i was not even going to respond to this post - and i agree with ken, evan - you owe the west coast membership one big apology. i did not attend the board meeting, either, despite having been asked to attend by board members. it is a 430 mile drive from santa rosa to the westin at LAX. i do not drive at night due to night-blindness so could not take the chance of driving down. if i were to fly , the weekend would have cost me a minimum of $500 ... IF i could find a deal on a flight for $75 round trip. the shuttle to and from santa rosa to san francisco airport is $90 each way. add 2 nights of hotel at $100 per night. i am happy with salads so food would have been inexpensive. BUT, the entire trip was too costly. instead, i stayed home and worked on getting all the futurity materials together to ship to liz for the redbook. it seemed to be a more prudent way to serve the club than to sit and "watch" a board meeting. and, just as an FYI, actually WORKING for the club shows more interest than being a spectator ever has. diane Diane Silver-Strasser Silstra German Shepherds _Skatiebug'z_ (http://skatiebugz.shutterfly.com/) The online store for everything German Shepherd and then some! _http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com_ (http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com/) Skater's Blog In a message dated 2/1/2011 7:42:01 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, ELG440@xxxxxxx writes: I did everything I could to get a big turn-out for the board, from California. I posted, begged, set up a Casino Night, and told everyone to come to the meeting to show how interested and supportive California is of our board and our club. I admit, I saw who supported this club. There were more board members there than California club members. I did what I could. You all did what you could by showing your lack of support. I do not mean to castigate you, but you showed the board that the West coast is just not that interested. 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/ ============================================================================