Musings of a Board member -AKA Dania... I started preparing for this board meeting a couple of weeks ago. I bought my plane ticket and as instructed by our club secretary, I contacted the transport service in Ogden and made arrangements for them to pick me up at the Salt Lake City Airport. I prepared my Membership Committee quarterly report (yadda, yadda, yadda, yadda, and more yadda.) Paul opines... That same scenario almost happened to me Ms. Dania. Took me 15 hours to get from Oakland to Hartford CT and they...almost...lost my luggage. It started to rain as I walked out of the airport and didn't stop until after I'd left at 0 dark AM on Sunday. It rained and poured rain during the entire dog show. Oh...yeah...that's the difference in our stories. I got to judge some gorgeous dogs in MA instead of sit in a Board Meeting. I asked myself after reading your post...hmmm what to do...judge dogs in the rain or go to a Board Meeting? It was a tough choice but I opted for the judging assignment even tho it took me 2 hours to dry out my shoes in my motel rooms microwave oven. I will have a critique of that show for "Da List" tomorrow. Glad we both had a productive weekend. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================