It is an interesting meeting, some good stuff, some not so good. I will avoid any rumors and only tell you what I was told, but those involved. I did have dinner with Susan Casey, Margy and her husband, and got to talk to a number of people. It seems that the club's attorney, from New York has had some harsh words with Margy and Kris, our two attorneys. She also has stated that Susan should be fired as the Review Editor because she published a letter that said Hunte was evil. An agreement was made, and will be proposed to settle the Hunte matter, but was put on the bar last night, and Lew arranged to get a number of board members to sign it, without any discussion, or even some of the board seeing it ahead of time. It includes a published appology by Lew in a major dog magazine, each board member to take training in antitrust law, to be done by the N.Y. attorney, and some other issues. I did not read it, but spoke to some who did. Last week I talked to Lew and advised that the discussion should be in open session and he agreed. First thing this morning, he announced the discussion would be Sunday morning in a closed session. It was announced by the Budget and Finance committed that the sight selection for the Nationals was to be combined with the National Chair. Joan was told of this last night, and had no advanced notice she was being replaced. There was little discussion, and it was passed. Joan looked sick, and I felt it was handled incorrectly. Lew did thank her for her work. It appears the financially the club is in good shape, having increased revenues by $100,000. But that reflects money set aside for Review transition, which was then put back. But Tim Wheat did say we were in a very strong position. In Colorado the National will October 12-21 with herding on the 12th. The Host Hotel has only 50 rooms for us, and the phone number is (970) 482-2626. We should be able to double handle on all four sides. The host hotel is the Hilton at Fr. Colline. Liz Leshhorn was mentioned as having reduced the cost of the Red Book by 40%, which helped with the club's profit. Margy is trying to put the recording of the minutes on the club cite so anyone can listen to them. She is working on it with John Anyotte and will continue to figure out how to do it. A parlemtarian was at the meeting, Dennis Clark, and made some suggestions. The question of hiring the New York Attorney came up. Her name is Nancy Gutenberg. I have been told to be careful of what I post, as she is monitoring the List. That was not part of the meeting or anything the board said. It was discussed she was hired to give an opinion, then her fees were increased, then she billed for more work, and the discussion of what she is supposed to be doing was tabled to Sunday, in closed session, when she gets here. I was told that Nancy also have an arguement with Gary, and also intended to come after me. I am looking forward to meeting her to see what is going on, who she represents, and who is her client. At this point I asked, and no one has an answer. I was asked by three board members if they should resign. But, it is early, about noon, and there is a lot to go. I think things will "lighten up" and maybe tempers will cool off. What happens tomorrow will be important, but there is a lot of talk about suing any board member who talks about what happens in a closed session. It does seem that the club is not being run by the board, and certainly not by the members. A few people have taken it on. I had heard that, but now I have seen it. These board members mean well, and work hard. They are great and dedicated people, trying to do the best they can for us. I know how much they give up to do this, and how difficult it is. We do need to stand behind them, and I hope there is a way out of this mess. I don't like what happened to Joan, the threats to Margy, Susan and Kris. But, they can deal with it, and I can only suggest what they might do. I took a break to send this, as I am a bit upset over what I have seen so far. More to come. ============================================================================ 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. 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