In a message dated 8/23/2009 6:21:40 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, VPREZHMF@xxxxxxx writes: The president runs the meetings, and the board members need to have someone in that role they respect. Everyone does not need to be an expert in procedure, but they do need to have a leader that inspires cooperation. I'm sorry to disagree with you Evan,but if the Board members had know their stuff at the time of the Hunte incident,they could have challenged the actions right then,and there Helen The president has to make sure a vote isn't taken if the information isn't there. He/she has to make sure wrong information isn't allowed to sit unchallenged. The President has to make sure some board members don't dominate the discussions, and lead people to a position of uninformed. It is the president who sets the mood of the meetings, who decides what issues are properly before the board, and when an issue is not ready to be voted on. It is always up to the leadership of an organization to set the future of the actions and the impact of the votes. Helen as president ran the meetings with a strong but fair position, and represented us in Germany at the SV at a critical time. Helen know when to stop a discussion as it was going nowhere, and when to ask for more information when a topic needed it. I do wish she would run again. This is a time when we need that type of leadership more than ever. Consider that when you vote this year. Evan L. Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================