March 20, 2006, 1:20 a.m. (Message 44746)
Hello Strathspeyers, This message is addressed to the RSCDS members on the list - which I assume means most subscribers. HQ is proposing a number of changes to the Constitution, which it plans to submit to the AGM in November. They have just been posted in draft form on the HQ website "for consultation with Branches and members". Overall, they seem designed to further streamline the management arrangements that were introduced three years ago. Among the changes - if I have understood them correctly - is one to eliminate the provision that authorizes the Management Board to appoint Directors for Schools, Music, Archives and Youth. The provision would be replaced with a more generic statement, to give the Board authority to make appointments it deems in the best interests of the Society. The argument is that this will give the Board more flexibility in making appointments, which seems fair enough. At the same time, I'm mindful of the many comments on the Strathspey over the last few months about how to make our dance form more appealing to younger dancers. I wonder whether the time isn't ripe to do something more to improve the Society's image among young people. My proposal is that one seat on the Management Board be reserved for a young person (say, under 30 years of age.) I believe this would be a good way of ensuring that the voice of young people gets heard. What do others think? Chris Ronald, New York (definitely not qualified to occupy such a post, but still young at heart!)
March 20, 2006, 2:41 a.m. (Message 44747, in reply to message 44746)
Hello to all It might be better to have two young people on the board from two different areas and a nucleous of new young people might be born from this. Cheers Marie
March 20, 2006, 7:38 a.m. (Message 44750, in reply to message 44746)
> It might be better to have two young people on the board from two > different areas and a nucleus of new young people might be born from this. But they would need to be of opposite sexes and compatible. It seems a remarkably slow way of forming a set.... Peter Hastings Murieston : ) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.5/284 - Release Date: 17/03/2006
March 20, 2006, 4:56 p.m. (Message 44761, in reply to message 44750)
Your so funny!!!!!!!!!!!