This thread, and any and all relating to the upcoming GSDCA election, the candidates for Board or officer positions or the electoral process are prohibited. As was said in our earlier Admin. post, at 1:31 PM EDT, "...there will be no exceptions. Any and ALL posts which come through the List on these topics after this Admin post will result in that poster being restricted. This is the one and only warning which will be given." The prohibition, of course, extends to efforts to argue about the admin. action, which both violates the ban and violates the rule about griping on the List about admin action. We are available privately to discuss, at admin@showgsd-org Furthermore, posts with the Subject "Nominating Committee" have continued on the List, although the subject matter has changed. The thread is prohibited,therefore if you post with that subject line, your post is also a violation of the posting ban. It is an easy matter to change the subject line. Please make sure you do so. For those of you who are concerned about the apparent ongoing violations of the ban, please be aware that ALL violators have been set to restricted status, and that that process will continue. Those who cannot be relied on to follow the rules will no longer have the opportunity to post in violation of them. While we understand that there are some Listers who do not read their posts from oldest to newest, or who respond to posts as they see them, without looking to see if there has been any action by the Admins., frankly, it does not matter. The threads are closed. Period. List members have complained over time that the Admins. are too restrictive, they have complained that we are not restrictive enough. There is no way to anticipate who will next take it in their heads to ignore the rules of Showgsd-l, unless we convert the List to one that is moderated, so that all of the improper posts that are sent will never get through the server. We did not want to do that, and have always relied on the good judgment and goodmanners of members, and on the fact that you have all assured us that youhave read the rules, understand them, and will abide by them. Clearly some of our Listers have forgotten some or all of these things. If you read posts and respond to them without knowing whether the thread was shut down, or whether your post is duplicative of another one by someone else, your procedure is problematic, and destined eventually to be a problem,and therefore this is not an appropriate way to handle your responses. We have seen this happen before. It needs to stop. Going forward, DO NOT RESPOND to posts until you have read through your inbox, and do not see anything that would cause your post to break the rules. This is your list, and it used to be that people conducted themselves with courtesy. Unfortunately, a few people are trashing it intentionally, others pay no attention to the rules. Either way, it is time to get a grip. The Showgsd-l Administration -----Original Message----- From: showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [ mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[1]] On Behalf Of PAGAIRS@xxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 9:49 PM To: dfritsche@xxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: NOMINATING COMMITTIEE Question In a message dated 6/1/2005 8:43:34 PM Central Daylight Time, dfritsche@xxxxxxxxx writes: Jerry is not on the list, so will not be responding in all likelihood. Possibly others know far more that I do about him, but I do know a little.... * I've seen pictures of him as a kid handling, but he 'ain't; no kid no more.' So he's been around the breed and the show world for more years than some of us have been alive - not me of course. I'm old enough to be - we'' you know! * He is extremely intelligent and articulate, particularly about the breed, although on most issues I usually disagree with him which probably makes me less than intelligent and articulate. * He has some definite ideas about what needs to happen for the betterment of the breed and the future of the GSDCA that I do agree with, so maybe I am not as stupid as some people think. * He is about as funny a person as I have met, except when he embarrassed Paul and me at Diablo Valley shows a couple of years ago - that was not funny... Stop laughing Paula! Besides most show people could use a little humor, a good laugh and some good natured fun. * He has handled a dog or more for me and I am not sure that this sin is worthy of any rejection from public office. Just my input, Dave ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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