In addition to our Board of Directors and Staff, we rely upon the following groups of people to ensure the success of CADA-BC. We are always looking for new members, please contact Kristina Lemieux to get invovled.

Committees:

Membership & Outreach Committee

Chair: Kim Sato
Members:
Tasks:

• Review Membership Rates
• Set annual membership goals
• Review and maintain any joint membership relationship
• Seek and maintain Professional Discounts for members
• Outreach to expired and new members

Fundraising Committee

Chair: Raquel Alvaro
Members:
Tasks:

• Set annual fundraising goals
• Recommend to the Board fundraising initiatives
• Oversee the Board’s annual fundraising initiative

Advisory Councils:

Training Subsidy Program

Chair: Josh Martin
Members: James Gnam, Natalie Lefevre-Gnam, Deanna Peters, Roxy Prus, Meredith Kalaman (Staff)

Tasks:

• Advise upon and review Training Subsidy Program
• Keep aware of professional dance training trends and how they affect TSP
• Review the TSP form biennially (last review 2010)
• Review TSP stats and watch for trends
• Advise upon alternative versus dance forms of training

Professional Standards & Agreement

Chairs: James Gnam and Stephanie Gutierrez
Members:
Tasks:

• Advise upon and review:
  • Professional Standards
  • Dance Agreement
  • Fees & Rates
  • Biennially audit Fees & Rates to ensure they comply with standard of living increases, minimum wage and current economic climate (reviews occurred in 2009, 2011)

Task Forces 2011/12:

Conference & Strategic Planning

Chair: Justine Chambers
Members: Julie Lebel and Kim Sato
Tasks:

• Plan Community Conference as part of Dance in Vancouver
• Oversee strategic planning (funding dependant)

Teacher’s Fees & Rates

Chair: Justine Chambers
Members:
Tasks:

• Expand teaching fees and rates section of the Fees & Rates document through reviewing feedback from survey conducted in Winter of 2011 and through community consultation and research