I think you are confusing the membership in a PRIVATE CLUB with being an American citizen and the rights that come with that honor. A private club can make the rules of membership with which you either agree and join or not. Your choice, no rights are taken away from you. IT'S YOUR FREEDOM OF CHOICE! I also agree that the by-laws indeed need an overhaul. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You are right a private club can make what ever rules they want and people can choose to join or not join. But a group that would require me to sign away my rights would not be one I would choose to belong too. Why would I agree to something like that - What if I was seriously wronged- I would have no recourse By the way I have ever sued anyone in my life- I find it interesting That In this case this is a private club but couple years ago being a private club did not enable it to keep a person from membership Sally www.embroiderybysally.org ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================