Morgan, WHAT are you talking about???? We're hosting the World Show. It coincides with the Centennial. Therefore it's a big deal. We needed a big site, close to an airport that had lots of direct North American flights that also handles lots of European flights. The site committee is finalizing the contracts. Did you want to be involved in the negotiations???????????? And why on earth should contract negotiations be done in public???? Are you KIDDING ME????? Here's an analogy...lets say you are a member of a church, just a member, not on the finance committee. The church is old and needs a new roof. Should the pastor call YOU before deciding which bid to accept???? Or maybe print the bids in the Sunday flyer??? Silly right???? Or from yesterday's news...let's say you own a share of HP. They want to do a merger. Should they call you first???? YOU MEAN THEY DIDN'T?????? Even sillier...right???? Dear God this nonsense had to stop! We elected a board, they are working hard on our behalf and when they have something to report we receive timely updates. There were prior boards that weren't so transparent, but you can't say that now. We receive e-mails, club news, timely minutes of meetings. And still, every day, there are dozens and dozens of posts beating this board up for the sins of their predecessors. I SWORE I wasn't going to get into this one. What a waste of time.... Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/) In a message dated 8/23/2010 10:39:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, shadowland22000@xxxxxxxxx writes: And why are MEMBERS scared of letting concerned GSD owners and breeders KNOW what is going on in the PC. For God sake many are members of LOCAL CLUBS, many are PAST Members, some might be future members. The era of secrecy within the BOARD has got to cease, members have RIGHTS and they need to be enforced. Morgan Lewis, RPh. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================