I understand Mike...I too fall into a minority group.....as do a pretty good amount of our membership. The fact is that legally we are that private group. I think it's the word correlation that you are having an issue with, but in this case it is meant as a legal term. And again, the burden would be on Mr Hunte to prove his case. So, my point to you was that fear of lawsuit is worthless and only a false place to hide behind. Jeff Pyle -----Original Message----- From: cccaudiology@xxxxxxxxx To: caggra@xxxxxxx; VPREZHMF@xxxxxxx Cc: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Private Clubs Jeff, While your neice may understand; It really a question of what was the "real" reasoning? Being a minority and one that has had to deal with this a large portion of my life, I tend to see the other side a lot clearer than most. Many times, I have had the "well, there just wasn't enough favorable votes" (when I was pulled aside and the truth was, "Sorry mike, it just wasn't a good time for (black, gay, women, single, Jewish, disabled--you name it) this year". Of course, the "public statement" was favorable votes, the reality had nothing to do with it. Unfortunately, like I said earlier, the whole Private club thing leaves an uneasy feeling. Perhaps I have paid a bit more attention to the whole "private club" not because I wanted to, but I had to. Michael Lynch Michael Lynch BlackHawk Farms,LLC www.Blackhawk-farms.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367 ________________________________________________________________________ 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 ============================================================================