In a message dated 8/9/2012 5:58:57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, SoilentGrn@xxxxxxx writes: Re: Frank's latest message informing us of and extolling the virtues of a "yes" vote on reducing the number of Board members; Unless they offer regional representation, that is ONE board member from EACH of the current NINE futurity regions, to provide the membership with EQUAL GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION, I am not interested. Our US Congress has regional representation, our US Senate has regional representation, even our WDA has regional representation, why not GSDCA? Democracy works best when equal representation is in place. It will be a big NO VOTE from me on the current proposal. We have regional representation in congress because different regions have different needs from our government. I see no need to have someone from the Southeast and someone from the Northwest, to represent our breed. We have one breed with problems throughout the country. There is no need for regional representation. What we need is the best board members we can get, no matter where they live. What we don't need is 18 of them. The GSDCA is a business about the size (in income and expenses) of my law office. I run it with one vote. We don't need 18 to run this club any more. I am the attorney for the Model A Ford club with 30,000 members.They have a board of five and do just fine. I would vote to reduce the board to five if anyone asked me. So far, in great wisdom, no one asked me. 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/ ============================================================================