Hi all,
Please find below the proposed agenda for the EGM on Monday. Please all remember to bring your diaries with you - I will be chasing you for sign ups, especially for the summer, as I am now being chased to reply!
Thanks,
Rachel
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1. Apologies
Me!
2. Elect this meeting's Chair
3. Reading of Nov 13 AGM minutes
4. Quick 2 sentence update from those positions that feel it necessary (Ffion; Rachel; Jo; Sue; Lindsey/Laura; Hannorah; etc?)
5. DERT - what went well, what could we have done better?
6. Dance development
a. Should we keep the DERT dance as is or change it? I really like the DERT dance now and am happy to keep it (maybe allow it to evolve a little if we want to add in a new fancy step spotted at DERT), but I've been dancing it much less time than most so would understand if people were getting a bit bored of it.
b. Should we write a new dance? More exciting/funky figures? Choreograph the whole thing first or learn independent figures then string them together? I really liked some of the parts of the circle dance, particularly the jumps, but it would probably need some additions. I think if we are looking to dance at festivals we really do need a second dance as most sides perform more than once at each spot.
c. Should we learn a traditional dance?
d. Do we want to learn the DERT dance from different positions? With more members this is probably not as necessary as it used to be and personally I'd prefer to spend the time learning a new dance rather than a new position.
7. Side attendance at festivals/etc - how high profile do we want to be? How many festivals per summer/year? I could probably only commit to 2 days or 2 weekends each summer, mainly because of my Young Miscellany commitments which take up a lot of the summer weekends. But now we have more members we could maybe do 4 a year with people doing as many or few as they liked
8. Side ethos - do we want to be friendly? Good? Well known? Approachable? One of the best rapper sides in the country? Do we want to develop the Tower Ravens "personality"? I loved the balance when I joined between the friendly, come and give it a go, chuck you in at the deep end approach, with the attention to detail (e.g. stepping practice etc.) and aim for tight performances side of things - and I wouldn't want to change that.
9. Practical details:
a. Should we buy more swords?
b. Are we happy with the practice hall - especially size? A very convenient location for me!
c. What is the position on kit (Sue to update). Hoodies/tshirts, etc?
10. Side size - are we worried?
11. Sign ups please!
12. AOB
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