[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: BOARD VOTE
- From: caggra@xxxxxxx
- To: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx, Bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx, hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:59:35 -0500
And at very least our club certainly has the dollars available to have hired an
outside legal expert that could guide us through options.
Jeff
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From: caggra@xxxxxxx
To: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx; Bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx; hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
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Sent: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:51 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: BOARD VOTE
I won't pretend to know all the details of this entire situation or at all be
up
to date on the legal issues pertaining to it. However, based on the
information
I have seen and heard, if there was ever a passionate issue or person that our
club, it's membership and it's elected voice(board) could and should take on
and
put their dollars toward, it is this one.
Jeff Pyle
-----Original Message-----
From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx
To: Bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx; hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:38 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: BOARD VOTE
In a message dated 1/29/2007 9:51:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
Bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx writes:
In a message dated 1/29/2007 8:35:04 A.M. Central Standard Time,
hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
If all the "NO" votes post..then we can out those who voted "YES"
If some of those that voted "Yes" happen to be judging our National..then
boycott them. If you feel passionately about this issue, then don't EVER
vote these Board members in again...and don't support them in ANY endeavor.
If this causes conflict within the Board..too bad.. that should have been
thought of before some on the Board decided to back a person that violates
the very principles the Board was elected to uphold. I understand that
there was an alleged promise by Mr. Hunte to make a sizable donation to our
club if he was allowed membership. Personally, if this is true, I don't
think our club should accept it. It is blood money. How can you accept a
donation from someone who traffics in dogs..if we accept it, than we are
partners in crime. Christine
Very good post Christine. My feelings exactly.....I made the decision at
the meeting when the result was heard to boycott a yea voter judging the
national if disclosed. The bylaw interpretation was difficult for some
board
members but there was an option.......this could have been tabled
indefinitely
or at least until the annual meeting and put into the memberships hands.
What is done is done.............but everyone needs to get informed and
make
careful, conscientious decisions at election time.
Molly
Trillia German Shepherds since 1974
I would have done exactly what's being done (voted yes to avoid a legal
snafu and then worked to change the bylaws). I have read and re-read the
bylaws.
I have looked for a legal leg to stand on to deny membership based on an
individual's occupation and I sure haven't found one. For me, the mistake was
made when the application process was changed. I understand why it was done
(to move us in line with available on-line technology), but it has left us in
a pickle. Was this foreseeable? Who knows...spilt milk.
Now, you can agree or disagree if the club was in jeopardy of a protracted
legal battle and/or if the board members could be held personally liable
and/or if the battle would have merit. (It doesn't matter, even legal battles
without merit cost money; lots and lots of $$$$...just ask the parents of the
Duke students!)
It's all well and good to be all passionate sitting at your keyboard and
take the moral high road when it isn't your own house/bank account/estate for
your children that are in jeopardy and/or when you don't have to make the call
that could possibly jeopardize the club's financial stability. Very easy
then to opine, isn't it, when you personally have nothing to loose? But go
ahead, boycott this, protest that...if you must.
Moving forward, there are a number of breed clubs that have a clause in
their bylaws prohibiting members from trafficking in puppies. I sent examples
to
the board when this originally came up and I will find/send the info to Tish
in the next two weeks. (Interesting...I predict that our members may not
like/would certainly get tangled in some of these restrictions...some are
stringent!)
The outcome will be the same, in roughly the same time frame and we will
have a permanent and better solution in our bylaws. In fact, we can rework
the
ethics committee and the Breeders' Code is being worked on...all super things
IMO....without putting the club in jeopardy I might add. So...I applaud the
results. We avoided conflict, learned from our mistakes and now we rework
the bylaws for a permanent solution.
Now, will this decrease the wholesale trafficking of puppies? Will this
change anything as far as millers and brokers and pet shops? No, but our
club's
name won't be associated, which is a good thing.
Kathy
member GSDCA, DVGSDC
three generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions live here!
visit _Pine Hill German Shepherd Dogs_
(http://www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds/)
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