Dear GSDCA members, All the election materials were sent to the Election Services in New York by August 23, 2007. At that same time AKC sent me approval for the by-laws changes the committee had been working on. It was agreed it would be good to get these changes out to the membership with this election so a slight delay was imposed to allow the Election Services time to work with their graphics department and print up the by-laws changes. To include them in the ballots. The ballots were mailed on September 11, 2007. From New York. You will all be receiving them very soon. You will all have plenty of time to send them back to the Election Services to have YOUR vote counted. There may still be a problem with some in Canada due to their very slow way of delivering the mail. I am very sorry for that but not sure what the solution is to rectify this. Bill Pfeiffer has suggested electronic voting but AKC says no. Maybe that is a good thing considering the uproar over National electronic voting. Please be patient and when you get your ballot, vote at once and send it back. Sharon Allbright Corresponding Secretary GSDCA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Kozub" <skozub@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 5:02 AM I am just wondering what would happen if we (all - or some of us) did NOT get our ballots until it is too late to return them in time to be counted?? hmmmm? Sandy Sandra Kozub ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================