If the PC spends money to provide the streaming video to the members why shouldn't they except to charge for it? Nothing in life is free. Whatever they charge is a lot cheaper than a flight for 400.00 and rooms at 100.00 per night.  How about a gate fee for those members who attend that do not pay for reserve seating or are entered in the show? I know at the Rose City Classic it is 10 dollars to park your car and 5 at the gate. That ought to get everyone excited :0) I do think the size of the board needs to be addressed or they should use phone conferencing except when it is time to check on locations for the national. In today's economy that the club will continue to loose money.  it looks like we need to set a serious budge. Limit the number of dollars that can be spent per day hosting the national. Reduce the size of the board or use phone conferencing whenever possible. I would like to see each region hold an election for a Representative for their area. Those folks make up your board and a national election can be held for officers. Terry ________________________________ From: "AKeller97@xxxxxxx" <AKeller97@xxxxxxx> To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Fri, February 12, 2010 9:33:00 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] BOARD MINUTES just finished reading the Board O Gram. Am I to understand that revenue generation ( a charge) is being planned with the streaming video to GSDCA MEMBERS? In addition, due to the 'serious financial issues confronting the Board, a fee for the use of credit cards to purchase GSDCA products and our membership renewal. My question to those in charge of our clubs finances is with the decreasing membership, how do you expect to retain the membership we currently have? In today's economy we don't need to have our club increasing fees. We are all in the same boat folks. We need to tighten our belts and cut costs. The head of the B&F was â??thinking outside the boxâ??â?¦ well instead of raising costs to the membership why not look within and cut costs. As Mr. Rinke mentioned in his interview, put the National in an area where it is best for all to attend. Then we wouldn't incur these heavy losses due to locations, flight restrictions, etc. I think our Board should take note of how the membership feels the club should address these issues. Arlene Keller ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================