That's harsh. What good does this hard line attitude do the club? People have many things going on in their lives besides a dog club. The last thing we need to be doing is discouraging and alienating members. Ken On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:14 AM, <Bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I do agree with this Ken. When John lost his wife in 2001 paying his > dues was the last thing on his mind. There was a lapse of 2 months before > he caught it up and the membership chair could not find his exact join > date. He told her the month in '75 but she put 80 and that is what stuck. > But as he has said....30 or 35 years, still a long time.]\ > Molly > > In a message dated 12/29/2010 12:06:21 P.M. Central Standard Time, > tanksr@xxxxxxxxx writes: > > It seems to me that the method we use to determine length of membership is > really not accurate and is alienating members. If someone was a month or > two > late in renewing I would not consider that a lapse in membership. I think > we > need to review whatever policy we have in place. > JMHO, > Ken > > ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================