It is the responsibility of the members of the Board to vote on any issue before it FIRST of all with the best interest of the BREED as their primary criteria, secondly with the best interests of the MEMBERS of the club in mind, and lastly with the interests of the organization in mind. It is the responsibility of the membership to let the Board and Officers know how they feel on issues, to elect representatives that they feel will evaluate issues based on the three criteria above, and to bring issues important to the breed, the membership and the club to their attention. Each issue must be decided by a majority of the sitting officers and board. We cannot, on the national level, decide each issue by a majority of the membership. If you do not feel that the sitting officers and board are making decisions based on the best interests of the breed, the membership, or the club, then it is your responsibility to elect replacements who will. Even if every board member is a reasonable, and open minded representative, there are bound to be differences of opinion about what is in the best interests of the breed, the membership, and the club. All I ask is that each of our representatives be willing to explain how their positions on important issues are in the best interests of the breed, the membership, and the club. I don't need to agree with them to think they are doing a good job. John ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Ayotte john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Frankenhaus German Shepherds http://www.jmadesign.com/Frankenhaus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================