[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: The Board Meeting
- From: "" <hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Kathaleen Strong" <listmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:16:14 -0500
Kathaleen, I agree and disagree with your post. On one hand I think the
lawsuit should be dropped. The recording secretary got re-elected, if some
feel she wasn't doing her job to the best of her ability, now she has
another chance to either prove or disprove her critics. I feel it is a bit
of a conflict of interest to sue the organization whose Board you are
sitting on, that is if you are going to remain on the Board, but that is
just my opinion.The membership spoke, she got overwhelmingly re-elected,
end of story. In my opinion, getting re-elected is the biggest vindication.
On the other hand, allegedly some violated the by-laws which in turn
jeopardized the club, specifically in regard to the Hunte issue.They
received no disciple for failure to execute their job correctly. Word on
the street at the National, was Hunte received some type of compensation.
If this is factual, the burning question would be where did the
compensation come from? With that said, some of the alleged violators will
no longer be on the Board, so that takes care of that. We have a new mix of
Board members, some on one side, some on the other and some who have never
served on the Board. It should be a nice system of checks and balances.
.Publicly, you have touted yourself as being a "by the book, rule
follower", this stand is what I feel got you elected.For the most part I
believe this is true.Most remember that you went off the deep end about
"election-gate" because the by-laws weren't followed, however now it would
seem that we might be changing horses in the middle of the stream so to
speak.Your statement "Others have violated by-laws in the past and weren't
sued" is correct, however if I remember accurately I don't remember you
lamenting about the "love of the breed," during election -gate, but instead
you very vocally and strongly advocated disciplinary action for the
violators and were extremely disillusioned when nothing was done. However
the tone of your below post gives the perception that violating the by-laws
has been done before, no big deal. So I ask, what exactly is your position,
now? Or does that depend on who the violators are? I would certainly hope
not, we have just come out of several years of that type of nonsense, and
most are sick of it.
Finally, I would hope that with this one year you have to serve, that you
could arbitrate fairly without taking sides before your first Board
meeting.I am telling you this as your friend as I would hate for you to
commit political suicide, before your first board meeting. I would also
hope that you will act as your own person and not a "bobble-head" or
"puppet" as you have accused many of being, in the past. Regards, Christine
hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Steve and Christine Grainger
WWW.HICKORYHILLGSD.COM
> [Original Message]
> From: Kathaleen Strong <listmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 10/25/2007 9:39:49 AM
> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: The Board Meeting
>
>
> Suzanne: You sound as if our Club (those individuals charged) , have all
> ready lost the law suit. If it comes to it, the case will be settled by
the
> court.
> Either way, the Club wins. If the persons charged are found not guilty,
the
> Club will not have to pay anything. If the persons charged are
> found guilty, that's why the Club has been paying insurance for and We,
the
> Club members will have learned a lesson the hard way.
> Be vigilant and ever allow the violation of our by-laws and P&P's again.
> It's a win win in either case.
>
> Tony C
>
> I'm really sorry Tony -- but this situation is a LOSE - LOSE for the
entire
> club.
>
> Bylaws not being followed have happened before - the club and the people
> were not sued -- mature people who loved the breed worked it out. Let me
be
> very clear -- anyone involved in any of this recent rancor of lawsuits,
mass
> disciplinary charge laying etal, IMO do NOT love the Breed, because by
> damaging the club they are damaging the Breed.
>
> Lose-Lose: the threat of this lawsuit followed by an actual suit being
filed
> is EXTREMELY damaging to this club because DNO insurance is not easy to
get.
> Once you have it, it's very hard to keep at a reasonable rate IF they will
> renew you when the term is up. If they do renew -- what kind of insurance
> will they give you at what rate and what will they exclude?
>
> I talked to Dan Smith -- there was a clerical mistake at the insurance
> company -- but this is what they did -- Raised the Premium, lowered the
> coverage and threw 32 pages of exclusions to the coverage.
>
> I think the membership at the National said it best: Nationals Not
> Lawsuits! Stop the Insanity!
>
> So, those people involved in all of this pitiful dirt shoveling of late
need
> to wake up; remember what this club is about -- the Breed -- if your
actions
> are harming the club, then you are harming the breed. Period end of
story.
>
> Of course, that's just this member's opinion.
>
> Kathaleen
>
>
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