Thank you Margy. I think your below clarification is what everyone needs to pound into their heads. As well as Helen Miller Fisher's. Please everyone read and understand what Margy & Helen have said over and over again! Jeff -----Original Message----- From: mgolant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: inflight2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 11:42 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: National Judge "And either way, sponsors or no sponsors, the Board could have voted NO. At the January meeting, almost half of the Board DID vote NO. As Helen Fisher posted a little earlier (and has been posted many times before by Helen, Evan and numerous others, and with which I completely agree is an accurate statement of the law under the circumstances): "This is a PRIVATE CLUB.and we don't HAVE to accept anyone we don't want as long as we don't deny them because of SEX RACE OR RELIGION. That is exactly right." "But, that is a separate issue from the Hunte membership question, in that there definitely ARE currently mechanisms which could and do allow the Board to vote NO to his application. We were not, and are not, obligated to accept him." Margy Golant ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================