From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Wed Jun 1 22:55:53 2022 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2022 22:55:53 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Call For Nominations: Professional Latin/Rhythm Coach In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: CMUBDC Community, A few more reminders for this week: - Thank you to all that joined the first General Body Meeting last week. The *second General Body Meeting* will be held tomorrow *Thursday, June 2 at 8:30 PM ET* at this zoom link . It will be an open discussion focused on candidates other than our current coach. *Please join to ask questions, voice concerns, or share your support.* - After nomination, accepted candidates will progress to an interview stage. Please anonymously submit* interview questions* for the candidates via this form . As always, feel free to reach out with any questions and/or concerns. - Your CMUBDC Officers - McKenzie, Jamie, Sasha, Abby, Fa, Eleanor, Steven, Brenna On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 8:36 PM CMU Ballroom Dance Club < ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: > The first GBM is being held right now at this zoom link > ! > Join to share your thoughts. > > On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 5:50 PM CMU Ballroom Dance Club < > ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: > >> CMUBDC Community, >> >> A few reminders regarding this process: >> >> - The first of two *General Body Meetings *will be held *Thursday, >> May 26 at 8:30 PM ET* (tomorrow!) at this zoom link >> . >> It will be an open discussion focused on our current coach, Rozana. *Please >> join to ask questions, voice concerns, or share your support.* >> - *Candidate nominations* for the position of Professional >> Latin/Rhythm Coach are due *Friday, May 27*. They can be submitted >> via this form . >> >> >> After nomination, accepted candidates will progress to an interview >> stage. So far, this includes two quality candidates: Dmitry Demidov, owner >> of Demidov Dance Studio, and Rozana Sweeney, owner of Art & Style Dance >> Studio and the incumbent CMUBDC Latin/Rhythm coach. Therefore, we are >> additionally asking our community to *anonymously submit interview >> questions* that you may have for the candidates. Please submit questions >> via this form . >> >> As always, feel free to reach out with any questions and/or concerns. >> >> - Your CMUBDC Officers >> - McKenzie, Jamie, Sasha, Abby, Fa, Eleanor, Steven, Brenna >> >> On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 2:05 PM CMU Ballroom Dance Club < >> ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: >> >>> CMUBDC Community, >>> >>> Three weeks ago, in an effort to enrich our club and strengthen our >>> community, we introduced a *process for reviewing and re-hiring coaches*. >>> The full process can be reviewed here >>> . >>> Furthermore, we voted to initiate this process and conduct a *review of >>> our current Latin and Rhythm coach, Rozana Sweeney*. This review, >>> performed via an anonymous Google form, has since been completed and >>> carefully assessed by the Board. >>> >>> First, we want to thank you for your participation. We are grateful to >>> everyone who took the time to share their thoughts. We received substantial >>> feedback, and much of it was staunchly positive. However, enough concerns >>> were raised that the Board felt it was important to *continue the >>> process and formally consider other candidates* (in addition to the >>> current coach). >>> >>> Therefore, we are calling upon our community once again. If you know >>> anyone, including yourself, that would be a suitable candidate to serve as >>> the Professional Latin and Rhythm coach for CMUBDC, please *nominate >>> them via this form .* Anyone can >>> be nominated, but please keep the Instructor Expectations Document >>> in >>> mind when making your selections. Nominations are due by *Friday, May >>> 27th*. Qualified candidates will then be contacted by the Board for an >>> interview. >>> >>> In addition to the nominations, we will also be hosting* two General >>> Body Meetings (GBMs) *to continue gaining as much input as possible >>> throughout this difficult process. >>> >>> - The first will take place on *Thursday, May 26th *at* 8:30 pm ET.* >>> It will be an open discussion focused on our current coach, Rozana. >>> - The second will take place on *Thursday, June 2nd *at* 8:30 pm ET. >>> *It will be an open discussion on all other candidates. >>> >>> Both meetings will happen via Zoom at this link >>> . >>> *We encourage all members of the CMUBDC community to attend and share >>> their thoughts.* >>> >>> Again, we take this process very seriously, and we want to thank you for >>> all of your patience and participation thus far. We look forward to >>> receiving your nominations and continuing the discussion with you at the >>> upcoming GBMs. As always, feel free to reach out with any questions and/or >>> concerns. >>> >>> - Your CMUBDC Officers >>> - McKenzie, Jamie, Sasha, Abby, Fa, Eleanor, Steven, Brenna >>> >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Thu Jun 2 20:24:59 2022 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2022 20:24:59 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Call For Nominations: Professional Latin/Rhythm Coach In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The second GBM will begin in 5 minutes at this zoom link ! On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 10:55 PM CMU Ballroom wrote: > CMUBDC Community, > > A few more reminders for this week: > > - Thank you to all that joined the first General Body Meeting last > week. The *second General Body Meeting* will be held tomorrow *Thursday, > June 2 at 8:30 PM ET* at this zoom link > . > It will be an open discussion focused on candidates other than our > current coach. *Please join to ask questions, voice concerns, or share > your support.* > - After nomination, accepted candidates will progress to an interview > stage. Please anonymously submit* interview questions* for the > candidates via this form . > > As always, feel free to reach out with any questions and/or concerns. > > - Your CMUBDC Officers > - McKenzie, Jamie, Sasha, Abby, Fa, Eleanor, Steven, Brenna > > On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 8:36 PM CMU Ballroom Dance Club < > ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: > >> The first GBM is being held right now at this zoom link >> ! >> Join to share your thoughts. >> >> On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 5:50 PM CMU Ballroom Dance Club < >> ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: >> >>> CMUBDC Community, >>> >>> A few reminders regarding this process: >>> >>> - The first of two *General Body Meetings *will be held *Thursday, >>> May 26 at 8:30 PM ET* (tomorrow!) at this zoom link >>> . >>> It will be an open discussion focused on our current coach, Rozana. *Please >>> join to ask questions, voice concerns, or share your support.* >>> - *Candidate nominations* for the position of Professional >>> Latin/Rhythm Coach are due *Friday, May 27*. They can be submitted >>> via this form . >>> >>> >>> After nomination, accepted candidates will progress to an interview >>> stage. So far, this includes two quality candidates: Dmitry Demidov, owner >>> of Demidov Dance Studio, and Rozana Sweeney, owner of Art & Style Dance >>> Studio and the incumbent CMUBDC Latin/Rhythm coach. Therefore, we are >>> additionally asking our community to *anonymously submit interview >>> questions* that you may have for the candidates. Please submit >>> questions via this form . >>> >>> As always, feel free to reach out with any questions and/or concerns. >>> >>> - Your CMUBDC Officers >>> - McKenzie, Jamie, Sasha, Abby, Fa, Eleanor, Steven, Brenna >>> >>> On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 2:05 PM CMU Ballroom Dance Club < >>> ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> CMUBDC Community, >>>> >>>> Three weeks ago, in an effort to enrich our club and strengthen our >>>> community, we introduced a *process for reviewing and re-hiring >>>> coaches*. The full process can be reviewed here >>>> . >>>> Furthermore, we voted to initiate this process and conduct a *review >>>> of our current Latin and Rhythm coach, Rozana Sweeney*. This review, >>>> performed via an anonymous Google form, has since been completed and >>>> carefully assessed by the Board. >>>> >>>> First, we want to thank you for your participation. We are grateful to >>>> everyone who took the time to share their thoughts. We received substantial >>>> feedback, and much of it was staunchly positive. However, enough concerns >>>> were raised that the Board felt it was important to *continue the >>>> process and formally consider other candidates* (in addition to the >>>> current coach). >>>> >>>> Therefore, we are calling upon our community once again. If you know >>>> anyone, including yourself, that would be a suitable candidate to serve as >>>> the Professional Latin and Rhythm coach for CMUBDC, please *nominate >>>> them via this form .* Anyone can >>>> be nominated, but please keep the Instructor Expectations Document >>>> in >>>> mind when making your selections. Nominations are due by *Friday, May >>>> 27th*. Qualified candidates will then be contacted by the Board for an >>>> interview. >>>> >>>> In addition to the nominations, we will also be hosting* two General >>>> Body Meetings (GBMs) *to continue gaining as much input as possible >>>> throughout this difficult process. >>>> >>>> - The first will take place on *Thursday, May 26th *at* 8:30 pm ET.* >>>> It will be an open discussion focused on our current coach, Rozana. >>>> - The second will take place on *Thursday, June 2nd *at* 8:30 pm >>>> ET. *It will be an open discussion on all other candidates. >>>> >>>> Both meetings will happen via Zoom at this link >>>> . >>>> *We encourage all members of the CMUBDC community to attend and share >>>> their thoughts.* >>>> >>>> Again, we take this process very seriously, and we want to thank you >>>> for all of your patience and participation thus far. We look forward to >>>> receiving your nominations and continuing the discussion with you at the >>>> upcoming GBMs. As always, feel free to reach out with any questions and/or >>>> concerns. >>>> >>>> - Your CMUBDC Officers >>>> - McKenzie, Jamie, Sasha, Abby, Fa, Eleanor, Steven, Brenna >>>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Wed Jun 15 12:46:06 2022 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 12:46:06 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] IDBDC Dance Camp Information Message-ID: Hi all, For those who are interested, there is a *ballroom dance camp* early July in Washington DC, featuring workshops and private lessons with many top ballroom instructors. (This event isn't affiliated with the club, but may be of interest to club members.) You can find more information at the website here or the flyer below. We will also be having a call with the organizers *tomorrow night (Thursday) at 7:30 PM ET* at this zoom link . They'll talk more about the event in general and explain the pricing. [image: image.png] Sincerely, Steven Jecmen CMUBDC Secretary -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image.png Type: image/png Size: 443562 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Mon Jun 27 21:58:42 2022 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 21:58:42 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Hiring Announcement: Professional Latin/Rhythm Coach Message-ID: Dear CMUBDC community, Several weeks ago, the CMUBDC board voted to solicit nominations for the position of Professional Latin/Rhythm Coach (following the process defined here ). The board accepted the nominations of two candidates: Rozana Sweeney (our current coach) and Dmitry Demidov. Over the past few weeks, two general body meetings were held to collect community feedback on the candidates. Both candidates were also interviewed by the board. Prior to voting on the final decision, the board carefully considered and discussed the varied opinions provided by current and former club members. We are happy to announce the hiring of Dmitry Demidov as the CMUBDC Professional Latin/Rhythm Coach. Dmitry is the owner of Demidov Dance Studio, a competitive Latin dancer, and an experienced ballroom instructor. Please welcome Dmitry to the club as he begins his coaching position in the upcoming Fall semester. We would also like to sincerely thank Rozana Sweeney for her many years of quality instruction as our Latin/Rhythm coach. She has been an invaluable instructor and mentor for the club since its early days. We continue to support and admire Rozana in her many endeavors, and her contributions to this club will be remembered. Finally, we would like to thank the members of the CMUBDC community for your participation and patience in this lengthy process. We heard a variety of differing opinions and understand that not everyone will agree with this outcome. As a board, we did our best to consider all perspectives in making this difficult decision. We are excited for the future, and we hope that you will join us with enthusiasm to begin this new chapter. Sincerely, Your CMUBDC officers McKenzie, Jamie, Sasha, Abby, Fa, Eleanor, Steven, Brenna -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: