BACDS Committees and Coordinators

BACDS events don't just happen. Indeed, they are the end result of a large number of committees and individual contributors that take responsibility for aspects of the organizations ranging from individual events to overall oversight.

Board of Directors / Finance Committee / Hall Search Committee / Mail Committee / Membership Coordinator / Newsletter Committee / Online Services Committee / Outreach Committee / Programmers / Publicity Coordinator / Sound/PA Committee / Squires / Volunteer Coordinator

Board of Directors

The BACDS Board of Directors is responsible for setting BACDS policy, authorizing expenditures of BACDS funds on activities, and other administrative duties. Current Board members are:

• Eric Black
• Jens Dill, President
• Jody Distler-Dill
• Karen Fontana, Secretary
• Diane Frank
• Davey Hudson
• Scott Johnson
• Sylvia Karmanoff
• Annette Kindred
• John McGowan
• Mary Tabor
• Denis Thalson
• Ellen Wall
• Alan Winston, Board Chairman
• Diane Zingale, Treasurer

Board elections are held every year in May.

The board meets on the third Thursday of most months; you can see the next scheduled meeting on the bacds home page. For more information about board meetings, follow this link

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee works with other committees on the preparation of budgets and final reports for BACDS events, and provides the Board with guidance as to whether or not funds should be spent on activities.

Hall Search Committee

The Hall Search Committee is responsible for locating potential halls for BACDS dance series and events. Contact the committee chair if you have a hall to recommend.

Mailing Committee

The Mailing Committee is responsible for organizing and operating mailings to BACDS members, BACDS dance managers, other dance organizers, and folks on the BACDS mailing list. Contact the committee chair if you'd like to help out with a BACDS mailing.

Membership Committee

The Membership Committee is responsible for preparing membership forms and cards, coordinating membership mailings, and maintaining the membership database. Contact the committee chair if you have questions about BACDS membership or would like to help the committee out.

Newsletter Committee

The Newsletter Committee is responsible for the Dancer, BACDS's newsletter Contact the committee if you'd like to help the Dancer staff or have an article that you'd like to have published.

Online Services Committee

The Online Services Committee is responsible for the management of and much of the content on the BACDS website, support of BACDS-hosted mailing lists, and evaluation of web technologies for BACDS use. Contact the committee if you have questions or comments about BACDS online services.

Outreach Committee

The Outreach Committee works on projects aimed at recruiting new dancers to our activities and events. Contact the committee if you have questions or comments about the Outreach Committee's activities.

Publicity Coordinator

The Publicity Coordinator is responsible for publicizing BACDS's events and activities. Contact the coordinator if you have questions or comments about the Publicity Coordinator's activities, or would like to offer assistance.

Series and Event Programmers

The series and event programmers are responsible for programming BACDS dances, events, and activities. Regular series programmers are:

• Eric Black, Palo Alto Contra Dance
• Jody Distler-Dill, Palo Alto English Country Dance
• Sharon Green, Berkeley Saturday Experienced English Country Dance
• Charlie Fenton, San Francisco Contra Dance
• Debra Tayleur, Berkeley Wednesday English Country Dance
• Erik Hoffman, Berkeley Wednesday (Grace North) Contra Dance
• Craig Johnson and Anise Feldman, San Francisco English Country Dance
• Lynn Ackerson, East Bay (Prospect Sierra School in El Cerrito) Contra Dance
• Jody McGeen, Mountain View English Country Dance
• Vanessa Schnatmeier, Oakland Barn Dance

Special event chairs are:

• Eric Black, Halloween Ball
• Jody Distler-Dill, Playford Ball
• Charlie Fenton, No Snow Ball
• Helena Ivatt, Fall Ball

Camp managers and programmers are:

• Judy Rose Dornbush and Joyce Cooper (co-Managers) and Susan Petrick (Programmer), American Week
• Tom Colton (Manager) and Brooke Friendly (Programmer), English Week
• Wayne Mullen (manager), Randall Cayford (Programmer), Family Week
• Alan Winston and Vanessa Schnatmeier (Managers) and Erik Hoffman (Programmer), Fall Weekend
• Robin Cohen (Manager) and Charlie Fenton (Programmer), Spring Weekend
• Diane Frank and Karen Fontana (co-managers) Urban Contra camp

Sound/PA Committee

The Sound/PA Committee is responsible for BACDS's PA systems in Berkeley, Palo Alto, and San Francisco. Contact the committee if you have questions or comments about the sound systems.

Squires

Each of the BACDS performance teams has a team leader, or Squire. These folks are:

• Regan Anderlini, Bufflehead
• Dick Bagwell, Deer Creek Morris Men
• Jen Marks, Berkeley Morris
• Cathy Bryg, Mayfield Morris and Sword
• Wendy Desmonde, Mad Molly
• Antone Cepernich, Norton's Guard
• Ric Goldman,, FFL
• Heather MacKay, Goat Hill Morris
• Laura Rinaldi, Seabright Morris and Sword
• Hilary Roberts, Jubilee American Dance Theatre

Volunteer Coordinator

The Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for channeling potential volunteers to BACDS committees and activities. Contact the coordinator if you'd like to help out with something.