For the record, I was the one who made the motion to rescind the limitation on selects. I also voted enthusiastically for the Colorado site and well as the condemnation of the PAWS bill and I am NOT running for anything! Shame on the people who are negative about every single thing and who's glass is constantly half empty instead of half full. They do the Breed and the PC Club a disservice. Lanalee In a message dated 7/31/2005 1:06:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mgolant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Good grief - that's not it at all !!! I guess if you are into conspiracy theories and paranoia, that would fit, BUT it is completely wrong. The Selects issue was raised in JANUARY, at the end of an extremely long meeting. BECAUSE of the importance of the issue, the Board did not want to give it short shrift, so the decision was made to postpone it to April. It did come up in April. Unfinished Business comes at the end of the Agenda. A lengthy and constructive discussion was held but the feeling was that it would be better not to vote at that point, since a number of Board members had to start their trips home, most of the guests who were present on Saturday had left, and so it was the desire of the Board that no one be disenfranchised and that more input from the Club's members was desired. So, in order to keep the issue alive and viable in accordance with Roberts' Rules, a substitute motion was made, then postponed to the July meeting. In the interim, lots of great input was sought and obtained, much of it by means of this List, and by great input which I and the other Board members received. As a res ult, at this meeting, the Motion was amended to remove the limits, giving the judge free rein, and rolling the tape back to what it had been before the limit was instituted 2 years ago. The National Site issue could not be resolved until all the sites were visited, and the Ft. Collins site was just visited with this meeting. The PAWS issue was addressed at the first Board meeting after PAWS surfaced, where we also had the benefit of having Carmen Battaglia present. The Board members work very hard to do what they believe the membership wants them to do, as Stormy observed. Margy Golant -----Original Message----- From: showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of GSGrandma@xxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 10:01 PM To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Board Ok, you can all yell at me but,,,,,,,,,,,, I do think that this board has Finally given a FEW crumbs to the membership just before the election for those members running. Like I said IMHO. Pat ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================