In a message dated 10/17/2010 3:09:49 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, BAERENTATZE312@xxxxxxx writes: The chairman of the new B&F Committee is Carmen Battaglia, with committee members: Nadine Grady, Gary Szymczak, Pam O'Dell, Frank Fasano, James Moses, and Bill Burggraaf. While I would have preferred to have someone in charge of budget and finance who had run a business, I do like the members of the committee. I was told this national that there is no way to know if the club is spending too much, or not bringing in enough. The person who told me this is on the committee, ran his own business and tried to make sense of the accounting of our club. He told me he can make no sense of it. I also was bothered that the last act of this board was to go into closed session at our national. I would beg them to be more open in the future and remember that the by-laws under the state of New York, only allows a closed session to non club members. This is a practice that is going to come back to bite the club unless someone starts to listen to the legal advice they are getting. The finances of our club are more important than ever, and with the World Trials looming, it is going to either make or break our future. I wish them well. Evan L. Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================