from: ELG440@xxxxxxx I cannot blame nor criticize Carmen for his position on Mr. Hunte. Carmen is an employee of the AKC. The AKC has decided, (rightly or wrongly) to support Hunte, and Carmen has little choice but to go with his employer. It is too bad, but it became a conflict with what is best for the GSDCA, and that is why we need a delegate who is not an AKC director. Carmen is the GSDCA's delegate to the AKC. Because he is our delegate, he is eligible to serve on the AKC's Board of Directors, members of which are drawn from the delegate pool and voted upon by all delegates (at least this is my understanding of how things work). So, Carmen as our AKC delegate is NOT an employee of the AKC - he is only in a position to serve on the AKC board because we appointed him as delegate. IMO, the delegate's first loyalty is our club because, without our club's support, the delegate is no longer a delegate and is no longer eligible to serve on the AKC's board. Laurie ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================