the subscription and
advertising receipts balanced the account.
In response to Barbi Ashwill, Bill Rooper suggested any consideration of
a budget transfer be delayed until the May meeting. Linda thanked Bill for the statements being in a format she could
read.
MEMBERSHIP REPORT. Clara Kilbourne
also thanked Mid-Winter for a successful Festival and congratulations to Lee
and Barbi for receiving the Randall Award.
Clara reported delegates had been given packets with membership forms
for each Federated Club and Council.
Attached are letters to help the Councils in gathering the information
needed to comply with the State requirements.
The packet contained: a letter
to the Council Delegate about the need to receive and edit all information from
their clubs, collect monies and turn in to Area Council for a check to the
Federation for State Dues and Where and When listing in the Oregon Federation
News, to be turned in at the May 19, 2002, State meeting; a
letter to each Council Delegate and each Club with the necessary
requirements; and a letter to each Club Secretary with self-addressed envelope
to return the Annual Renewal of their Corporation papers. She hoped the letters would help achieve
better compliance with the State requirements and completion of the Membership
information for the State Directory.
She thanked the delegates for helping the clubs in securing the
required information.
Clara
said she had received notification from the Oregon Corporation Commission that
two clubs in the Rogue Sis-Q Council are not in compliance. They are the Siskiyou Stompers and Oregon
State Cloggers Association. She had
talked to Rex Bounds, who thought both clubs were still operating, and she gave
him one month for those clubs to be reinstated by the State of Oregon and send
copies of the reinstatement to her.
Linda
advised that anyone could go online to the Secretary of State’s website and
obtain information about the status of a club with the State. Clara said she had actually accessed the
information online and had made copies for her files.
INSURANCE REPORT. Jim Rogers said
delegates had been given Insurance Certificates for each of the clubs in their
area. He asked the delegates to be sure
the certificates are delivered to the clubs.
Forms were also distributed for reporting new members, along with a
reminder that each club must report and pay for new members through June 30,
2002. Linda said she had asked for a
total number of Federated dancers at the last meeting; the number is
4,370. Kay had advised Linda that
number is down just a few from a year ago.
PAST PRESIDENT’S REPORT. Barbi Ashwill also
thanked the Mid-Winter Festival Committee for the wonderful weekend,
acknowledging the great effort it takes to put on a Festival. She reminded everyone that the upcoming
Federation Benefit Dance would be held on Sunday, April 7, 2002 at the Salem
Square Dance Center from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. She challenged each of the 13
delegates to form a team, like for last year’s September Blitz, to fill the
hall with dancers. She said everyone should remind the dancers in each Council
about what a worthy cause the Benefit Dance is, how much fun they are and that
admission is a “donation of the dancers’ choice.” She asked that information about the dance be given to students
at lessons and encourage their attendance as well. Secondly, she asked that delegates ask clubs and councils to
please support this worthy Federation project that occurs only once each year,
by the clubs making a donation of a minimum of $5.00 each and the Council a
$10.00 donation. Flyers for the benefit
dance have been distributed to delegates, with white flyers that can be used to
make additional copies if they are needed.
Checks can be made payable to H.O.R.S.E.S. and mailed to: Barbi Ashwill,
4684 Ivory Way NE, Salem, OR 97305-3132.
PARLIAMENTARIAN’S REPORT. Larry Reetz had
no report.
PUBLICITY/STATE REPORTER. Jill Bard advised
the 1-800 number for publicity had only one to three calls in recent months but
the number increased to about 20 with Mid-Winter. The cost is approximately $20.00 per month for the 1-800 number
and she questioned if the Federation wanted to continue that expenditure or if
there were ideas to get the number to people who could use it. She said she had received a four-fold flyer
with general information about square dancing, with the suggestion Oregon might
want to use a similar flyer to leave at Chambers of Commerce for visitors. She researched the cost and an 8-1/2 by 14
inch printed, folded flyer would cost $27.50 for 250 or $45.00 for 500. She noted there are still Oregon state
decals at $1.00 each. Barbi suggested
that the 1-800 number be provided to everyone’s local Chamber of Commerce. She said the decals made a good way of
identifying luggage when traveling.
FINANCIAL ADVISOR’S REPORT. Gary Willoughby said that although he didn’t have a
report, he welcomed Bill Rooper as Treasurer and appreciated Bill’s willingness
to take the position as it was a great responsibility. He asked to meet with those concerned about
the Financial Advisor taking over the responsibility of OFN business manager to
work out the details.
EDUCATION ADVISOR’S REPORT. Dave Krause
reported Ann Skoe had agreed to do an education seminar at the Summer Festival
on how to form a youth club. Next year
at Mid-Winter, he plans a seminar entitled “How to Keep People from Canceling
Out.”
HISTORIAN’S REPORT. Bonnie Stimler
said she had received an item from a delegate today for the Historian’s
files. She and Jay are starting on
plans for the Oregon Square Dance Museum and said a packet had been distributed
to almost everyone. Jay advised the
packet included a letter explaining plans, asking for seed dances to obtain the
services of an attorney to properly form a corporation for the Square Dance
Museum, which in turn makes it eligible to receive grant funding. Eventually, they will apply for a grant to
fund formation of the corporation but it would be helpful to have some seed
money first. The packet also contains
petitions for each Council and club in the state; there are 4,500 dancers in
the state and they would like to have 10,000 signatures (signature doesn’t have
to be a dancer, it can be anyone who supports the concept and doesn’t have to
be a registered voter) to support the grant applications showing a broad
support base in Oregon for the establishment of the Museum. The petitions would also be used to gain
support of the Oregon Legislature in the form of letters supporting the grants
and eventual funding. Linda suggested
that signatures be solicited from dancers in neighboring states. Bonnie
outlined some of the grants available and emphasized the importance of getting
the signatures.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
BMI/ASCAP REPORT. Ralph Lambert
stated everything was current with both organizations. ASCAP increased its rate for 2002 to $0.064
per attendee. He issued a revised
memorandum to the chairs of the 2002 Mid-Winter Festival and the 2002 Summer
Festival advising of the rate change. BMI requested advance payment in the
amount of $186.30, which was requested
from the Treasurer. The Federation pays
ASCAP based upon actual festival attendance.
Since 2000, the Federation made an advance payment to BMI at the
beginning of the calendar year, with the hope the expense would be recouped
from the individual festivals. Ralph
provided a copy of an analysis of the status of recouping those fees from the
Mid-Winter and Summer Festivals, which showed:
1) The rate per attendee has changed very little over the years; 2) the
attendance at Mid-Winter festivals has dropped by 50+%; 3) the
attendance at summer festivals has dropped by 25+%; 4) the annual payment to BMI was based on
actual attendance in 1999; based on past history, that seemed a reasonable
amount; 5) the annual payment to BMI
has not increased in three years; and 6) the Federation has absorbed a loss of
about $50.00 per year for the past two years.
The 2002 Mid-Winter and Summer Festivals were advised to
plan to pay the BMI fee based upon the $0.05/attendee. It would not be fair to change their rate at
this time. Two years of data for BMI was not sufficient to request a reduction
in fee. Ralph recommended that the
Federation proceed as follows: 1)
continue to charge the 2002 Mid-Winter and Summer Festivals at the
$0.05/attendee rate; 2) after the 2002 Summer Festival there would be three
years of data for analysis; 3) if the data continues to show a significant
loss, then he would try negotiate a fee reduction from BMI based on a total of 2,500 attendees @
$0.05/attendee equaling $125.00. If
that’s not successful, the Federation can: 1) continue to absorb the
unreimbursed fee; or 2) adjust the fee charged the festivals to more closely
reimburse what BMI charges the Federation (perhaps $186.30 divided by 2,500
total Festival attendees equalling $ 0.075).
Ralph said if there was no objection, he planned to proceed as outlined
and advise of the status at future meetings.
There was a comment from the audience showing a vote of confidence for
Ralph to proceed (with applause following).
YOUTH
ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR’S REPORT. Ann Skoe thanked those responsible for the
great youth program at Mid-Winter, noting it was well attended and
appreciated. She thanked the Bosch’s
for providing the penguin charms that were given to the youth. She noted there’s a bag of badges going
around for sale to support the Pacific Northwest Teen Square Dance Festival
which is usually held in British Columbia every April.
STATE FAIR
COORDINATOR’S REPORT. Fran Bunch said she had no report, only that
it was time to start planning as the Fair would start planning and develop a
theme next month. The business
providing sound in the past retired but Fran spoke with Scott Zinser who agreed
to provide sound for $180.00. If there
are other options, please let her know.
STATE TRAILERS. Jim Kinkaid noted
the Federation owns two trailers that are used for square and round dancing and
clogging, which he maintains. During
2001, the trailers were used 19 times by 14 groups, all over the state. Both trailers are in good condition, but
some tires may need to be replaced and he’ll be recoating both floors. Both licenses are due in April 2002 at a
cost of $60.00. He asked for permission
to dispose of a caller-cuer platform that he’s been storing. He also would like to dispose of a utility
trailer that was donated that’s not being used. After discussion, Tim Roberts moved to approve the expenditure
of $60.00 to register the two trailers, noting the titles for the state
trailers are in the possession of the State Trailer Chair, seconded by Sylvia
Davis. Motion was voted on and carried
unanimously. Tim moved to
authorize the disposal of the caller-cuer platform, seconded by Rex
Bounds. Motion was voted on and carried
unanimously. Because the utility
trailer was donated, it was felt Jim could simply dispose of it.
ORDTA REPORT. Dennis Smith said
his children enjoyed the youth program and thanked the Mid-Winter Festival
Committee for organizing it. ORDTA held
its annual meeting yesterday, discussing the motion on the table regarding
special pressing records and nominations and elections of officers. Dennis said as a result he would continue in
his position ORDTA representative to the Federation. He welcomed Don and Pat Wiggins as new members of ORDTA. Yesterday, they also held their “so you want
to be a cuer” panel, with no perspective cuers but a good discussion and
enjoyed having Al and Linda Shaw who are Executive Secretary for Roundalab.
ROUND DANCE
SCREENING. Marilyn read
Barbara Schaumburg’s report indicating that the round of the month for April,
2002 is "Spinning Wheel Waltz" written by: Brenda & Lloyd Juhala
and chosen by the Interstate-Highlanders.
E-mail notification and certificates had been sent out. Barbara and Larry are enjoying their
vacation in Texas. She asked that the
delegates ask Council Presidents to notify Barbara of the ROM representative
changes, so she can get the ROM tapes to the correct individuals on time.
CALLER
ADVISER’S REPORT. Roger Putzler had no report.
54TH NATIONAL
SQUARE DANCE CONVENTION REPORT. Lee Ashwill reported the 54th National
Square Dance Convention Board Chairs have been filled and the seven Chairmen
are seeking volunteers to fill key positions.
Volunteers are encouraged to contact the Chairmen if interested. Anyone interested in volunteering, but not
sure what area they would like to work in, should contact Lee or Barbi to
figure out an appropriate Chairman to contact. A delegation will attend Oklahoma City, Oklahoma’s
Pre-Convention March 6 - 9, 2002.
Oregon’s Pre-Convention is scheduled for the week of March 15 - 20,
2004, and will be the responsibility of Gary and Betty Willoughby, the
Assistant General Chairman. A
Pre-Convention contract has been negotiated with the Lloyd Center DoubleTree,
which will be the Headquarters Hotel.
Computer Coordinators Tim and Kathy Roberts are working with the Denver
Assistant General Chairman to develop a computer program that will serve National
Square Dance Conventions now and in the future. If the program develops successfully, future Conventions will
gain a huge benefit from the results.
Advance registrations from the Oregon dancers are lower than
Lee would like, but the Board will keep promoting them. A delegation attended the last Washington
State Federation meeting and found the Washington dancers to be most gracious
and warm. The group was represented by
Registration/Housing Chairman Kay and Jim Rogers, Computer Coordinator Tim and Kathy Roberts, Services Chairman Bob and
Carolyn Bosch, Publicity Chairman Don and Pat Wiggins, Assistant Publicity
Chairman Wynn and Sandy Cupp, Assistant Social & Special Events Chairman
Jim and Sharon Punteney, and Oregon State Federation President Linda Lambert
and Recording Secretary Nancy Cobb.
Eighteen advance registrations were sold there.
All seven committees are fully functional and they are very
proud of the team, which will continue to stress that Oregon will be a
"Class Act" and represent Oregon in that manner wherever they
go. Lee asked all the Officers and
delegates to promote advance registrations at every opportunity. The more
up-front funds available, the easier it is to accomplish the early
requirements. The best advertisement is wearing the ribbons, which are
available for those who complete advance registration today. Lee thanked everyone for their support.
SHOWCASE OF
IDEAS REPORT. Marilyn Schmit asked everyone to check the
OFN to see if she needs any assistance for pictures or other ideas for the
display. She would welcome help to
distribute roses and trees to the attendees from anyone attending the St. Paul
Convention. Chris and Debbie Funk
agreed to be co-chairs. Although, they
are unable to attend the St. Paul Convention, they will assist Ron and Marilyn
over the next two years and work on the Portland showcase if Ron and she decide
to take one of the co-chairs for the 2005 National Convention.
DELEGATE
MEETING REPORT. Angie Barta reported the delegates had
discussed the special pressing motion, OFN matters discussed at the POOF
meeting, some computer matters and ORDTA.
OLD
BUSINESS
Barbi Ashwill moved that the tabled motion from the
November state meeting be untabled for discussion, seconded by Karel Morris. Motion was voted on and carried unanimously.
The motion to be discussed is as
follows: that the “Requirements for Selecting the Round of the Month” in the
Practices and Procedures be modified to prohibit the selection of a “special
pressing” record (P&P Section VII, page 5, paragraph 1). Dennis Smith related this matter was
discussed at yesterday’s ORTDA meeting.
He noted it seemed that the main issue was the cost of a “special
pressing.” The members at yesterday’s
meeting did not feel cost was an issue, but rather part of doing business. British Columbia limits their periodic
rounds of the month to just round dance labels and they don’t have the
selection of dances that Oregon has available.
He felt it was more important for the Federation to consider opening up
the rounds of the month to other media besides vinyl. ORDTA recommended defeat of the motion. In response to Jim Steele, Linda indicated the different media
was actually a problem with the Harvey Fox Agency, but that wasn’t the issue under discussion. Bonnie Stimler spoke in favor of the motion
based on the cost and the limited number special pressing records. She felt passing the motion wouldn’t
eliminate special pressing, only prohibit the special pressings from being a
round of the month that could be difficult to obtain because of the limited
numbers. Kay Rogers said she had spoken
with Barbara Schaumburg regarding this matter.
Barbara indicated that when rounds of the month are chosen, the Council
must select three choices from among about five tapes. Barbara then checks with the shops that
provide the records and the choice for round of the month is based on
availability (in other words, if number one choice is not available for sale,
Barbara goes to the number two choice), making this motion a non-issue. Tim Roberts felt the Federation should allow
the Round Dance Screening chair to handle this issue. Motion was voted on and failed.
BREAK. 11:15 TO 11:28
a.m.
NEW
BUSINESS
STATE OFFICE
NOMINATIONS. Barbi Ashwill thanked the nominating
committee, Bob and Carolyn Bosch, Cathy and Ron Pochatko, Dave and Kathy
Krause, and Kathleen Gould for their efforts in seeking potential candidates
for office. She asked everyone to think
about the fact that the Federation is not in compliance with its procedures as
there are supposed to be two candidates for each office. The Washington Federation has a
representataive from each council making up the nomination committee. Barbi plans to submit a motion on this
matter for consideration at the next meeting.
Candidates who have not provided Barbi with a completed nomination form
and photograph have until February 1, 2002, to forward both to Corresponding
Secretary Marilyn Schmit. A statement
of 50 words or less telling why the candidate wants to be elected may also be
submitted. Marilyn will submit all
information to the OFN Editor for inclusion in the March OFN. Each candidate should be aware that although
they are not allowed to campaign, they are allowed to be cashiers and greeters
at the Oregon Federation benefit dance on April 7, with Barbi assigning duties
that day, and candidates being introduced during the break. Candidates for elected state office are:
Membership Chair - Clara Kilbourne, Mid-Willamette Area Council; Corresponding
Secretary - Marilyn Schmit, Mid-Willamette Area; Recording Secretary - Nancy
Cobb, Umpqua Area; Treasurer - Bill Rooper, Portland Area; Second Vice
President - Dianne Beard, Mid-Willamette Area; and Barbi Cooper, Central Oregon
Area; and First Vice President - Carolyn Bosch, Tualatin Area. She noted that First Vice President Kay
Rogers would automatically ascend to the position of President.
Nominations from the floor for Membership Chair were
opened. Rex Bounds moved to close
nominations, seconded by Karel Morris.
Motion was voted on and carried unanimously. Nominations from the floor for Corresponding
Secretary were opened. Kay moved to
close the nominations, seconded by Rex.
Motion was voted on and carried unanimously. Nominations from the floor for Recording
Secretary were opened. Carolyn moved
to close the nominations, seconded by Angie.
Motion was voted on and carried unanimously. Nominations from the floor for Treasurer
were opened. Carolyn moved to close
the nominations, seconded by Karel.
Motion was voted on and carried unanimously. Nominations from the floor for Second Vice
President were opened. Carolyn moved
to close the nominations, seconded by Cathy Pochatko. Motion was voted on and carried unanimously. Nominations from the floor for First Vice
President were opened. Kay moved to
close the nominations, seconded by Cathy Pochatko. Motion was voted on and carried unanimously
DELEGATE
REPORTS
BLUE MOUNTAIN
COUNCIL. (The following
report was received via e-mail): The La
Grande Star Promenaders offered classes last fall, but only had three students,
who all had health problems, so lessons didn't happen. The club decided not to
start lessons again in January. Instead
they will focus on the dancers they have by offering beginning and advanced
round dance workshops. They are also
going to try assigning two couples as host and hostess each month, who will
choose and plan a theme dance for their month. Hopefully, this will create more
fun and excitement for their dances. Last year they had a bigger turnout on
Thursday workshops than at Saturday night dances.
The council has two special dances coming up. The LaGrande
Star Promenaders will host their annual Sweetheart Dance on February 9th, and
vote for a couple to be King and Queen Sweethearts. The Baker City Elkhorn Swingers will host their annual
"Spring Fling" on April 27th.
At their December council meeting they voted in new council
officers, as follows (update your directory for Blue Mountain Council): President Tom (Lucille) Thomason, PO Box
586, Baker City OR 97814, Phone 541-523-6953; Secretary Barb (Curtis) Walter,
904 N. Ward, Milton Freewater OR 97862, Phone 541-938-5640.
CENTRAL OREGON
COUNCIL. Marilyn read Virginia Meyers’ report. Highlights included that the Red Rock
Squares’ home at the Redmond Grange burned on December 17th, leaving the Club
scrambling for locations to hold their Christmas Party and the beginning square
dance and round dance lessons, as well as the regular dances. All events were
held at other locations but the Red Rocks are now doing an inventory of
supplies, banners, etc., as everything was destroyed. Lessons for new square
and round dancers will be held at the Clog House in Redmond, starting January
6th, and regular dances will be held at that location until further
arrangements can be made.
The Bachelor Beauts are looking forward to successful square
dance lessons again this year and have just completed a very successful season
of round dance lessons with 20 students completing the two-step
instruction. As if everyone doesn’t
know…they have discovered one of the best tools in encouraging square dance
attendance is food, and the "Teddy Bear Night" is a close second
(teddy bears collected are donated to the Salvation Army for needy, traumatized
children).
The Swinging Mountaineers collected food at their Christmas
dance, which was given to the Central Oregon Community Action Agency Network
for folks in need. Workshops or
beginning level plus lessons will start on January 6th at the Clog House in
Redmond.
The Central Oregon Round Dance party on December 5th was a
huge success. The youth taking lessons have been very well received and three
boys attended the dance. There were 35
couples in attendance (again lots of food as encouragement - that’s why the
kids come out). The formation of a
round dance club is being contemplated with "parties" being held once
a month.
EASTERN OREGON
AREA COUNCIL. (Received via US
Mail). Lorene Griffith reported the
Hermiston Square Knots started lessons in January and are pleased with the
turn-out, which includes square dancers who recently moved to the Hermiston
area.
Ione Grand Squares will start lessons on February 5, 2002.
They are dancing their regular schedule, but at different locations, so be sure
to get in touch when visiting the area.
EMERALD EMPIRE
COUNCIL. Angie Barta explained the gift of filberts
are a local crop. Ray Jones was
appointed as interim treasurer for the Council. The Council Fifth Friday dances are being discontinued because of
loss in revenue and low attendance, but the Cascade Callers will have the New
Dancers Jamboree, the Trail’s End dance at Mid-Winter and the benefit
dance. The area attended the new
dancers dance at the Florence Fun Bunch on December 12. The Council has its slate of officers to be
voted on in April. The Single Trees had
a good turn-out for a benefit dance
honoring a long time member, Inez Williams, who recently passed away.
INTERSTATE
HIGHLANDERS. Cathy Pochatko thanked the Mid-Winter
Festival Committee for a wonderful weekend.
She reported the New Year’s Council Dance was one of the biggest they’ve
had in a long time, with a ham dinner.
Potato Festival will be in October and this will probably be the last
Tule Twirler’s Hoe Down.
LINCOLN
TILLAMOOK COUNCIL. Kathy Buczkowski reported the Coast Swingers
continue with new dancer classes and workshops for club members. They visited the Elvis Dance in Portland and
plan to attend Mid-Winter. Check out
their new website at http://coastswingers.org, which contains club information,
announcements and a 2002 dance schedule.
She gave an update on Sherri Miller, president of the Coast Swingers,
and Jack Shelly, president of the Valley River Dancers, who were badly burned
when the house they had just moved into burned to the ground. Sherri is out of the hospital and is
healing. Jack is comatose at Legacy
Emanuel Burn Center but slowly improving.
They need lots of prayers and everything to start over.
Toledo 49er’s had a great Christmas dance with their new
dancer class attending. They graduated
eight new dancers last week, with seven joining the club and planning to attend
Mid-Winter. This year the angels
invited the new dancers to Burger King after each class and found that the
social meeting and eating seemed to contribute to their sense of
belonging. Club members have started
visitations to promote Loyalty Days Weekend on May 3 and 4 at the Newport
Middle School. Parking will be first
come, first served. There’s a parade on
Saturday and time to visit boats, shop and sightsee.
The March 30 Lincoln-Tillamook Area Dance, hosted by the Sea
Twirlers, will be at Gleneden Beach Community Club and all were invited to
attend.
MID-WILLAMETTE
AREA COUNCIL. Dianne Beard thanked Mid-Winter for a
wonderful time, noting that she and Toby had attended for about 25 years and
only missed one Festival. At the last
the meeting, she reported one club in
the Council was trying a new idea of charging each angel a 25 cents per lesson
fee, which went into a fund to encourage 100% participation at lessons. Anyone who achieved 100% attendance would be
eligible for a drawing with the fund as the prize. The club recently graduated nine students and seven had perfect
attendance, so she believed the idea was successful. One area student had 100% hearing loss, and although he was very
enthusiastic, he couldn’t hear and was ready to quit. He purchased his own hearing enhancement equipment and continued
lessons. As a result, Lester Frakes
wrote a poem entitled “Through the Eyes of a Beginning Dancer.” Dianne read the poem, which will be
published in the OFN and provided to the Historian. Dianne said she read the poem so that everyone would remember
that new dancers are the inspiration and lifeline of square dancing.
PORTLAND AREA
COUNCIL. Linda welcomed Al Wolf, Portland Area
Council’s new delegate. Al reported the
PAC donated $500.00 to the American Red Cross to benefit September 11 victims,
with area clubs donating an additional $260.00. Many clubs will be graduating new dancers in the next months and
several will be starting lessons in January and February. Al introduced Chuck Bos who will be
alternate delegate and noted that Connie Rodgers would be the new PAC area OFN
editor. There will be a Fifth Friday
dance on March 29th. PAC, Tualatin
Valley and Evergreen Council, Washington (Tri-Council) will sponsor a dance on
March 30th at the Clark County Square Dance Center in Vancouver. PAC will sponsor a Rose Festival Dance on
Friday, May 31st, with details to be announced at a later date. Portland area clubs will participate in the
International Showcase in conjunction with the Rose Festival, with more
information available later.
ROGUE SIS-Q
COUNCIL. Rex Bounds reported several clubs canceled
dances at the end of the year due to the holidays. They had a free Christmas Day Dance with area callers and cuers
and four New Year’s Eve dances in the area and Northern California that were
very successful. In the first week of
January, the Southern Oregon Single Squares held their annual Pajama-Rama
Dance, which was a lot of fun. Classes
that started in the fall held their first student level dance on December 9th
and one every weekend since. Ramblin’
Rogues started classes on January 6 with a good sized turnout.
SOUTH COAST
AREA COUNCIL. Karel Morris said the South Coast Area
Council is scrambling to find candidates for officers for the upcoming
election. To date, there are no
candidates and there is some discussion of disbanding the Area Council. Saints ‘n Aints have 24 students that are
about to graduate. They changed the
date of their Coastal Fantasy to Memorial Day Weekend, so the event won’t be in
competition with the Beachcombers annual Battle Rock Dance on Labor Day
Weekend. Sets in Order are having a
silent cake walk auction at their Valentine Dance. Skyloft Squares had a catered dinner party for Christmas. Now half of the club members have gone to
Arizona for the winter.
Other highlights included that Beachcombers started a new
class January 10 with fall beginners continuing and "angeling" the
brand new beginners. Birthday dance
weekend will be July 4‑6. a March
benefit dance is planned by Saints'N'Aints for the local Boys and Girls
Club. They will host the annual 50‑60
dance in February and their birthday dance is in April. Lessons are going well with about 24
students! Sets in Order canceled its
March 9 dance to attend Winston Boots & Calico's birthday dance. Dances are held the 2nd Saturday at the Community
Building and the 4th Saturday at Lincoln School.
SUNSET EMPIRE COUNCIL. Sylvia
Davis said the Sunset Empire would
have an amateur calling night on the third Saturday in February and invited
everyone to attend. Highlights from her report included that Harvey and Delores
Hunsucker visited the Hayshakers to celebrate their Christmas dance on December
1. The Hayshakers decided that next
year they would donate toys for children instead of a gift exchange among the
members. They also provided a map, in cooperation with the Astoria Builders
Supply, of the best lit homes in the Astoria/Warrenton area, including a
contest for the best lit home with a first place prize of a $25 certificate
from Astoria Builders Supply and free
dancing lessons from the Hayshakers for each area. Larry and Barbara
Schaumburg are on vacation for four months so the Hayshakers will have guest
callers during this time.
The Promenaders had their Christmas dance on December 8 and
have been visiting other clubs.
TUALATIN
VALLEY COUNCIL. Tim Roberts related he had a “painful”
experience here at Mid-Winter, because they wanted to have dinner close to
their motel and the only restaurant within walking distance was the “Hungry
Duck!” The TVC and PAC held their
annual joint board meeting and Christmas dinner on December 10, with about 50
in attendance including representatives from Mid‑Willamette and Evergreen
Councils as well.
TVC, PAC, and Evergreen Councils are holding a joint dance,
sponsored by the TVC, at the Clark County Square Dance Center on March 30. They are trying to make this "Tri‑Council"
dance an annual event with rotating sponsorship. The TVC's annual President's Potluck will be tomorrow, January
28th, at the Odd Fellows Hall in Hillsboro.
All council presidents, club presidents, and club vice presidents, past
and present, are invited to the potluck for fellowship and to see how TVC
meetings go. They will put out a “fish
bowl” to collect donations to help the Red Rocks restock their supplies lost in
the fire. TVC caller Harold Kleve had
hip surgery but is doing much better.
Lessons in the TVC continue to do well. The Hillsboro Hoedown still has 5 squares of
students, and the Sunset Promenaders have 29 students. The Toe Draggers, who just started lessons
in January, have six enthusiastic squares on the floor including angels.
UMPQUA AREA
COUNCIL. John Hernandez noted again that the
Buckeroos graduated 19 students, with 17 joining the club. However, other clubs are having difficulty
starting lessons, even though they’ve tried to start them through the
YMCA. The Boots and Calicos had a great
pajama dance, with lots of interesting slippers. The Pioneers ‘n” Petticoats had a “brag book dance,” to display
photographs, flyers and other memorabilia that they were proud of, naming the
Buckeroos the most “braggable” club due to their upcoming 50th birthday. They will have a “wearing of the green”
dance for St. Patrick’s Day.
ACTIVE
GOODWILL AMBASSADOR REPORTS
DICK AND MARGE
PENTECOST. Marilyn Schmit reviewed Dick and Marge’s
report. Highlights include that Dick
and Marge have attended Portland Area Council meetings as delegates of the
Columbia Gorge Plus Dancers, and danced/called/cued at Ione Grand Squares, Swap
and Swing, Country Cutups, Wy’East Whirlers, Hermiston Square Knots, and
practiced with Ft. Dalles Riders Square Dancers on Horseback.
RAY &
BETTY JONES. (Received via e-mail). Ray and Betty danced in Quartzite recently
with a number of other Oregonians and had a great time. This weekend they attended the Southern
Arizona Dance Festival in Tucson, Arizona.
This is the busiest time of year in the Southwest, with many more winter
visitors and dancers arriving in town right after New Years. There are long lines to cross into Mexico
and tight security is evident. They
wished everyone a great Winter Festival and invited everyone to attend the Yuma
Festival on February 8, 9 and 10.
They’ll be back in the spring.
DON AND KAREL
MORRIS. Karel said since the November State meeting
they have only danced in their own area, finding out how difficult it is to
stay up until midnight for the New Year's Eve, which was an area‑wide
dance sponsored by the Saints'N'Aints.
They had a great visit by Lee and Barbi Ashwill, showing them mild
January weather (for the Oregon coast) with some huge ocean surges, and great
wave watching at Shore Acres State Park.
Karel and Don are leaving mid‑February to join most of their other
club members already in Arizona. When
the club returns, they will meet on the Rogue River for their annual spring
campout.
BENJAMIN AND
PENNY BROWN. (Received via e-mail) Since the last State
Meeting in November, Benjamin and Penny spent Thanksgiving at Southlake, Texas,
then traveled to Kerrville, Texas; Spring Branch, and south to Harlingen,
Texas, where they had a very nice visit with Don and Shirley White, who are doing
great. At the time of the e-mail they
were in Quartzsite, Arizona, "boondocking" in the desert (free dry
camping), but spending their savings on the flea market! From Quartzsite, they will go east to Mesa to visit Ken and Nancy
Carson, and south to Yuma to attend the
Yuma Square Dance Festival, then to San Bernadino, California, to attend an Escapees Escapade in March,
which they seem to be getting more involved, becoming Volunteer Club
Representatives (Goodwill Ambassador for the Escapees organization) and joining
a disaster relief group. They wished
everyone a good time at Mid-Winter and look forward to seeing everyone in May.
RAY & ZOLA
JONES: Zola told Tim his
experience eating out in Eugene could have been worse, because there’s also a
restaurant in Eugene called the “Wild Duck!”
Because of the busy holiday season, they danced mostly in the Eugene area.
However, they did go on a special visitation with the Mid-Winter Festival
Committee to the Buckeroo Square Dance Club in Roseburg for New Year’s Eve,
with a great dance and very good buffet at midnight. She and Ray have been serving as interim treasurer for the
Emerald Empire Area since November due to Don Reed’s illness, which they will
do until Council elections in late March.
They are leaving for southern Arizona and California for the winter a
week after Mid-Winter. They also will
attend the Yuma Square Dance Festival in February, where they will see many
other Oregon dancers including Ray and Betty Jones, Al and Fran Westfall (who
are the chair of the Festival this year).
They will promote Oregon’s 2002 Summer Festival during their
travels. They always enjoy seeing
everyone at Mid-Winter and feel that one of the best examples of goodwill for
Oregon dancers are the two annual state festivals. They have served on the Mid-Winter Festival Committee for many
years as it is such a rewarding experience for them, seeing the end result of
smiling dancers thoroughly enjoying themselves. Zola encouraged everyone to encourage area dancers to serve on a
Festival Committee.
GOOD
OF THE ORDER
Ron Schmit said he was advised that due to the weather there
are poor road conditions on I-5 North and anyone in RV’s was welcome to stay at
the Fairgrounds another night.
Linda Lambert noted at the Washington state meeting, the
hosting Council was the first to report and then in alphabetical order after
that, which allows a change of the order in reporting. She wanted to start that process at the
state meeting in May. There was some
discussion about how that would be handled for the minutes and the agenda.
Bonnie Stimler reported that Jack Shelly is now conscious,
responding to stimuli, starting skin grafts, and improving. He’s no longer on life support. The Valley River Dancers and the Coast
Swingers are having a benefit dance on February 17, 2002, at the Salem Square
Dance Center from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Roger Putzler advised that Ivan Midlam would be celebrating
50 years of calling the first week in April and there will be a dance on
Friday, April 5, 2002, to honor him sponsored by his club, the Buccaneers, at
the Emerald Square and Round Dance Center.
This is a surprise for Ivan.
Lee Ashwill thanked the Federation, Councils, clubs and
dancers for the Randall Award he and Barbi
received last night, saying it belonged to the dancers of Oregon and
Washington. Barbi said they were very
honored and that they had a lot of work they wanted to continue. She related that Genevieve Churchill was
pleased to have a mailbox full of birthday cards!
Larry Reetz reported Mid-Winter had about 1,600 dancers in
attendance, with 75 to 80 youth.
He felt Gary Willoughby’s Committee would continue to
promote youth activities. He thanked
all the clubs for welcoming the youth as part of the family activity of square
dancing. He also thanked everyone
present for coming.
Carolyn Bosch thanked Floyd Bard for a very tasteful, moving
celebration as the Grand March entered the hall last night.
Linda once again thanked the Emerald Area Council and the
Mid-Winter Festival Committee for
providing a wonderful weekend.
ADJOURN. Meeting adjourned
at 12:18 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy Cobb
Recording Secretary