Cindy and All, The WDA membership received a post from Ken several days ago [paraphrasing] charges had been brought against him and he called a special meeting to make a decision whether the WDA should even address the charges. I responded directly to Ken. I DO NOT have Ken's permission to forward or quote his post so can only present my reply and will quote my own post here: " Are you willing to explain your thought process??? Based on your own e-mail, if charges have been brought against you, I can understand your being in the meeting to hear the charges and present your side. HOWEVER, as in any type of hearing, the accused doesn?t go into the jury room and you should NOT be party to discussions of the charges/final decision of the committee. You should have immediately abstained from chairing the meeting and allowed the Vice President to call, and run, that meeting with you in attendance as a defendant. Setting the Executive meeting four months out is stretching it when Club business, especially charges filed against the President, should be handled promptly. You stated that since the Board had access to the charges that the general membership should also? Don't you trust the people WE elected to run the organization?" With a Boad meeting [at that time] right around the corner - a four month wait UNTIL AFTER CLUB ELECTIONS to even consider whether the WDA would consider addressing the charges??? There is MUCH more to this story than is being presented. The WDA membership is waiting for the Board minutes to be posted. Maybe the List should also before taking sides. -- Suzanne Kinman www.tsalishepherds.com Home of BIS/BISS Ch Yancy ITs HT PT RA CD TC CGC BH, Helios SchH3, Ch Flair, Tess [150 PLUS ROM points/40 ATAA points], Lil' Miss Gilli RN[Mjr Res Winner] and all the others waiting at the bridge. Website updated 06/07 ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================