Actually, I have asked this many times in the past, and it seems that agenda is a bad word. Many board members never see one, and how are the directors expected to do any research on what is going to be discussed is anybody's guess. Your suggestion is a good one. Maybe someone will listen. Maybe if enough people keep asking....maybe. Ileana In a message dated 7/30/2007 1:40:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, terryr@xxxxxxxxxx writes: Forgive me if this is already being done, I certainly don't know of it. I think that the agenda for each Board Meeting should be published to the membership at least a week before the meeting is to be held. This could be done via email for those with that capability and on the parent club web site. Board members attend these meetings on behalf of the membership, and on some occassions I am sure that subjects arise and decissions made where some Board members do not feel like they have a true pulse of how the membership feels. By publishing the agenda the membership would have the opportunity to contact their Board members to express their concerns and on many occassions, their expertise, on specific upcomming topics. Quite often what happens now is that we go through a lot of bandaids to try to stop the bleeding and heal the wounds. It will also help to curb the innuendos and "leaking" of selected pieces of information. They publish the agenda for the School Board so the public knows what is being discussed.... I don't see why it shouldn't happen for the GSDCA. Just a thought, Terry ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================