We clearly have a board member (s) who does not adhere to the by-laws, and worse this person tries to control everything to serve his own personal interests and objectives. Perhaps a closed session should be conducted to rail road this party off the board. I find it disgusting that the recording secretary has been targeted for the very violations the accuser is guilty of! Our BOD serve on a voluntary basis and most do this with a genuine interest in our club and our breeds future. It is truly sad when an individuals ego gets out of hand and they use intimidation to gain power and control. Their actions reflect badly on those who try and do the right things for the right reasons. (I have cut and pasted a small portion of Margery Golants post below.) "After every meeting's Minutes were done, the game would start. A small group of people would claim that things that were in the Minutes were wrong, that they never happened (even though they were as plain as day on the recording). " "However, there were a number of Officers and Board members, mostly _______, _________, _________ and __________(names omitted), who took issue with the fact that I included in the Minutes the Report of the Review Marketing Committee, which contained a proposal for an Internet e-zine which had been inappropriately rejected by an individual Officer / Committee Chair, ________(name omitted), without Board approval prior to the Board meeting." "This accusation is also made in bad faith, since if _______ (name omitted) had really wanted to hear the recording, the would not have gone out of his way to interfere with the almost complete project done specifically to make the recordings available to you all. Further, the allegations, even if true, would not form a basis for any action against me." "I have objected to unwarranted and inappropriate secrecy and improvident and unlawful closed door sessions. But, _________ (name omitted) continues to call for them. I have explained the danger of overusing of the Executive Committee, and although ___________ (name omitted) pointed it out and indicated that it should not occur, a small group has tried to run the business of the club. I have had serious concerns, which I expressed to you all, that the Club was not being run in accordance with the By-laws, that correct procedure was not being followed at the meetings, that Officers and Committee Chairs were usurping functions without authority, While there are many more, several examples come immediately to mind: In my own case, I found __________ (name omitted) to be arranging recordings of telephonic meetings, directing the conference call company hosting Board conference calls not to deal with me to make recording arrangements and not instructing them to send the recording which they produced to me. This was highly problematic, but when I asked _________ (name omitted) to intervene, he ignored the issue. ___________ (name omitted) also, inappropriately and without authority, involved himself in communications with Hunte's attorney, which had very serious repercussions. I was seriously concerned about Budget and Finance issues, and when I asked questions, received sarcastic answers without ever any further explanation. I expressed serious concerns about why the Budget & Finance Committee was referred the proposal of the Review Marketing Committee for an e-Zine instead of the Board, and worse yet, why it took it upon itself to reject the proposal None of the objections I made or arguments I raised were personal, although personal and sarcastic responses were made to me." ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================