Since nobody seems to have read this post, On 10 Jun 2011, at 14:06, Doc Zoe wrote: I do tech support for a COUNTY DOCTORS GROUP They have 18 directors President President Elect VP Secretary Treasurer Plus a Paid Secretary office Manager (Corresponding Secretary) and a paid Executive Director Their membership is barely 600 members If you want to compare Boards I sat on the Board of the Nassau County Association for Children With Learning Disabilities. Our Board was larger and we had a Paid Office Manager and Executive Director. Our Membership was significantly LOWER than the GSDCA The Number of Directors reflect the amount of work, not the cost 9 Directors would have to be retired to run the GSDCA as each would be working full time and then some to get everything done. It will also allow for a small group to control everything and we need transparency What would save money is going back to 3 meetings a year ( it was changed to 4 in the 80s). If you are going to reduce the Board, you might do it by 4 directors - 2 one year, and two the following year. If you read the BY LAWS, you would know our nominating committee is set up by REGIONS - and they pick the people to run. READ YOUR BY LAWS - they really give you the way things are run. Then GO TO A BOARD MEETING. They are available in the PandP and separately online Zoe ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================