Rather than go after Sharon, (or anyone else), or try to bypass the bylaws, I'd rather see the Executive Committee concentrate on two pressing matters: 1. The Canadians who have not received their ballots. Ginny and Ken made arrangements to FedEx or overnight deliver ballots to the Canadians who had not received ballots. Let's offer to have them FedEx back and reimburse them. Much less expensive than running another entire election! Why aren't we doing that? 2. What is being done to inform the almost 500 GSDCA members without email on this issue? These people need to know what to do when their ballots are returned as much as we who are on the internet. Thanks for your prompt response, Cyndy -----Original Message----- From: showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sharon Allbright Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 6:48 PM To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Ballot Issues please READ Dear Members, Please read the following and you will see the Election Services is almost as confused as we are. FROM ELECTION SERVICES: Sharon, This has happened before, but not in great quantity. The member can scratch their name off of the back of the envelope but, make sure they leave the bar code alone. I hope this helps. Sandee Sharon, We've contacted the post office and our representative is looking into this matter. The only thing I can say is that you should probably extend the election an extra week if possible. The members can blame us, but it's the United States Postal Service that's doing this. Sandee Tovin Sharon, I spoke to Bill and he went to the Post Office. The best way to go now is to cross off the bar code. The day of the tally we'll have to look up the members name and address and physically put their election validation number back on the envelope. Sandee ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================