Speculation can be a bad thing....on that note....I'm going to speculate. Why are we so quick to believe anything this NY lawyers says...particularly over the lawyers that reside on the board and the other club members that do not. Since no one seems to know anything about her other than she shows dogs, can we assume that she was hired because she is known to the individual(s) that hired her. I find it hard to believe that it is a coincidence that the very best lawyer in this field that we could find also happens to show dogs. And here is the speculation part........does she perhaps have an Agenda herself or at the very least, is she supporting someone else's agenda? Cindy Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx wrote: Sometime back in round three of this thing when we were all arguing if our by-laws and member application, (the whole membership process in fact), allowed board members to vote "no", sometime in the middle of this debacle when it appeared that procedures were not followed on a number of occasions we all wondered if that left the board/club open to a whole mess. (I feared the worst.) You and I agreed an outside legal opinion might not be a bad thing and it makes sense to me to choose someone from NY familiar with that kind of law. (I don't hire a tax attorney to do estate planning for instance, and one can only hope that this lady is a specialist.) Apparently, the fears were justified. Reading Evan's first post when I saw that a portion of the settlement agreement/proposal dealt with having our board take training in antitrust law made it crystal clear to me that a violation had occurred. Next...when you seek counsel for anything, an attorney is going to want the whole picture. Warts and all. How can they be expected to "fix" something without knowing what other shoe may drop? So, the client goes under a magnifying glass. It's not comfortable, but it's also not the time for finger pointing and calling the lawyer names. Case in point, there was no disclaimer in the Review on the editorial page. So...we can expect this lawyer, if she is to do her job, to look at everything and make recommendations. This isn't a statement about puppy mills or personalities. It isn't about supporting who voted their conscience and bashing those who in retrospect, knew better. "We" are in a mess, and it's about fixing it, learning from our mistakes and preventing them from happening again. (I don't know this attorney from Adam. I pray she's good!) Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC three generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions live here! visit www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ Cindy www.cinosamgsd.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================