At the October Board Meeting our Membership Chair informed the Board of a Hearing concerning an applicant. This Hearing was to be done at the January Board Meeting, the applicant was invited to appear. This invitation was sent via mail, along with copies of the objections received. The Board knew of this Agenda Item in October, three months in advance. The first part of January I always ask the Board if they have any Agenda Items they want added, we do trade a few emails and normally I get the Agenda to the Board a week or so prior to the Meeting. Didn't happen this time, too many other things going on so the Board did not get the Agenda until Saturday. The Hearing was Sunday so even though I was late the Board still had 24 hours to question the Closed Session Hearing. There were no questions. Everyone knew what is was about, who was coming and that they would be voting to reject or accept the member. So, Illeana, my response to you about Board members telling you they didn't know anything is like my favorite line from Cool Hand Luke, what you have is a failure to communicate. Or as Tennessee Williams might say, damn liars. Lew ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================