[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: My opinion and only my opinion
- From: Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ELG440@xxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:37:37 -0400
Evan is absolutely correct in what he says. This is NOT a big
corporation that exists to make money...frankly, if it were the
Directors would be held accountable for what they did. We have not held
them accountable...only criticized them, as is our right. It's even the
right of non-members, if they choose to do so, because this is the
United States of America...if anyone is unhappy, that person has every
right to complain...regardless of whether those complaints will bring
results.
I DID hear that four of the Directors voted NOT to have a secret
meeting, but they were outvoted.
As for threats, one threat alone would have been enough for me and
should have been for ANY member of this club...Director or not. If
anything, even the hint of a single threat should have strengthened the
resolve of the entire Board to do the right thing...the thing that
should have been done in January. That is to say NO...loudly and clearly.
Can you imagine the kind of person who would make threats about a damn
dog club? At this point it doesn't even matter who made the
threats...if they were made by the applicant (I can't bring myself to
name that creature), he should be arrested, or at least charged with
something.. and if they were made by other Board Members, those Members
should be forced to resign immediately. It's a dog club, for pity's
sake...not a matter of life and death! If it has reached those
proportions now, then I suspect there are a lot of people in the GSDCA
who will have to reconsider their memberships, because it isn't life and
death for too many people. I hope not, anyway!
This sounds more and more like the Ku Klux Klan--meetings conducted
in secret, threats levied, and people intimidated...how disgusting is that?
I thought that now that the matter of the applicant had been dealt
with, we should move on. Obviously we can't, because of the manner in
which this was handled. To think that people in a dog club would allow
themselves to be intimidated, no matter by whom, is really presenting a
new picture. Bullies and bullied...
that's the way it plays for me now.
One serious matter that should have been attended to was
not...the repercussions of that remain to be seen. Just another example
of gutless wonder(s)... or spineless individual(s), take your choice of
terms. We already knew that people in certain positions were using
those positions to get judging assignments, trade wins, or just to
become famous...maybe there should be some new qualifications for people
to run for the board...not just someone who wants to be there. Maybe
it's a good thing that the year to date has caused some of them some
discomfort...maybe the discomfort was necessary, so people who are
thinking of running for the Board will realize that there's more to
being a Director than just being a big shot. As for those of us who
voted for and elected some of these people, next time we'd better do a
bit more investigating and not let it be just a popularity contest. If
guts are going to be called for, then we'd better elect Directors who
have them, as well as some who can follow the Policies and Procedures
Manual. (I'm not attacking all of the Directors...just a few..and if
they see this post, they'll know who they are.) And there is nothing
wrong with THAT, either!
Peggy
ELG440@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>In a message dated 4/30/07 7:20:43 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>irrenhaus4@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>This has been a very unpleasant weekend for our BOD. Many thanks to
>them for doing the right thing. I could not care less about the
>procedure or who voted how.
>
>I agree that the board did the right thing. But, what I do not agree with,
>is how it was done. I was not going to say anything about it, but I feel it
>is time I said this.
>
>Before the meeting I conversed with Lew and urged him to hold the discussion
>of any settlement with Mr. Hunte an in open session. He said he agreed and
>that there was nothing being discussed about individuals, and it was club
>business of interest to the club members. When Sunday came, I was told that
>everyone would be asked to leave and a closed meeting would be held. I did
>tell
>Lew that it was his right to do that, and it would probably work out better to
>
>exclude the lawyers. By that time I had heard of such great hostility, that
>I wanted it to end for the board members. I had talked to a number of them who
> were concerned for their own safety. But, I do not believe that is the
>way to run this or any other dog club.
>
>We should know what the board is required to do. We should know who hired
>the lawyer, and how much of our money was paid for her. We should know who was
>
>or was not threatened. We should know what was offered to Mr. Hunte, or any
>applicant to get them to withdraw an application. We should know what was
>demanded of our board, our club, or any members of the board. We should know
>if
>anyone of our board members or club members was threatened. We should be
>told
>what is required in the future. We should know the business of our club, not
>just the results.
>
>We are not left with rumors, half truths, guesses and speculation as to what
>is going on. Some will see it as good, and some will see it as a cover-up.
>I was offered a chance to read the terms of the settlement, and I declined.
>I want to be in the same position as the rest of the club, and not given any
>special treatment.
>
>We are not a large profit making corporation with a board of directors and
>stockholders who run the company. We are a club, a non-profit organization
>that
> belongs to the members. We do not elect people to work in secret and
>effectuate results, and then maintain secrecy of those restrictions. That is
>not
>what we voted for when we elected our board. Or at least I didn't. We asked
>them to represent us, nothing more, nothing less.
>
>I have never liked a secret meeting, and I never will. I do not think it
>serves us properly, and while I continue to respect the board for their
>service,
>I was disappointed to see every one of them vote to close the meeting. This
>club business should have been done in the open, it should have been
>discussed
>in public, and it was not the proper way to act. It is legal, just not
>right.
>
>I do thank the board for the hard work they did, and do. I appreciate how
>difficult this was, and how dedicated they all are. I know they resolved a
>terrible threat with a reasonable solution. I just don't like the manner in
>which it was done.
>
>I was told at the meeting by a board member that the biggest problem was
>that I have posted so many things to inform people what was going on, that it
>has caused this trouble. If the truth does not set you free, then obscuring it
>
>sure isn't going to. The messenger should not be blamed for the message.
>But, I was.
>
>I wrote this in the hope that in the future, this board, and whoever takes
>over after them will remember that they should work in the open. Be proud of
>what they do, and trust us, the little people, to understand the process.
>
>Not that there is anything wrong with that.
>
>
>Evan (http://www.asgardgsd.com/)
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