Board Minutes

NEXT MEETING: July 13th @ 8 pm. Meeting is in person, and can also be hybrid with zoom if people want. Public welcome! Contact Rich Andrulis for meeting location or zoom link: andrulis@me.com

ISDN Board Meeting, Monday, May 11th @ 8 pm. Hybrid (in-person and Zoom).

DRAFT

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Rich Andrulis (president), Diana Leigh (vice president), Melanie-Claire Mallison (secretary), Cindy Overstreet, Emily Adams, Carolyn Aslan, Gretchen Herrmann

1. AGENDA: Rich called the meeting to order 8:06 p.m. The agenda was shared in CHAT.

2. BOARD MINUTES: We reviewed the minutes of our March 16th meeting. Diana motioned that we approve the minutes as written. Cindy seconded. The board approved the minutes. NEXT STEPS — Note: there are several tasks in these minutes that have not yet been addressed.

3. TREASURER’S REPORT: Diana had previously sent out the Treasurer’s report on Q1 (created by Treasurer Lanie Wilmarth) and gave a summary. Cindy moved to accept the report. MCM seconded. We accepted the report.

4. COMMITTEE REPORTS:

A. Ithaca Festival Planning: MCM, Carolyn, Cindy, Vanessa, Jane

  • Will set up street table and tent out front of Library Place, starting at 1:30 p.m.
  • Melanie-Claire will send out emails to the list.
  • Diana will do the usual marketing outside of the email list.
  • End at 8p to accommodate the festival disco party starting at 8p at Liquid State.
  • Diana will send a print version and easily emailed poster.
  • Add a volunteer line for a PHOTOGRAPHER!
  • Photography policy. Borrow the waiver from Cornell Swing Dance. (Rich will ask.)
  • NEXT STEPS: Confirm supplies and tasks lists, email out SAVE THE DATE, email out the volunteer invitation with spreadsheet, marketing.

B. Dance Classes Committee: Cindy, Rich, and MCM (Diana)

  • May practice sessions are in progress.
  • June dates are the 3rd, 10th, and 17th – Rich will teach a basic class at 7pm, Steve will teach hustle at 8pm. Just to note — MCM is available to take care of June registration.
  • Think about the classes being 55 minutes so that there can be music and practice at the end, and a smoother transition to the next class.
  • Consider putting the reg table on the second-floor landing so that the classes are uninterrupted by late arrivals or the students arriving for the second class.
  • We should consider taking July and August off, depending on how well May and June classes are attended.
  • NEXT STEPS: Marketing June at May Practices and Ithaca Festival day.

C. Monthly Dances Committee: Diana, Laure, and Cindy

  • Next Date is June 24th
  • (Note MCM will not be in town)
  • Should be a DJ Dance, perhaps combining swing and hustle.
  • Should consider taking July and August off.
  • NEXT STEPS: Find a DJ and registrar for June 24th. Decide about July and August.

D. Swingin’ on Cayuga Committee: Diana, Cindy, and Emily

  • Still have free classes.
  • Still have a live band for a price – board approves!
  • Maybe sandwiches we charge for?
  • Maybe have advance classes we charge for?
  • Maybe have a raffle that’s simple but a good fundraiser?
  • NEXT STEPS: Lots to discuss!!

E. Publicity & Social Media Committee: Diana, Cindy, MCM, and Carolyn: have not yet met.

5. OTHER BUSINESS:

  • A long-term member of our dance community, Davide Sayada, has a milestone birthday this summer and would like to have a swing dance event and have ISDN involved. Sponsor Swingin’ On Cayuga? We are interested but need more information, especially date range.
  • This brings up the thought to actually solicit sponsors for our events!

6. NEXT MEETING: The board will meet next on Monday July 13th at 8pm. Just fyi, Melanie-Claire will not be able to attend on this date. The board will need to “tag” a minute-taker or choose to meet on a different date, Monday July 20th for instance.

7. ADJOURNMENT: At 9:08 pm, Rich motioned to end the meeting. Cindy seconded. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned.

ISDN Board Meeting Minutes, Monday March 16, 2026 @ 8 pm, hybrid (in person & zoom)

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Rich Andrulis (president), Diana Leigh (vice president), Melanie-Claire Mallison (secretary), Cindy Overstreet, Emily Adams. ABSENT: Gretchen Herrmann. GUESTS: Carolyn Aslan

AGENDA

1. Rich called the meeting to order 8:05 p.m. The agenda was shared in the Zoom chat and Rich noted that there is no treasurer’s report per Diana’s clarification of report timing (quarterly).

2. BOARD MINUTES: We read through the January board meeting minutes. Emily motioned and Diana seconded approval of the minutes. The motion carried. Next, we read through the minutes of the March ISDN Annual Meeting. Cindy motioned and Rich seconded approval of the minutes. The motion carried.

3. BOARD MEMBERS: After a short discussion, Rich nominated Carolyn Aslan as a full member of the ISDN board. Diana seconded. The motion carried.

4. DANCE CLASSES: We talked about April’s dance classes. Cindy suggested a cool moves series. Rich sent out a doodle poll for folks to settle on a date and time for the ISDN Dance Classes Committee to meet. We need to find teachers asap. Since publicity needs to happen NOW, Cindy and Rich are really “on the hook” for April’s classes. The ISDN Dance Classes Committee is Cindy, Rich, and MCM.

5. MONTHLY DANCES: We agreed that our monthly dances should always be the 4th Wednesday of the month (even if there is a 5th Wednesday). March 25th is the live band dance with the Peletones. Next will be Wednesday, April 22nd – a DJ Hop. In May, we will concentrate on the Ithaca Festival on Saturday the 30th, so no Wednesday dance. For Wednesday, June 24th, the committee will discuss options after the March 25th dance. The ISDN Monthly Dances Committee is Diana, Laure, and Cindy.

6. COMMITTEES: A new task is writing up specific descriptions for our committees – their charter, tasks, decisions they are allowed to take without board approval, what decisions need board approval.

7. SWINGIN’ ON CAYUGA: Diana announced that our Swingin’ on Cayuga application was approved. Now the SoC Committee needs be constituted (Diana, Cindy, Emily) and write their description. And get to work!

8. GRANTS: Emily reported that the CAP grant proposals are being considered and a few questions are being asked, especially regarding Ithaca Festival.

9. ITHACA FESTIVAL: Melanie-Claire reported that the exhibitor apps are now available from the Ithaca Festival coordinators and she will submit that. She needs to connect Diana to Robin Tuttle at Library Place to arrange for the payment of venue costs (tables, chairs, key). Diana noted she needs an invoice Kirst. The Ithaca Festival Committee needs be constituted (MCM, Cindy, Carolyn) and write their description. And get to work!

10. PUBLICITY & SOCIAL MEDIA: We need to create a Publicity & Social Media Committee (Diana, Cindy, MCM, Carolyn). Committee needs be constituted and write their description. And get to work! Instagram especially is proving problematic since it requires 2-factor authentication. The committee should also set up dedicated email account to use for Instagram/Facebook/Etc.

11. ISDN ELIST: To avoid confusion, we discussed who should send out board meeting invites to ISDN-L. The ISDN President will send out the invites, and the secretary will make sure that the invites are sent.

12. ADJOURNMENT: Rich motioned to end the meeting. Diana seconded. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 9:07 pm with virtual balloons and TA DAs for Carolyn! Welcome to the board!!

13. NEXT MEETING: The board will meet next on Monday May 11th at 8 pm.

2026 Ithaca Swing Dance Network (ISDN) Annual Meeting
Date: Sunday, March 8th , 2026; 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: Treehouse Studios, 119 S. Cayuga St, 3 rd Floor, Ithaca NY
Cost: Free, snacks included!

MINUTES

PRESENT:
Board Members: Rich Andrulis (President), Diana Leigh (Vice President), Melanie-Claire Mallison (Secretary), Cindy Overstreet, Emily Adams, Gretchen Herrmann.
Guests: Carolyn Aslan, Carol Johnson, Amanda Kirchgessner, Rick Lightbody, Joan Skawski

  1. Rich welcomed everyone to the ISDN annual meeting and folks introduced
    themselves around the circle.
  2. Rich called the meeting to order at 3:10 p.m. and noted that the introductions
    served as our official roll call.
  3. For our first item of business, Cindy nominated the board of officers, below, to serve
    for the one-year term of March 2026 – April 2027. Gretchen seconded. Rich called
    the vote, and with no abstentions or nay votes, the motion carried.
    a. Rich Andrulis; ISDN Board President
    b. Diana Leigh; ISDN Board Vice President
    c. Melanie-Claire Mallison; ISDN Board Secretary
    d. Lanie Wilmarth; ISDN Treasurer (non board-member)
  4. Rich summarized the remaining agenda for today and our intentions for this annual
    meeting — growing the swing dance community, encouraging more volunteerism,
    and increasing the number of board members. There was much discussion on many
    topics and these notes attempt to capture the main points to consider:
    a. Cross-pollinate dance communities, invite contra dancers, ballroom dancers,
    salsa, etc.
    b. Increase fundraising efforts. Especially an annual appeal!
    c. Cindy and Diana summarized the social media and marketing efforts we
    already do — email lists, website, Facebook, Ithaca Events FB page, various
    newspaper options, WSKG. We are working with Amanda to create an
    Instagram presence.
    d. Maybe create a survey — how do you find dance events, where do you look,
    what would make a dance event more attractive to you? Use a QR code for
    the survey so it’s easy to disseminate. Offer an incentive, like a free massage!
    Rick has thoughts and is willing to assist with the collecting and summarizing
    of survey responses.
    e. Specific to growing the ISDN community, COVID was a real hit (not
    surprising), but now we need more task-takers, more volunteers, more
    voices, and we especially need people — or one PR coordinator — to take on
    social media so we are much more consistent and far reaching with our
    messaging.
  5. For our March 25 th live band dance, we need an extra effort to make sure we have set up, door volunteers, and a clean-up crew.
  6. An ongoing Volunteer Coordinator would be great to manage our volunteer needs over the course of the year and track those volunteers to ensure they actually do their job — and are invited to volunteer again!
  7. Melanie-Claire talked about the Ithaca Festival plans completed so far and outlined what is needed next. An Ithaca Festival Subcommittee would be helpful.
  8. Emily talked a little about the grants she has applied for and will touch base with those with upcoming deadlines.
  9. Emily also noted that the No Kings parade offers an opportunity. At least to have fliers up along the parade route, even if we don’t participate as ISDN. It was mentioned that we have remained politically neutral over the years and would like to remain so.
  10. Amanda suggested we email the ISDN list regarding the various sub-committees and needs of the board with task definitions. It makes the most sense to ask for assistance by letting the swing dance community know what assistance is specifically needed, and for how long.
  11. Diana requested that we table any discussion of Swingin’ on Cayuga until we hear back about the grant requests.
  12. Rich noted the time and we agreed to continue this discussion at our next meeting.

Gretchen moved to close the meeting and Diana seconded. Rich adjourned the meeting at 3:59 pm.

The next regular meeting of the ISDN board is planned for Monday, March 16th , at 8:00
pm at Rich’s house.

ISDN Board Meeting Minutes, Monday January 12, 2026 @ 8 pm, hybrid (in person & zoom)

PRESENT:  Rich Andrulis (President), Diana Leigh (Vice President), Emily Adams, Cindy Overstreet (note taker for this meeting) in person, and Gretchen Herrmann via Zoom. Absent: Melanie-Claire Mallison (Secretary).

AGENDA

1.     The November minutes were reviewed and approved. 

2.     Treasurer’s Report reviewed and approved.

  • Motion made and approved for Lanie Wilmarth, volunteer treasurer, to sign and list her information on the ISDN tax forms.

3. Upcoming Events:

a)    January 28th All Swing Mix Monthly Dance:  Monthly Dance Team (Rich, Cindy and Laure Kamp) will organize the details and report back to the Board if any questions. Dance will include dance teaching corner, team will work on creating a dance set up checklist. Will request Laure to coordinate dance ambassador/teachers.

b)    Weekly Swing Classes: proposed and approved that ISDN will organize weekly swing dance classes as a 3-4 month trial, on Wednesday nights in between Monthly All Swing Mix dances.  Committee formed of Rich and Cindy to organize details.  Rich volunteered to teach first round of classes starting Feb 4th.

c)     Ithaca Festival Dance event on 5/30:  Melanie Claire will be asked to look into renting Library Place space again.

d)    Swingin’ on Cayuga: Diana will start by renting the Stewart park pavilion for either 9/13 or 8/30th

e)    ISDN Annual Meeting: Committee (Rich, Diana and Melanie-Claire) will work on details and report back to Board. Possible dates Sundays 2/22 or 3/8 at Treehouse

f)     West Coast workshop: The committee (Cindy) will report back to Board with ideas.

4.     Grants: Emily will apply for grant(s) to support the Ithaca Festival and Swingin’ on Cayuga events.  Gretchen and Diana will assist.

5.     Photography/video policy:

  • a) Our policy needs more detail to include social media postings.                 
  • b) Reviewed the current policy as bullet item #5 of our Respectful Community Statement which requires “explicit and expressed permission of participants”
  • c) Agreed to draft a statement that all attendees will need to sign and circulate it to the Board for approval 

6.     Next Meeting: Will be the Annual Meeting, possible dates: 2/22 or 3/8

7.     The meeting was adjourned at 9:14 pm

ISDN Board Meeting, Tuesday November 25, 2025 @ 8pm via Zoom

PRESENT: Diana Leigh (Vice President), Gretchen Herrmann, Emily Adams, Cindy Overstreet (minute taker for this meeting)

AGENDA

  1. The September minutes were reviewed and approved. 
  2. Debrief on the 2nd All Swing Dance Mix, Nov 19th, 2025
    1. We made a profit of $79.62
    2. All Swing Team – we have a new volunteer, Laure Kamp, to join the team to run these Monthly dances. 
    3. Line up Dance Ambassador volunteers for the Teaching Corner at next regular dance
    4. See if the speaker sound can be adjusted so doesn’t sound so tinny
    5. Have more Lindy music and less 50’s Rock-n-roll
    6. Make sure the recycle bin gets used and emptied for the next dance
  1. Dec Holiday Dance scheduled 12/17/25, 7-9:30 pm
    • Details agreed upon previously over email vote:
      • A collaboration with Diana Leigh’s annual holiday event
      • Price $15, $12 in advance, Diana will handle advance sales with her ticketing platform
      • The Treehouse Studio bar will be open
      • Rent is $63, plus $60 for the Treehouse bartender, for a total of $123
      • Diana’s band will play for a minimum of $300, then the next $100 after ISDN expenses, and the remaining profit goes to ISDN
    • Volunteers
      • Decoration Team – 1 volunteer so far
      • Food Team –  1 volunteer, maybe 2. They requested a budget. We discussed maybe about $125, but will ask Food Team for estimate
      • Set Up Team needs to be created, also to help band with gear up stairs
      • Further details, such as volunteer compensation will be sent via email for Board approval/ and or information
  1. ISDN’s calendar of events plan:
    1. Continue All Swing Mix Monthly Dances on Wednesdays at Treehouse Studios
    2. Ithaca Festival Dance in June (All Swing Mix dance canceled that month)
    3. Swingin’ on Cayuga in Aug or Sept (All Swing Mix dance canceled that month)
    4. West Coast workshop for Spring, details to be determined
    5. Noted that there will be a new monthly jazz swing event with live music organized by some musicians on Sunday afternoons, so for now, ISDN will not have Sunday dances
  2. Treasurer’s Report
    1. No new report, going forward the reports will be on a quarterly basis so they will not be impacted when/if Board meeting dates are changed. The 4th quarter report will be presented at the January meeting
    2. Current checking account balance is $1506.70, savings $600 plus
  3. CAP grant
    1. Emily will apply for the grant to support the Ithaca Festival and Swingin’ on Cayuga events
  4. Photography/video policy
    1. Our policy needs more detail to include social media postings.  
    2. Reviewed the current policy (as bullet item #5 of our Respectful Community Statement) which requires “explicit and expressed permission of participants”
    3. Agreed to draft a statement that all attendees will need to sign and circulate it to the Board for approval 
  1. Next Meeting: Discussed possible meeting times and suggested Monday, Jan 12th at 8pm for our next meeting. Reviewed that the annual meeting is currently planned for March 2026.
  2. The meeting was adjourned at 9:14pm

NEXT ACTIONS:

  1. The Holiday Dance Team (Diana and Cindy) will email further details to the board as needed
  2. A draft of the Photography/Video policy will be emailed by Cindy to the Board for discussion and approval in time for the December dance
  3. The January meeting time and date will be approved by the Board over email
  4. Emily will contact board members for info to support the CAP grant
  5. January meeting item: discuss dates for Swingin’ on Cayuga and contact the City of Ithaca early in the year so we can get a preferred date. 

ISDN Board Meeting, Thursday September 11, 2025 @ 8pm Via Zoom

PRESENT: Richard Andrulis (President), Diana Leigh (Vice President), Melanie-Claire Mallison (Secretary), Cindy Overstreet, Gretchen Herrmann

AGENDA

  1. The May minutes were reviewed and approved with minor corrections.
  2. Debrief on Swingin’ on Cayuga
    1. We made a small profit! Though it was partly because the cost of the food was donated.
    2. Still, the schedule was mostly appreciated. Perhaps start a little later in the day. Perhaps have a shorter break for the band.
    3. Discuss the 2026 date at our January board meeting so we can choose the day and month we prefer.
    4. Bring hand soap and toilet paper back up.
  3. Treasurer’s Report: We discussed the documents provided by Lanie our Treasurer.
  4. Next events:
    • Any kind of workshop is likely to happen in the spring since there is so much already happening this fall and Cindy doesn’t have the bandwidth.
    • A Sunday afternoon in November could work. Rich will look into timing. Library Place is $187.50 for four hours. Diana will assist.  
    • A January holiday dance seems successful. Melanie-Claire will help with this.
  5. Board Meetings: We are now shifting to odd-numbered months (still) on the second Thursday at 8pm. Upcoming dates will be November 13th and January 8th — with the Annual Meeting in March 2026. Perhaps in person? Make it a bigger and more public event.
    • Melanie-Claire will advertise the November board meeting via zoom to the entire list AND add this to the job description for the board secretary.
    • Agenda will be general – items we typically cover?
  1. ISDN List Serve: Melanie-Claire sent out two recommendations. Cindy motioned. Rich seconded. All approved.
  2. Volunteer/Board Member Recruitment: Handing over chunks of volunteer work. Just hand over the project – like the Food Goddesses at SoC – and next, decorating the holiday dance. Ask for ideas. Google polls to the list, i.e. we are thinking about a January dance, Would you attend? Would you volunteer? Etc.
  3. Rich proposed we move into executive session and Diana seconded. Began at 8:54p. Ended at 9:11p.
  4. The meeting was adjourned at 9:12 pm. 

ISDN BOARD MEETING, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 8:00 p.m. via zoom

PRESENT: Richard Andrulis (President), Melanie-Claire Mallison (Secretary), Gretchen Herrmann, Diana Leigh, Emily Adams, Cindy Overstreet, Lanie Wilmarth (Treasurer, non-board member)

AGENDA

1. Approval of March Minutes: Melanie-Claire read over the March minutes. Cindy motioned, Rich seconded. Board APPROVED.

2. Treasurer’s Report: Lanie acknowledged Diana’s help in this transition. She presented her January 1st – March 31st report. The Board received the report.

3. Ithaca Festival Planning:

  • [a] Rich will be day of coordinator. 
  • [b] No one has signed for volunteer shifts yet, so MCM will send to the spreadsheet link to the entire list AND the dance groups AND say sign up RIGHT NOW. Add a PS, we need board members and donations! MCM will send a draft email to the ISDN board before sending it out to ISDN, since folks are generally concerned about language.
  • [c] MCM will ask Robin for invoice for Library Place and cc Diana.
  • [d] MCM will also email Michael with reminder, ask for details on his salsa set up and remind him he needs to arrange his own sound, DJ, etc., let him know Rich is on site on the day, ask his students to volunteer. CC Rich.
  • [e] We need to market the event itself once Diana updates the flier.
  • [f] The IF sub committee will zoom Wednesday, May 21, 8pm, to get caught up and make a final decision on the IF tent and info table.

4. ISDN’s Role in the Larger Ithaca Dance Community:

Cindy talked about bringing in other social dance groups under our umbrella and change our name to “Ithaca Social Dance Network”. Could be positive — expanding our outreach and community — but there’s lots to consider too. Money arrangements, not-for-profit vs. profit, bylaws, etc. Would our insurance cover others? SPONSOR rather than partner? Emily will ask around about sponsoring vs. partnering. Something like four classes over four weeks and then a social dance. That’s a useful model. Discussion and mulling will continue… Collaborating with Michael should definitely be pursued. But we are not ready for a Thursday Night Record Hop.

5. ONGOING ISDN CALENDAR

  • Items to plan every year….
  • JAN January Dance
  • JUNE Ithaca Festival
  • AUG Swingin on Cayuga
  • SEPT Fall West Coast Swing Workshop

6. Next Meeting:

  • A. Volunteer/Board Member Recruitment
  • B. SoC Planning for August 17th.

March 12, 2025 8:00 pm via zoom
PRESENT
Board Members: Cindy Overstreet, Diana Leigh (Treasurer), Gretchen Hermann, Melanie-Claire Mallison (Secretary), Rich Andrulis (President)

Others: Emily Adams

January Minutes: Correct “Lance Wilmarth” to Lanie Wilmarth. Diana motioned and Melanie
seconded – BOARD APPROVED.

ISDN Bylaws: The revised and adopted bylaws were distributed to the board on February 11th. No changes were suggested. Melanie-Claire moved to approve the bylaws. Cindy seconded – BOARD APPROVED.
a. We request that our webmaster put the new bylaws on the website.

Website Migration: With many thanks to Diana we now have a spiffy new website.
a. We need to keep an eye on content to make sure we stay up to date.
b. What criteria do we use for bands? Diana clarified — we list those bands we are willing to hire or have hired. We suggest Diana add this criteria to the website.
c. Reminder, isdn-chat-l is no more

Treasurer’s Report: Diana listed the ISDN assets, which included expenses for our upcoming west coast weekend; checking $800.17, savings $666.03.
a. Diana is ready to hand over the reins to Lanie after the weekend is over and the finances are settled.
b. Diana nominated Lanie Wilmarth as the ISDN Treasurer. Cindy motioned. Gretchen seconded. APPROVED.

  • Note; Lanie will not be a board member and her email address will not be added to the board admin email list, but she will be treasurer and provide regular reports.

Follow up on Facebook postings: Concern for non-swing events appearing on our Facebook pages. Just say no? Only post once? Will discuss at our next meeting (May 14th).

Public attendance at board meetings: If we are including ISDN at large, we need protocols for handling non-board members.
a. Diana provided an article about public attendance at 501C3 board meetings. ISDN is not subject to Open Meetings Law, so we don’t have to follow those rules. However, since we usually want to encourage more participation, we do have open meetings. Therefore we should have a policy about it. MCM will work up for next meeting.

2025 Calendar:
FIRST: Ithaca Festival 2025, May 29 – June 1 — MCM will lead but cannot attend.
a. Start with info from Cindy and Diana.
b. Rate for non-profits at venue
c. Live band? DJ Dance?
d. Lessons?
e. Sell snacks at the dance? Restaurant sponsors?
f. Fund raiser?
SECOND: Swingin’ on Cayuga 2025, September 7th or 14th — Diana will reserve the Stewart Park pavilion for the day. More details to come.

New Board Member: Rich made a motion that we add Emily Adams to the ISDN Board. She agreed. Cindy seconded. APPROVED. Yippee!!
a. MCM will add Emily to Admin-L.

Upcoming West Coast Swing Workshop with Mango & Moriah: Lansing Community Center (will be four days after meeting, so this is just last-minute check in to make sure we have everything covered):
a. Need a board member 6:45-8:00. MCM. (Emily can give MCM a ride to @ 6:30p and
MCM will find a ride home after.)
b. Kate will bring snacks. Rich can help. Cindy will coordinate.
c. Emily will take care of water.
d. Please bring box fans!
e. Volunteers, please arrive at 11:30a.
f. Rich, please bring our sound system!
g. Insurance rider? No one asked….
h. 1⁄2 page for ISDN printed out for workshop = 50; MCM and DIANA

  • 1⁄2 page for ISDN:
    • Website
    • Facebook x 2 = what are they for and why use?
    • E-list
    • Logo
    • Venmo & PayPal

Other Business: MCM reminds folks to please add their ISDN files and folders the Google folder with their name on it. She will sort!

Next Meeting: Wednesday, May 14th at 8:00 pm.

January 8, 2025
Present:
Board Members: Cynthia Overstreet, Rich Andrulis, Gretchen Herrmann, Melanie-Claire Mallison, Diana Leigh
Erica Herman has resigned from the Board

Approved minutes from November 6, 2024 meeting

January dance
Committee: Cynthia, Diana
Scheduled for January 26th, 2pm to 6pm (Sunday afternoon) at Library Place
Experiment for timing and location and offering a paid lesson ahead of time.
2-6 pm @ Library Place, 105 W Court St, Ithaca, NY (entrance on Cayuga St)
2:00 pm – West Coast Swing Cool Moves (Intermediate) with Cindy Overstreet
2:45 pm – Introduction to Swing Dance (Beginner) with Lesley Greene & Robbert VanRennese
3:30 – 6:00 pm – Live Band Dance with The Pelotones!
2 pm class: $12
2:45 pm class: FREE
Dance: $15
All-in pass: $25
Rich to coordinate volunteers

Pavilion rental for SoC
Set date and general hours to be able to rent. Preference for September 14th
Future meeting – need to consider costs. Need to decide if we should shorten hours

Document Inventory
M-C is sorting through archives of ISDN documents. Recommendation to make sure to add Year to any poster/flyer
M-C: will scan interesting documents and create a google folder to store those documents
Rich: add meeting minutes to that folder

ISDN Facebook
Currently dominated by non-Swing events. Would like to limit to Ithaca or Swing events.
Diana to propose suggested verbiage to put on Facebook group for rules to post to the group.

Treasurer’s Report
Current balance in

  • Checking account = $1132.86
  • Savings account = $665.97

By-laws
By-laws committee: M-C, Diana, Rich
After discussion by the board, by-laws were amended. Board agreed to continue to review by-laws at next meeting to address remaining questions. All questions/revisions need to be provided to the board by February 9th, 2025 so they can be approved at March 12th meeting.

Elections

Slate:

  • President: Rich Andrulis
  • Vice President: Diana Leigh
  • Secretary: Melanie-Claire Melanson
  • Interim Treasurer: Diana Leigh

Slate passed by unanimous vote of the board. Lanie Wilmarth has agreed to be Treasurer but does not want to be a board member (see updated by-laws). Will be voted in soon, probably next meeting.

Next Meeting: March 12, 2025