MAY 18, 2008
REQUEST FOR FEEDBACK FROM MEMBERS
AND NOTICE OF POSSIBLE DISSOLUTION
Dear members:
On Friday 11th of April, Tango Houston conducted its annual members’ meeting, at the House of Tea. In spite of a membership list of about 50 members, very few showed up,
Therefore, in that meeting it was decided to consult with the members about the future of the organization. We hope that we can get some input from a significant number of you, and also to count on you to be present at the next meeting, to be held in a few weeks, when a final decision will be made.
Tango Houston was born about 7 years ago, as an effort of a local group of tango dancers to divulge this beautiful argentine dance in the community. While initially the main activity was basically to organize milongas and workshops, over the years the changing structure of the Houston tango community made that activity unnecessary. For some members Tango Houston has become obsolete, its aims and ways largely overtaken by other organizations in the city. While that is basically true, some of us believe that the organization can and should have a different but not less important role in the continuous development of the Argentine tango in our city. One of them, for instance, could be the organization of a milonga 3 or 4 times a year, with the participation of all the different groups now in the city. Also, a present function is the dissemination of tango info through its Web site, which is very useful and could be expanded to include info on tango activities elsewhere. As well as tango history, social “codes” at the milongas in Argentina, etc, etc.
For all this, as well as other suitable suggestions as provided by our members to become true, the involvement of the members of Tango Houston is essential. We ask you all to think about this and participate in the next meeting to be called soon. On the other hand, if the decision of the majority of the members present is to dissolve the organization, it will be done as required by the laws applying to nonprofit organizations.
In the name of the Board of Directors of Tango Houston, sincerely,
Roberto Alsina