[CMUBDC] Call For Nominations: Professional Latin/Rhythm Coach

[CMU Ballroom Dance Club]

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
   <https://cmu.zoom.us/j/98392448792?pwd=bkdnemgyNFRzU1YyNW9xUVJPSHFWQT09>.
   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
   <https://forms.gle/uTATLdR8jYj8UjaZ9>.


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
<https://forms.gle/D9ptkMCDaii5XUjE6>.

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
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IaHdq2WlhU2K8pjOj7u9eHVQu6ipnxO460BRdHBKWN8/edit?usp=sharing>.
> 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 <https://forms.gle/uTATLdR8jYj8UjaZ9>.* Anyone can be
> nominated, but please keep the Instructor Expectations Document
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/12e5eJjIslIeBvsKcFwuOCP73F8oSGzWxhqulC6cOBpI/edit?usp=sharing>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
> <https://cmu.zoom.us/j/98392448792?pwd=bkdnemgyNFRzU1YyNW9xUVJPSHFWQT09>. *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
>
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