I am guess that you have not worked for a University... Having worked for multiple administrative offices within a University I can assure you that those folks are equally as passionate and emotional about the issues they deal with on a daily basis.??I am sure Laurie can attest to that.? Let me ask this - Is this subject being brought up because our club is losing money?? Obviously cutting costs is always important, but why now?? Has something in our financial stability our outlook changed that has caused the club to want to examine our budget and spending differently?? ?? Jeff Pyle -----Original Message----- From: VPREZHMF@xxxxxxx To: pruett@xxxxxxxxx; Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 9:24 am Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Board meetings (Long) "We are not a University,or a Big Business. Hopefully we operate in a business-like way,but our dog hobby is a very personal, emotional operation,and thrives on an open face to face discussion and settlement of dog related issues. Dog people are stubborn,independent people,and when you get 19-20 of them in the same room,each with their on opinion, you can really understand why we do our business best in an open ,face to face meeting." Helen Miller Fisher ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================