All of the above are very important. If someone was demanding our prior BOD or executive committee give answers NOW to the membership; then changing tunes after the new election and saying to trust the board in closed session is playing both sides of the fence. The prior board was not disclosing to your liking, yet it is okay for the new board to do this is not sensible. ??? huh? I certainly can understand we have brand new board members who need time to transition in. I would never suggest that they are walking in with the knowledge they need to move forward. I do believe we need to give them time to acclimate to the many interests and concerns of our club. I do find it frustrating that some have not actually read the lawsuit; they have strong opinions without educating themselves. I certainly hope ego's get put aside and we settle this for the good of The GSDCA. I DO NOT condone the lawsuit, but it seems a solution has been put forth with no further monetary impact to our club. This lawsuit has been ongoing for years.  Hopefully; the new board can find a way to put this behind our club. I believe many are sensitive to closed sessions; after reading the lawsuit it became evident that actions of a few can harm our club. With regard to finances; many accusations-innuendo's- truths- and falsehoods have been thrown out. I believe part of the problem is the "need" to protect a few, whether the intentions were purposeful or not. I think most of us are anxious to get a current status on the true financial picture of our club. We all want to know where the funds have been spent and what is missing-allocated-invested. Balance sheets, P & L, - all current will give us insight as to the future of the club. It sounded like the National was enjoyed by everyone. For many months prior people screamed about Salt lake City, yet everything I read was positive about the site except a major problem- getting flights that would take dogs. Unfortunately a dog was harmed, fellow exhibitor (s) were accused of doing a horrible act, and people/owners were hurt. I hope common sense pervails and we end the law suit for one reason: The good of The GSDCA. I hope the budget and finance committee gets their arms around our financial picture and future for one reason: The good of The GSDCA. I hope our new board will be less secretive and inform the membership of actions for one reason: The good of The GSDCA. JMO Linda Bankhead  ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================