In a message dated 8/1/11 6:52:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time, BAERENTATZE312@xxxxxxx writes: I know that at least four of those who were not present are very active in the breed and I question the validity of how our Board can push through such an important vote 'under the table' so to speak when seven board members had left at 11:30 to catch flights home. I guess I question the timing of the vote as to why it was delayed when the full Board was not present. Anyone care to clarify? They were not excluded. They left due to comittments, I am sure. New business is always at the end of the meeting. If some of the board has to leave early, the board should not be shut down as to conducting our business. This is a great topic again for discussion. It was due on September 4, 2011 anyway, and we are ahead due to the vote, and a real failure of the List to start bitching about the location of the next National. Maybe we were too busy with the National budget. But, now is the time to talk about this and to let your board know how you feel. It requires two votes, and now, is no longer new business. I am not heading the posts on this. I did that 10 years ago, wrote some articles about it for some magazine, (I can't remember what ones), send the Review a picture of my friend driving a White Shepherd dog sled team, and got tired of tiling at windmills. I like white dogs, white people, white potatoes, white knights, white sand, white t-shirts and white light, and Flower Boy. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Evan Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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 SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================