I am working on putting the DCA Minutes in our quarterly magazine and I guess I don't see what the complaint is for the GSDCA times - our board meetings run about the same length. I friend of mine is on the board for the Flat-Coat Society of America and she said their meetings run about 12 hours between two days also.... There is a lot to cover during those couple of days and it seems to me that even two days isn't enough time to hash out everything. As long as the dog clubs are in good shape financially - face to face is the ONLY way to go... Conference calls are great for those little short things (DCA just had 3 board members resign over the hot topic in our breed) and each vacancy was filled via conference call. And remember, these are only quarterly meetings - not monthly.... Jess M. Paisley Dals (www.paisleydals.com) & The Shepherd Girls (Simmie, CGC, TDI, TC, HIC & Pepper, HIC) Member of: DCA, GSDCA & GTCDC _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live?: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_howitworks_022009 ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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/ ============================================================================