I, for one, will be voting YES on the proposal. Problem #1 is that the Board has too many members. So we cut it down to size. Representation? The Board represents EVERYONE. Are we going to be so troublesome as to vote NO because we fear our region won't be represented? "Paranoia strikes deep. Into your heart it will seep. It starts when you're always afraid . . . " well, you get the idea. I am sure if every Board member came from California (or NY or MA or wherever), each and every one would have the good interests of the club at heart. Flame away. It's only MY opinion. Penny in NC The Farm Dog On Aug 10, 2012, at 4:23 AM, ELG440@xxxxxxx wrote: > In a message dated 8/9/2012 11:27:06 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > BAERENTATZE312@xxxxxxx writes: > My question is what if there is no one qualified in a certain region > willing to run for the Board? What do you do then? > > This was said so much better than I could. > > Assume if you will, that the only person running from region 3 was > Fred > Lanting. Then would he be our board member? > > We have term limits. We get to not vote for someone. That is our term > limits. > > Let's first reduce the size of our board. Next let's try to return > our > treasury to reasonable limits. Then we can work on improving our > national > locations. > > 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 2011. 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 > SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html > NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ > = > = > = > = > = > = > ====================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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 SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================