Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/14/2007 10:36:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, EKO LAN1 writes: In a message dated 9/14/2007 6:02:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, acorreia1043@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: Aside from the cost of printing and handling of the ballots, which is a "fixed" cost, if the mailing weight if each envelope is one ounce or less, the cost of mailing the ballots (First Class) to a membership of 3,500 would be less than $1,700.00. I'll venture to bet at least one thousand times less that the itemized costs of the fiasco mentioned above. I will take that bet anytime and give odds. Hey sounds like a good idea when the election is over and things settle down you should try to get the board to bring it up I know I would support it. But until then we are stuck with the method we have used for a long long time. Like OFA not perfect but it's what we have to work with. I hope you get your ballot I havent got mine yet. Fred ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================