Seems to me to be a good idea to have a board member at the counting facility at this point. It give us members a more direct contact with the ballots. Not that he will have any great power over what is done, but it should make the people working on our ballots pay attention, the contract for next year is now up for grabs. If they do a good job, they can try for it again, with modifications of their envelopes, and maybe things will work out ok. If we do not send a representative, we cannot be sure of what the election company has done, even with an outside auditor. It is good to have one of our own there, and I can't think of a board member better suited to this task just now. He is new, fresh and most respected by the membership, and he is not up for election this year. A great choice by the board to be sure. Maybe not money wasted as I had read earlier. sheila Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx wrote: In a message dated 10/10/2007 8:36:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, LeBrowngsd@xxxxxxx writes: The bigger question for me is if there is a dispute between Bart , election company and auditors who will prevail. Nothing against Bart but had to use his name since he is the one going. If we take our own board members finders as good results then why pay the election company and auditors good money for NOTHING. Oh seems like the clubs has spent lots of good money for NOTHING LATELY. May as well continue to be consistent. Lee Brown I agree, I don't understand that move at all. Let's say Sharon gets written confirmation from the election company that any vote, properly filled out within a signed envelope that can be identified by (1) the addy on the back (2) the bar code on the back or (3) the signature on the front will be counted. Bart is not supposed to "touch" things, I gather. Is he there to be an extra set of eyes to try and decipher signatures when the addy and bar code have both been scribbled over? If all he's supposed to do is give a tally of votes received v. votes counted, well heck, the election company could do that for us with a phone call. Also...what difference what the number is? Do we have a determination of what is acceptable and what isn't? And what actions will be taken if it is determined the results aren't acceptable? Where is Jimmy Carter these days? He did some election observing in his day. Gosh, this is just absurd. Once charges have been filed can they be amended to include pi**ing money away? Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds ************************************** See what's new at http://www.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 ============================================================================ --------------------------------- Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================