Dave, is that sarcasm?
There is a great advantage to being on the board of the GSDCA.
I just can't think what it might be. Maybe Zoe, who is going off the board
will share with us what that is.
Sheldon
http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/
http://www.dogshowjuniors.com/GSYRFindex.asp
http://asgardgermanshepherd.com/
In a message dated 9/8/2016 4:01:07 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
d_fritsche@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
First of all, I would never serve on the board again. I hate to speak for
David or Carolyn, but they have both been on the board. It takes a
certain
type of insanity to do it again after you have gotten freed.
Evan
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There is nothing wrong with wanting to be on the board or in serving on
the board. It is an essential point of participation in the construct of
social structures and the ongoing process of government.
That means you have to like going to the airport at 5 A.M., being searched
in awkward places by tiny, young TSA agents who know more about Sponge Bob
than security. Then you get folded into a tin can with more people than
should be there and are able to set comfortably for the next 6 hours, if you
are a yoga expert and can be comfortable with your knees jammed into your
chin, while the fat lady next to you jabbers away incessantly except when
she is pushing you out of the way for her sequential 5 minute interval trips
to the ladies room. (Is there any way to lock them from the outside?)
So your destination is Chicago, which you just heard on the news has no
shot over 5,000 people this year, but you have to go to Seattle, then to
Dallas, and then to London and back to Portland to get there. You get a
respite
from the uncomfortable flights so you can set in airports for hours on
end, where the internet is unavailable or costs $10.00 per second. But that
inconvenience is overcome by an occasional airport sandwich which is fit for
a king – if you are an assassin. But there, in the airport you are able to
meet more people who step on your toes, push you out of the way, curse at
you and then there is the lovely smiling child, who grabs your leg, with
something resembling dog food paste all over their hands, arms and face.
But it is temporary as you finally, after being told your connecting
flight is cancelled, find another plane accepting your ticket and off you go
to
the board meeting, arriving late, of course, but long before your luggage
which missed the London connection and is now somewhere in Kazastan.
Finally you settle into the board room, after a hasty and delicious
breakfast of whatever was left over from yesterday’s special, and the meeting
begins. Now you are safe finally, among friends, some of which are scowling at
you while others are whispering in your ear how you should vote on issues
you have not heard about as yet.
But all is well, if you do not count the $200.00 you spent for parking,
tips, bad food and the homeless guy with a veterans hat on that did not fit,
who needed $35.00 to get home for Christmas. Christmas in July? Right! But
your per diem will cover you for breakfast tomorrow because it does not
kick in on travel days.
And so goes your journey until you collapse in bed sometime Monday
evening, not having slept because of the ride home.
Yes, being on the board is a lot of fun, and someone has to do it. If you
want me to run again, just call me at 911, or email me at:
_showgsd-l-bounce@freelists.org_ (mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
You can also circulate a petition in my name: Al Capone
No way….
Dave
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