The USA Dance LA Online Board Meeting Application is a private group that requires a user account and a subscription. You must be a member of the USA Dance LA group in order to access this application.

Enter Agenda

In order to enter Agenda items:

Create a user account

1. Create a user account on CentralAveDance to use for logins. As part of the registration process, you put a check in the "USA Dance LA " group checkbox so you will be put on the approval list for this group.
2. The Web Site Administrator will approve your request if you are a USA Dance LA Board member. You will receive an email notification when your request is approved.
3. You must log in with this user account to perform any functions within the USA Dance LA group.

Create an Event (Meeting)

1. In order to create an Agenda item, you must first create a Meeting. On the web site, a Board Meeting is entered as an Event . To enter an event, go to the USA Dance LA group home page and click on the "Creae Event " link in the menu. This will bring up the event input form. You need to make sure you enter the Start Date, End Date, Title and Body. You also need to make sure that "USA Dance, Los Angeles Chapter 4031" is checked in the "Groups" section. Only check the "Public" box if you want anyone (i.e., the general public) to see this post. Click on "Submit" button to create the Meeting event.
2. Note that it is possible to simply enter your Agenda into the "Body" of the Meeting event post. However, if you would like the Agenda to be broken down into elements that can be commented on individually, then you should enter individual Agenda items.

Post the Agenda item(s) to the Event (Meeting)

1. To enter an Agenda item, you must first go to or "View" the Meeting event to which the Agenda item is to be posted. To locate the event, you can click on the "Group calendar " link or the "Events " link located in the group's navigation menus. When you see the Meeting event you want, click on it. This will bring up the details for the event. At the bottom of the event screen, you will see a link titled "Post agenda item for this event". Click on this link.
2. When you click on the "Post agenda item for this event" link, you will see a new event form, only this is for entering Agenda items. The Start and End dates you see will reflect those of the event to which this Agenda item will be attached. You should edit the Start and End times to reflect the approximate timeframe for this particular Agenda item. The Title will default to "Agenda for" followed by the Title of the event to which this Agenda item will be attached. You can modify the Title to whatever you wish. Enter the agenda description into Agenda Description. The "Groups" section should have "USA Dance LA" checked. Only check the "Public" if you want this post to be displayed to the general public. Click on the "Submit" button to create this post and attach it to the event.
3. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 for as many Agenda items as you wish to post to an event.

Once a Meeting event and Agenda items are created, you can easily add comments to them by clicking on the "Add comments" button at the bottom of the "View" screens for each. It is via comments that you can create discussions on items posted.

Enter / View Minutes

Enter MInutes

Meeting Minutes are posted to Meeting Events. In order to post a Minutes, you must locate the Event (Meeting) to which they are to be posted.

1. To enter Minutes, you must first go to or "View" the Meeting event to which the Minutes are to be posted. To locate the event, you can click on the "Group calendar " link or the "Events " link located in the group's navigation menus. When you see the Meeting event you want, click on it. This will bring up the details for the event. At the bottom of the event screen, you will see a link titled "Post minutes for this event". Click on this link.
2. When you click on the "post minutes for this event" link, you will see a new "Submit Minutes" form. You must enter a Title for these minutes. You enter the actual minutes into the Minutes box. You can select the users who attended by clicking on the appropriate usernames in the "Attendees" section. However, it is recommended that you simply enter the usernames of the attendees in the "Extra Attendees" section. The "Groups" section should have "USA Dance LA" checked. Only check the "Public" if you want this post to be displayed to the general public. Click on the "Submit" button to create this post and attach it to the event.
3. You can only make one Minutes post per event.

Once the Minutes of an Event (Meeting) are created, you can easily add comments to them by clicking on the "Add comments" button at the bottom of the "View" screens for each. It is via comments that you can create discussions on items posted.

View Posted Minutes

If Minutes have been posted to the Event (Meeting) you are currently viewing, you will see a link at the bottom of this post which will say: "view minutes for this event". Click on this link to see the posted Minutes.