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 / Bookkeeper / Finance Committee / Membership Coordinator / Series Programmers / Sound/PA Committee / Squires / Policies and Documents

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:

• Cin Barnes
• Eric Black, Secretary
(is an officer but not a Board member)
• Kevin Goess, Board President
• Craig Johnson
• Michael Jones, Treasurer (is an officer but not a Board member)
• Matt Mathis
• Aleta Oryall
• Lukas Stille
• Mary Tabor
• Alan Winston, Board Chairman

Board elections are held every year in May.

The board usually meets on the fourth Monday of most months; you can see the next scheduled meeting on the BACDS home page. For more information about board meetings, follow this link

Bookkeeper

This is who receives handles the payments and receipts for the individual dance series. The incoming bookkeeper in 2026 is Craig Johnson.

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. Budgets should be sent to the Finance Committee for review.

Membership Coordinator

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

Series and Event Programmers

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

• Lise Dyckman, Palo Alto English Country Dance
• Sharon Green, Berkeley Saturday Experienced English Country Dance
• Bruce Hamilton, Peninsula English Country Dance
• Craig Johnson, San Francisco English Country Dance
• Erik Hoffman, Berkeley Contra Dance
• Patti Cobb, Berkeley English Country Dance
• Marcia Davis-Cannon, Palo Alto Contra Dance
• Alan Winston
  • programmer for San Jose English
  • programmer/lead caller for 2nd Friday Palo Alto English Regency

Special event chairs are:

• Cin Barnes, Playford Ball
• David Buesch, Contra College

For Camp managers and programmers see the event websites:

• Family Week
• Balance the Bay (urban camp)
• American Week
• English Week
• Fall Frolick

Sound/PA Committee

The Sound/PA Committee is responsible for acquiring and maintaining the sound reinforcement equipment (PA systems) at our dances, and for training sound techs at our various dances that use sound systems (many events are acoustic-only). Contact the committee if you have questions or comments about the sound at BACDS dances, and especially if you are interested in learning and helping to run sound at our dances. Become one of our Unsung Heroes -- we know we’ve done our job well when no one notices.

Squires

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

• Beth Bergen, Berkeley Morris
• Kate Bendick, Deer Creek Morris
• Heather MacKay, Goat Hill Morris
• Ruth Suzuki, Jubilee American Dance Theatre
• Clara Ackerman, Ring of Cold Steel
• Laura Rinaldi, Seabright Morris and Sword

Policies and Documents

Board policies and documents can be found here: /organization/board/policies