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| The IAGSDC in 2007 |
| The IAGSDC continues to strive to make Gay and Lesbian square dancing more fun and more inclusive for everyone. In Denver,over the Memorial Day weekend, elections were held. This year three positions were up for election: --Vice Chair --Secretary --Club Liaison Officer Of those three, only one has a new officer. Keith Gehrig ( vice Chair)and Scott Philips( Secretary) both chose to run again and were elected by acclamation. Bob Hazen,our Club Liaison Officer, has chosen to take some time off. We wish him well and thank him for the sterling job he has done. Phil Davis from Chi-Town Squares is our new Club Liaison Officer. Phil brings a huge amount of enthusiasm to this position aqnd we welcome him. Over the past few years we have continued to improve how we operate. The IAGSDC has produced a new brochure which we hope will go a long way to helping promote this activity that we love. We are also making things more available for everyone to access. Our web Site has and will continue to have more available data for all of us to use. Danny Lee continues to update this. Future conventions can have better access to information on this web site through the work of Danny Lee and our Convention Planning Chair, Seth Levine. Confirmed sites for future conventions are: --2008 (Cleveland Ohio) --2009 (Washingon DC) --2010(Chicago Ill.) --2011 (Atlanta Georgia) Unfortunately we have lost three clubs over the course of the past year: --Neon Squares ( Las Vegas) --Seaway Squares ( Ontario Canada) --Magic City Diamonds (Birmingham Al.) We welcome two new clus to the fold: --Delmarvelous Squares from Rehoboth Beach --Reel Rebels from Las Vegas. There are now: --49 Full Member clubs --3 Associate Member clubs --7 Affiliate organizations. Our travelling displays continue to be used by clubs all across the continent to promote Gay and Lesbian square Dancing. Like the straight clubs we are facing some declining enrollment and anything that we can do to slow this down or stop it is worthwhile. All Join Hands Foundation continues to fund projects that play an important part in the life of the IAGSDC, and we thank them for it. Next year is the 25th anniversary of the first convention held in Seattle. This is an important milestone in our history. We are lucky indeed to have several dancers who will have been to all 25. That is an achievement in itself. Cleveland Ohio and the Cleveland City Country dancers will play host to this auspicious event. It is a time to reflect and also to celebrate. We hope that you will all be there to do just that. See you in Cleveland John Mckinstry Chair IAGSDC. |
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