Evan, Your extrapolations are ridiculous. None of the "improvements" you suggest make practical sense. However, using a service like "go to my meeting" is a means through which the current board size could hold its meetings, properly share information and allow interested members to join in as viewers. Michel -----Original Message----- From: showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ELG440@xxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 6:33 AM To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] For the people, for the people, and for the people In a message dated 10/30/2009 7:56:31 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, michel@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: Furthermore, the Board could save a lot of money (travel, hotel, per diem, etc...) by holding the meetings via internet conferencing. The technology has been around for a long time now. AND everyone could "tap" in and hear what is going on. Let's face it, the club could save a ton of money by having a four person board, one board meeting a year, and telephone conferences. They could save money by holding the national at a park, and having one judge do it all. They could save money by eliminating the National Meeting, the Victory Dinner, and sod. They could save money by using small ribbons for Select, local judges, letting the judges pay their own way, eliminate championship pins, ROM awards and eliminating the ring decorations. But, that's not the point, is it? We are a club, a sport, and a hobby. We don't have to answer to our stockholders and post a profit or pay dividends on our stock. We are a non-profit corporation to provide to the membership an enjoyable activity. All we do is break even, and we have been doing that for close to 100 years. We often tend to forget our purpose to protect our breed, establish the standard for AKC shows, and to have a good time for the members. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Evan L. Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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 2009. 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/ ============================================================================