>This whole thing is out of control now. OK, the by-laws instruction about 90 >days was missed by 2 days...so now we go overboard...cancel the entire election and the annual meeting? Anyone remember the old sayings about going from bad to worse? Out of the frying pan into the fire? Something is definitely wrong with the thinking here (that's assuming there IS any thinking) Then there was the part about Bart "trying" to attend the counting of the votes. What was all that about? Either we have a Director there or we don't..."try" doesn't come into it...that sounds a bit like "a little bit pregnant." Either you do it or you don't...either you are or you are not. There is no "try." Get it done or don't talk about it. And that is NOT an aspersion against Bart...! There is not only no common sense, it seems as tho there is no sense at all anymore. If the current ballots come in and the total numbers seem to be in line with past years, why do we need another election, anyway? And if there's to be another election, why is anyone talking about having a Director at the counting of the ballots? Does this group do anything besides spend money? I'm sad that things have come to this point...all I can say now is we as a club are in danger of joining the Pekingese club and the other clubs that have been sanctioned by the AKC. It's time to clean house...I hope the election does that...if not, I don't know how anything is going to be straightened out. I've been hearing that the 2008 National could be in jeopardy...believe me, the AKC doesn't need a year to prepare to sanction a club. They could decide to walk into the show building on Wednesday morning and just shut us down...and send everyone home. Then, my friends, we will be in very deep kim chee, and we have no one to lead us out of this morass.............WHAT A BLOODY MESS THIS IS. Peggy ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================