stewart38
24th-March-2006, 04:09 PM
Well this looks the fairest system I've seen
Of course many ladies on this forum who want 50/50 at all cost and know whats going on a year in advance wont agree :sad:
Clearly as we are there to dance the leader/follower ratio has to be right :yeah: . Only problem ,if some leaders (women) became mainly 'followers' at the event
Re produced in full
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Ballot Result on Gender Balance Control
The ballot was closed on the evening of Friday 17th March 2006 at 18.00 hours. With the following result:
1. For Gender Balance Control, 245 valid votes.
2. Against Gender Balance Control, 249 valid votes.
The four vote difference are not enough for me to declare a clear winner and close the book on this issue, given that on the basis of this narrow margin the result could have swung either way. Many people, voting For Control, also commented that they would prefer to see a larger proportion of tickets allocated to women than men. Proportions such as 40/60 and 4% to 10% in favour of extra ladies were submitted. These suggestions raise the question of what legal ramifications there could be given that I have been already notified (in writing) by the Equal Opportunity Commission (set up under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975) that indirect claims of sex discrimination may be brought if the claimant/s could prove that the 50/50 allocation of tickets would adversely affect more women than men (or vice versa) once the half allocated to either gender is sold. As such, I must consider that any adverse claim might be strengthened by the very fact that it is already public knowledge that more women than men are generally in attendance at any given modern jive event of any denomination.
Therefore, given the size of these events, there is a potential for a very large number of claims arising from a Gender Balanced Controlled booking procedure.
However, because of the very large number of people voting For the motion, I have to recognise that there is a clear need of change in direction and in so doing I neither can ignore those who voted Against the motion. In view of this, we have decided to opt for a new kind of Booking Control, by introducing the following procedure:
Leaders and Followers Balanced Controlled Booking Policy - DRAFT
A. Leaders and Followers
It would be discriminatory to say that only men can lead and only women can follow, in fact, in any given dance venue it is possible to observe women leading and men following.
However, for Modern Jive partner dance, the Leader will be expected to lead and the Follower to follow, irrespective of their gender. These roles are well defined and become apparent during workshops and freestyle, when the role of a Leader is one of leading his/her dance partner, whose role will be one of following his/her dance partner.
B. Ticket Apportionment
An equal number of tickets for Leaders and Followers will be made available at the onset. However, these will be sold in batches such that neither the Leader nor the Follower group will be allowed to have a gap of more than 100 tickets between each other. This procedure is in place for four reasons:
1. To prevent either the Leaders or the Followers group from buying a disproportionate amount of tickets at the onset. For example, if a total 1000 tickets are available, the principle of balance won't be met if 500 Follower tickets are sold whilst by the time the event takes place only 150 Leader tickets are sold, thus leaving a gap between Leaders and Followers of 350, which would constitute a major imbalance between the two dance roles.
2. To take into account the concept of fair proportionality, as if there was not an equal number of Leaders and Followers attending the modern jive dance scene, then the largest group will not be constrained by the minority group, as in the end a maximum 100 extra tickets could be had by the majority group, being this either the Leader or the Follower group.
3. Other conditions will also apply. These will be stated at the end of the present consultation with our legal council.
4. Compliance with the Sex Discrimination Act 1975. As the role of Leader and Follower might be carried out by either gender, than we aim not to discriminate against either gender as all would be free, irrespective of their gender, to book either Leaders or Followers tickets.
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Of course many ladies on this forum who want 50/50 at all cost and know whats going on a year in advance wont agree :sad:
Clearly as we are there to dance the leader/follower ratio has to be right :yeah: . Only problem ,if some leaders (women) became mainly 'followers' at the event
Re produced in full
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Ballot Result on Gender Balance Control
The ballot was closed on the evening of Friday 17th March 2006 at 18.00 hours. With the following result:
1. For Gender Balance Control, 245 valid votes.
2. Against Gender Balance Control, 249 valid votes.
The four vote difference are not enough for me to declare a clear winner and close the book on this issue, given that on the basis of this narrow margin the result could have swung either way. Many people, voting For Control, also commented that they would prefer to see a larger proportion of tickets allocated to women than men. Proportions such as 40/60 and 4% to 10% in favour of extra ladies were submitted. These suggestions raise the question of what legal ramifications there could be given that I have been already notified (in writing) by the Equal Opportunity Commission (set up under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975) that indirect claims of sex discrimination may be brought if the claimant/s could prove that the 50/50 allocation of tickets would adversely affect more women than men (or vice versa) once the half allocated to either gender is sold. As such, I must consider that any adverse claim might be strengthened by the very fact that it is already public knowledge that more women than men are generally in attendance at any given modern jive event of any denomination.
Therefore, given the size of these events, there is a potential for a very large number of claims arising from a Gender Balanced Controlled booking procedure.
However, because of the very large number of people voting For the motion, I have to recognise that there is a clear need of change in direction and in so doing I neither can ignore those who voted Against the motion. In view of this, we have decided to opt for a new kind of Booking Control, by introducing the following procedure:
Leaders and Followers Balanced Controlled Booking Policy - DRAFT
A. Leaders and Followers
It would be discriminatory to say that only men can lead and only women can follow, in fact, in any given dance venue it is possible to observe women leading and men following.
However, for Modern Jive partner dance, the Leader will be expected to lead and the Follower to follow, irrespective of their gender. These roles are well defined and become apparent during workshops and freestyle, when the role of a Leader is one of leading his/her dance partner, whose role will be one of following his/her dance partner.
B. Ticket Apportionment
An equal number of tickets for Leaders and Followers will be made available at the onset. However, these will be sold in batches such that neither the Leader nor the Follower group will be allowed to have a gap of more than 100 tickets between each other. This procedure is in place for four reasons:
1. To prevent either the Leaders or the Followers group from buying a disproportionate amount of tickets at the onset. For example, if a total 1000 tickets are available, the principle of balance won't be met if 500 Follower tickets are sold whilst by the time the event takes place only 150 Leader tickets are sold, thus leaving a gap between Leaders and Followers of 350, which would constitute a major imbalance between the two dance roles.
2. To take into account the concept of fair proportionality, as if there was not an equal number of Leaders and Followers attending the modern jive dance scene, then the largest group will not be constrained by the minority group, as in the end a maximum 100 extra tickets could be had by the majority group, being this either the Leader or the Follower group.
3. Other conditions will also apply. These will be stated at the end of the present consultation with our legal council.
4. Compliance with the Sex Discrimination Act 1975. As the role of Leader and Follower might be carried out by either gender, than we aim not to discriminate against either gender as all would be free, irrespective of their gender, to book either Leaders or Followers tickets.
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