RSCDS San Francisco Branch Teachers

Announcements

02/09/10	Program committees, due dates, next meetings, and agenda updated
01/16/10	Valentine's Ball Discount Coupon added ( document section )
01/11/10	Available last minutes added, Special Topic updated, Document link corrected
11/07/09	Topics, location, dates, due dates, and agenda updated Valentine's Ball Program added

Topic selection

Identifier	Topic description	Votes by 02/20/09
B.	Reports from St. Andrews and TAC - What new dances to try and how they go - Anything else interesting === conducted 10/25/09 === Marianna	1st (14pt)
I.	Things that have changed in the last twenty years === conducted 05/09/09 === Alan, Rebecca	2nd (13pt)
D.	How to make demonstration set of tunes (via software) scheduled, Armin	3rd (11pt)
H.	Presentation of visual aids - e.g. picture of Duran Ranger fishing fly - everyone bring a couple of examples	4th (9pt)
A.	A taste of new/good recordings	5th (7pt)
C.	Presentation: Teaching dancers of more advanced age	5th (7pt)
E.	Briefing dances	7th (4pt)
F.	Teaching children	8th (3pt)
G.	Dances with alternative endings (18th C book, etc)	9th (2pt)
J.	How to encourage/discourage dancers onto the floor	new 10/25/09

Next Meetings

2011	... 01/22/11 suggested date ................	... 05/14/11 suggested date ................	... ~10/.../11 TC Workshop ................
2010	Saturday 01/23/10 Pettengill Montara 1:30pm social 2:00pm start	Saturday 05/08/10 O'Brien San Francisco 1:30pm social 2:00pm start	Saturday 09/18/10 McAdam Lafayette 1:30pm social 2:00pm start	... TBD Workshop ................
2009 3x/Year	Saturday 01/10/09 Harvey Mountain View	Saturday 05/09/09 McAdam Lafayette	Sunday 10/25/09 Harvey Mountain View	Sunday 10/25/09 Workshop St. Marks, Palo Alto
2008	Saturday 01/19/08 Harvey Mountain View	Saturday 04/19/08 O'Brien San Francisco	Sunday 07/20/08 Allens' San Jose	Saturday 09/20/08 McAdam Lafayette	Saturday 10/25/08 Special Mtg Palo Alto
2007	Saturday 01/20/07 O'Brien San Francisco	Sunday 04/29/07 canceled Montara	Saturday 07/21/07 Allens' San Jose	Saturday 09/22/07 McAdam Lafayette
2006	Saturday 01/21/06 O'Brien San Francisco	Saturday 04/08/06 McAdam Lafayette	Sunday 07/16/06 Allen San Jose	Saturday 09/23/06 Harvey Mountain View
2005	Saturday 01/22/05 Pettengill Montara	Saturday 04/23/05 McAdam Lafayette	Saturday 07/16/05 Hamilton Menlo Park	Saturday 10/01/05 Harvey Mountain View

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Due dates for the program committees

12/01/09	Mar / Apr 2010 Alan Twhigg, Juliet Davoren, Jennifer Kelly
02/01/10	May / Jun 2010 Bruce Herbold, Lin Pettengill, Patti Cobb
03/01/10	Kim McGarrity Memorial Ball 2010 Paula Jacobson, Marianna Harvey, Trina Merriman
03/15/10	Jean Patrick Memorial Ball 2010 Paula Jacobson, Kathy Allen, Pat O'Brien
08/01/10	Oct / Nov 2010 Bruce Herbold, Linda Henderson, Lin Pettengill
08/15/10	Valentine’s Ball 2011 Paula Jacobson, Jennifer Kelly, Sandra Schultz
10/01/10	Dec 2010 / Jan 2011 Bruce Herbold, Bruce Hamilton, Rebecca Davis
12/01/10	Mar / Apr 2011 Bruce Herbold, Juliet Davoren, Tim Wilson
02/01/11	May / Jun 2011 Bruce Herbold, Alan Twhigg, Patti Cobb

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Agenda for the next meeting - 05/08/10

If you have suggestions or changes to the agenda please let Armin know, before it will be send out on the currently anticipated date 04/24/10, which is the agreed upon 14 days before the meeting . Thank you.
If you would like to print only the agenda it should appear on a single page (e.g. page 2) when you print this webpage.

-	Call to order
-	Apologies		please send regrets to Armin
-	Edit Agenda		as needed

	Old Business
-	Change/accept minutes of previous meeting	[All]
-	Report on Party Program Committees	[Committee members]	completed as scheduled?
-	Confirm Officers Monthly Party Programming Continuity Person	[All]

	New Business
-	Fall 2010 Workshop	[All]
-	Approve TC-BC Liaison	[All]
-	Report from BC	[BC Liaison]	as needed
-	Report on TAC	[TAC representative]	as needed
-	Report progress on database for ball program write-ups	[Alan, Paula]
-	Courtesy	[Armin]

	Other Business
-	Discussion on Dances	[All]	as needed, please name dances and unclear situation
-	Suggestion for a new Starter Jig	[All]	more suggestions needed for class, dance or ball start

-	Choose date and location for next meetings	[All]	next three
-	Adjourn

-	Special Topics for future Meetings	[Armin]	further ideas: Presentations / Discussions / Workshops please let Armin know any suggestions
	Special Topic
-	"How to make demonstration set of tunes (via software)"	[Armin]	presentation

	Other
-	Show and tell


	Future Meetings' agenda items

	05/2010
-	Report from BC	[BC Liaison]	as needed
-	Approve TC-BC Liaison	[All]
-	Report progress on database for ball program write-ups	[Alan, Paula]
-	Courtesy	[Armin]

	10/2010
-	Report on TAC	[TAC representative]

	01/2011
-	Elect Officers Chair Secretary Monthly Party Programming Continuity Person Ball Programming Continuity Person	[All]
-	Elect TAC Representative	[All]
-	Choose Fall 200.. Workshop Organizer	[All]
-	Selection of Party Program Committees	[Committee members]	Please volunteer

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Minutes of Previous Meetings

All minutes are in Portable Document Format [PDF file format].
If you don't have the reader to view and print the files, you can download the free reader from Adobe Acrobat.

2012	..../..../....	..../..../....	..../..../....
2011	..../..../....	..../..../....	..../..../....
2010	01/23/10	05/08/10	09/18/10
2009	01/10/09	05/09/09	10/25/09 TAC
2008	01/19/08	04/19/08	07/20/08	09/20/08 TAC	10/25/08
2007	01/20/07	04/29/07	07/21/07	09/22/07
2006	01/21/06 *) +)	04/08/06	07/16/06	09/23/06
2005	01/22/05	04/23/05 *)	07/16/05 *)	10/01/05 TAC
2004	01/10/04	04/18/04	06/19/04	09/18/04 TAC
2003	01/11/03	04/12/03	06/14/03	09/20/03
2002	01/12/02	03/16/02	06/29/02	09/21/02
2001	01/13/01	03/17/01	07/01/01	09/29/01

		Additional documents marked *): read Screen Tip (hover over item)
	Past Actions

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Workshops

2009	10/25/09	Teachers' Workshop, Gail Michener
2008	10/25/08	Teachers' Workshop, Alex Gray
2007	10/28/07	Teachers' Workshop, Fiona Grant
2006	10/22/06	Teachers' Workshop, Angela Young
2005	11/05/05	Teachers' Workshop, Mary Murray (info: doc/ pdf)
2004	02/28/04	Book 43, local teachers
2003	11/01/03	Learning Styles, Mel Briscoe
2002	11/09/02	Teachers' Workshop, Allison Russell

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Training

EXAMS 2007

Congratulations to the new teachers in the branch . We wish you success and hope to be able to give you support with your new or extended teaching experience.

Results: Candidate Class Report 2007 (report pending)

EXAMS 2005

Results: Candidate Class Report 2005

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Directions

Since we decided not to post driving directions as well as addresses and phone numbers out on this public webpage, please check for address and phone number in your current address list or contact the secretary or the chair for further information.

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Documents

Current

repertoire list 04/07/09 (MS Excel file, 430kB)

Valentine's Ball 2010
- Program (PDF file, 46kB)
- Flyer (PDF file, 164kB)
- First Time Discount Coupon (PDF file, 29kB)
Valentine's Ball 2009
- Program (PDF file, 4kB)
- Flyer (PDF file, 134kB)
- Letter to Teachers (PDF file, 12kB)
- First Time Discount Coupon (PDF file, 28kB)
Mid-Winter Ball 2007
- Dance Descriptions (rtf format)
Pleasanton 2007 - Celtic Heritage Application
- Application (includes letter, information and applications for both stages)
Pleasanton 2006 - Celtic Heritage Application
- Application (includes letter, information and applications for both stages)
Valentine's Ball 2006
- Letter to the teachers
- Beginner Coupon

Reference

Monthly Party
- Beginner Coupon
Guidelines for Children Dancing in the San Francisco Branch
Guidelines for Ball and Party Programs
Bruce Hamilton's Notes on MCing
Responsibility for teachers (reference letter and mentoring), submitted by Kathleen
SF Branch Bylaws 05/03/2003

Stuff

Susie L K	videos - First Lady of the Dance - Take Your Partners - Book 32 - Book 33 - Book 34 - Injury Prevention and Strength Building
Pat O'B	books records
Bruce Ha	TC minutes
Alan T	large archive of recordings and books
Kathleen	RSCDS packet for teaching children SCD in schools