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Minutes of July 18, 2008
Annual General Meeting
Summary of October
6,,2007 Annural General Meeting
2006 AGM News
Releases and Newsletters Certificates
of Recognition Awards
& Honours The Last Call
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What Does The
Society Do For You
What Does
The Society Do For You
The Canadian Square
and Round Dance Society is more than just insurance.
Yes, it does provide third party liability insurance to square dancers at
a very affordable price
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(mandatory insurance required by many malls, schools, churches, etc.)
but it also
provides the following -
Bursary - Encouragement to square dance callers by providing bursary
funding to learn or to expand their learning experience. There are some
rules that need to be followed but help will be provided by the Society
Director responsible for bursary funding.
Awards - Provides all square dancers and callers with the means to
recognize that special person that has gone way beyond the usual
activities to support square dancing. This award is recognized throughout
Canada as the most prestigious award that a person or persons can receive.
We have a Society Director responsible for awards.
Conventions – Held every other year on even years e.g. 2006, 2008, 2010.
These provide an opportunity to enjoy every aspect of square dancing to
people throughout the world. We have a Society Director who guides
convention hosts throughout this wonderful experience.
Secretary – The keeper of the past, present and future aspirations and
keeps most records and correspondences
Marketing - The
society promotes square and round dancing with ads in magazines such as
the 50 Plus Ads in CARP, with the Public Service Ads (PSA) television adds
and personal DVD ”Dancing Keeps You Young”.
We also
support promotional productions such as Cool Moves which are for youth
recruitment and “Moving and Grooving” which is an instructional tool for
youth instructors and schools programs
Our Society Web Sites is available for all to use at
www.squaredance.ca
. On it you will find
forms to use when applying for bursaries and awards. You will also find
insurance details, news about activities of interest to square dancers and
a memory page of dancers and callers who are no longer with us.
Information regarding our Privacy Policy, minutes of meetings, our
endowment fund and a complete list of callers/leaders with address, email
address and contact information are also available along with many other
items.
Call us at 1-866-206-6696
. This toll free number is provided by the Canadian Square & Round Dance
Society for you to find answers to your questions.
Email us at
info@squaredance.ca
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Do you know someone
deserving a Society Recognition
Award? These Awards include:
The Award of Excellence and
Long Service Award. Have
you been considering what you could do for a person
who has done so much for square and/or round dancing. Take
time to nominate them now. Applications are available
from Society Directors
and on the website.
Award of Excellence
This is the CSRDS's highest award
and is reserved for any dancer or couple, or caller/cuer
or leader who deserve special recognition and are
members of the Society. The recognition
is reserved for those whose contribution to square, round,
contra, clogging and line dancing have been
above and beyond the normal activity
and well outside the activities of the average
participant. Accomplishments could be either a single,
exceptional result in a short period of time, or a steady,
continuing, above-average contribution over a long period
of time.
Long
Service Award
This award is to recognize persons
who have made contribution and service to the
movement over many years. Nominations MUST
set out the service the nominees have provided to the
activity through involvement in their club(s), Associations,
Federations, etc. Such service is beyond
that of being a dancer.
Length of service shall normally be
a minimum of 15 years.
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Insurance
& Coverage as of January 1, 2008
The Society
has THIRD PARTY LIABILITY INSURANCE and DIRECTORS
OFFICERS LIABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGE for its members.
For details on the Insurance coverage
and a copy of the Certificate of Insurance please
follow the links under Insurance on the left frame
These provide information on the insurance coverage,
try to answer questions and provide direction.
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DANCING LEVELS:
SQUARES: BASIC MAINSTREAM TO C3
ROUNDS: PHASE II TO VI
CLOGGING: Basic to Adv.
DANCE TO OVER 80
OF THE TOP CALLERS AND CUERS IN CANADA
The following
were elected to the 2008-2010 Society Board of Directors:
| Newfoundland & Labrador |
Roy Church
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Ontario |
Bill Taylor
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Joan Church
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Bonnie Taylor
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| Prince Edward Island
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Wendell Brown
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Manitoba |
Lorraine Kozera
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Edythe Brown
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John Kozera
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Nova Scotia
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Bob Ruohoniemi
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Saskatchewan
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Inge Ruohoniemi
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| New Brunswick |
Alan Clays
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Alberta |
Norm Demeule |
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Doreen Clays
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Loretta Demeule
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| Quebec |
Gary Geldart
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British Columbia |
Chuck Jordan |
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Maureen Geldart
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Marguerite Jordan
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Territories
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Marion Knight
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David Knight
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Society Publicity/Public Relations Committee
met July 13/08 in London as part of Convention 2008
read the minutes
Review and read the Educational
Presentations at Convention 2004
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"Dancer News"
Marion Knight
Director & Chair, Society Website
Committee
The Canadian Square & Round Dance Society
Web Site continues to be expanded. Additional
information can and will be added to the site.
Your input and suggestions are welcomed.
The site
includes the Society Board of Director meeting
minutes, Annual Meeting minutes, Committee Meetings
& Reports and regular President's Reports.
The
Dancer News pages include:
General News; Society News;
Canadian Area News; General Interest; USA News &
PR Articles.
We would
like to receive your news for:
- News and Reports from Conventions, Federations
and Associations
- Updates to Federation & Association
Presidents and their addresses. Provincial
organizations and Publications receive FREE listings
in the Society Web Site.
- Additions and changes to the Caller/Leader
listing are encouraged.
- Additions to the List of Round Dances written by Canadians
- Federation/Association
and Club "SPECIAL" dances can be submitted to
the CSRDS Dance Calendar
Send your contributions
by E-mail or Post to:
Marion
Knight,
# 410,100 Queen St.,
N, ON N2H 2H6
Tel: (519) 570-9208
E-mail:
info@squaredance.ca
SOCAN
(Society of Composer, Authors and
Music Publishers of Canada)
CWDIA (The Canadian Western Dance
Instructors Association) negotiated with SOCAN with
regard to licensing the use of the music used for Square
Dancing and a deal was struck that was very favourable to
the Canadian Square Dance world.
The people who compose music and
songs do this for a living and they make their money
from royalties collected when
their music is played. Square
Dance record companies pay for
a mechanical licence to reproduce the
music they use. This mechanical
license is issued by a different
authority (CMRRA in Canada) and does
not cover the use of the music when
the caller plays a record at a Square
Dance. The SOCAN licensing
is how royalties are paid.
CWDIA and Socan agreed that callers
and cuers could get a licence under
Tariff 19 (Fitness Activities)
which costs (2007) $68.48 annually
and gives callers the licence
to use music when they call.
However, when a club puts on
a special dance such as
a Jamboree, a Tariff 8
(Receptions, Conventions, Assemblies
and Fashion Shows) license is
required.
It is normally the responsibility
of the owners of the hall where
the event takes place to obtain
this licence - and the cost would
probably be added to the hall rental.
Halls that hold regular events
requiring a Tariff 8 would pay
their licence fees quarterly and
if they are doing this, would
probably explain this to the renter
or include it in their rental
fees.
However,
it seems that the Square Dance
Clubs or Associations that stage
Jamborees and Special Dances, have
been applying for the Tariff 8
licence for the event and this
seems reasonable when special dances
are held in venues that do not
normally take out a Tariff 8 licence
and I believe that this was part of
the understanding between SOCAN and
CWDIA.
So, if you are holding a special
event outside of your normal club
dancing and at a different location,
I would urge you to check
if the venue owners have a Tariff
8 licence and if not then offer
that the club or Association staging
the event apply for one -
after all, Square Dancers are honest
and law-abiding - right?
The fees are as follows:
Hall capacity
1 - 100 people $41.13 + GST
Hall capacity 101 - 300 people
$59.17 + GST
Hall capacity 301 - 500 people
$123.38 + GST
Hall capacity over 500
people $ 174.79 + GST
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Certificates
of Recognition
have been produced for use
for this special recognition and presentation:
- to Clubs, Associations and
Federations on 20th anniversaries and at 5 year intervals;
- to Callers, leaders and instructors
on 20th anniversaries and at 5 year intervals;
- wedding anniversaries every
10 years starting with the 50th; and
- to recognize the contribution
to the Square & Round Dance Society.
Follow this link to see a sample
of the Certificates.
For more information on
obtaining a Certificate please contact your
Provincial Representative
on the Society Board of Directors.
EXCHANGE PUBLICATIONS
The Canadian Square & Round Dance Society
(CSRDS) would appreciate receiving a COMPLIMENTARY
COPY of your publication in order to help maintain
up-to-date information on its web page.
CSRDS
WEBMASTER www.squaredance.ca
Marion Knight
E-mail: marionknight@rogers.com
# 410,100 Queen St., N.,
Kitchener, ON N2H 2H6
(519) 570-9208
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Passings On
We remember
those involved in the activity
that have left us in - 2007 - 2008
- 2009 to dance among the angels.
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Georgina Jo
Buchanan, ON.,
January 3, 2009
William Elgie
"Bill" Hunt, ON,
January 13, 2009
Patrick Michael
Joseph Kelly, ON,
January 6, 2009
Chester Sellers
MacKary NS, January
11, 2009
Martin Mallard,
SK., January 25,
2009
Marilyn Thompson,
ON., January 12,
2009
John Leonard
Winston, BC,
January, 2009
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2008
Neill E. Burnett,NB.,
June 20, 2008
Nellie Margaret
Carey, ON., January
25, 200
Erl Peter Christie,
C.L.U, C.E.P., ON.,
October 20, 2008
Katherine Marie
Ciccarelli, ON,
April 26, 2008
Margaret Crain,
ON., April 9, 2008
Bill Clackett, ON.,
October 24, 2008
Willard "Billy"
Grant., N.B.,
October 21, 2008
Roger George Darby,
ON., September,
2008
Lois Marion (nee
McPhail) Debeaupre,
ON., January 11,
2008
William Henry
Doyle, ON., January
6, 2008
Sara Parker
McCreadie Milroy
(Sadie) Fetterley,
ON., September,
2008
Michael Fahey, ON.,
June 29, 2008
Norma Shirley Fox,
NB., June 21, 2008
Evelyn Marie
Garland, NB.,
September 14, 2008
Elva Jean Green.,
ON., March 10, 2008
Clare Ernest
Griffin, ON.,
December 5, 2008
Margaret Edith
Herbert, NB.,
October 2008
Gordon Alexander
Hill., ON.,
November 28, 2008
Frederick J. Hood.,
ON., April 11, 2008
Lottie Loleta
Huntley, NB.,
November 13,2008
Ida Emilia Laplante,
ON, May 2, 2008
Mildred Marie
Logan, NB., January
22, 2008
Kenneth Lye, ON.,
March 10, 2008
Allan Willard
"Bill" Lynch, NB.,
April 25, 2008
Joan McKinnon, ON.,
January 14, 2008
Joseph Leo Mahoney,
NB., January 2,
2008
Charles William
"Bill" Marshall,
ON., December 7,
2008
John McCubbin, ON,
May 21, 2008
Hugh McNama, ON.,
March 23, 2008
Norman C. Hicks
Midgic, NB., August
21, 2008
Waldo Lawson
Mitchell, NB., July
11, 2008
Lily Margaret Neale,
ON., March 17, 2008
Ted O'Brian, ON.,
October 17, 2008
Louise Frank Patee,
ON.,February 15,
2008
June Paris, ON.,
September, 2008
Phyllis Parsons,
QC., March 10,
2008
William Gordon
(Bill) Peltz. ON.,
December 29, 2008
Jeanne Piggott,
ON., July 23, 2008
Harry Phillips,
ON., June 21, 2008
Constance "Connie"
Yvonne O'Leary,
NB., April 13/08
Joseph H.B.Peacock,
NB., July 22, 2008
Eber Allison
Pollard ON.,
March 20, 2008
Herbert "Herbie"
Price, NB., July
10, 2008
Marion Quirk, ON.,
October 31, 2008
Rolla Ross, PEI.,
September 13, 2008
Archie E.
Saunders., ON.,
June 5, 2008
Leona Mae Seamans,
NB., October 13,
2008
Ralph Gordon
Sewell, NB., July
6, 2008
Evelyn Smith, ON,
July 29, 2008
Gladys Sparshatt,
B.C., November 25,
2008
Howard Wright
Speers, ON.,
January 14, 2008
Marion Rita Irene
Sharpe, MB,
February 13, 2008
Professor Maurice
Smith, ON., June
17, 2008
Torsten Gordon
Stahlbrand, ON.,
October 14, 2008
Leslie (Les) L.
Stokes, NB., March
16, 2008
Jean C.S. Tuck,
NB., May 6, 2008
Stephanie Turney,
B.C., January 9,
2008
Mary Ethel Walker,
NB., March 4, 2008
Ross Maxwell
Walker, NB., March
9, 2008
Mary Elizabeth
Wattum, B.C.
January 2, 2008
Renate Williams,
NB., April 10, 2008
Dorothy Hazel
Willett, NB.,
November 1, 20008
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2007
Edward William Adair, ON, January
2, 2007Stephen
Malcom
"Mac" Belyea., NB, January 21, 2007
Edith
Berki, ON, December
7,2007
Bob
Bonnell, ON., February 13, 2007
Peter
Chandler, ON, January 26, 2007
John
Douglas Dalton, NB.,
April 2, 2007,
Milford "Don" Dedmar, ON, February 22, 2007
Donald Leslie Foss, ON, March 26,2007
Margaret
Muriel Gallagher,
NB., December 11,
2007
Margaret Muriel
Goodman, ON., February 09, 2007
Viola
Grant, NB., November
17, 2007
Roy
Wilbur Hannah, NB., February 15,
2007
Lillian
Ann "Lil" Harley,
NS., June 20, 2007
Rev.
Sydney James
Hershey,, ON., June
28, 2007
Jean
Carol (Brown)
Johnson, NB., March
24, 2007
Harvey
Wilbert (Wib) Hadwen,
ON., December 29,
2007
Don
Hurst, ON., December
25, 2007
William George "Bill" Kirk, NB., January 01, 2007
Philip
Charles "Charlie"
Kruse, ON., August
12, 2007
Alice
"Margaret" Logan, NB., February 10,
2007
Brian
Ralph Mason, ON.,
December 28, 2007
John
Aeired (Mac)
McDermott, ON.,
December 31, 2007
Maurice
"Foster" Morrill, ON., January 24,
2007
June
O'Gram, ON.,
December 28, 2007
Dorothy
Alberta Pamore,
PM/.Nov. 11, 2007
James
Ellwyn "Al" Playford, ON., February 18, 2007
Vivian
Carol Prentice, B.C.
December 25, 2007
Eileen
I. Proctor, ON., June
3, 2007
Lloyd
Priest, ON., August
13, 2007,
George
Rayner, ON., February 7, 2007
Mary Anne Roberts, NB., March 24, 2007
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