[ SHOWGSD-L ] Well, you could floor me

From: ELG440@xxxxxxx
To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 12:24:34 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 9/4/11 8:54:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time, blmoney@xxxxxxx 
 writes:
 
I can  see no reason to pull this up and spend a small fortune on  sod. 



 
What we need to undestand is that Bill with the board works hard to make  
sure we have the best national we can have. They try to give  everything they 
can to the membership, and they even go the extra mile  to find ways to cut 
costs, and to add extra events.
 
However, that being said, Bill has to work with the reality that we have  
lost money in the past few years, and we no longer have a prudent reserve. We 
 were advised by our financial experts that the club should always have in  
reserve one years budget, that is about $800,000.00.  We used to have that, 
 and we now have less than half.
 
Bill is working with restrictions. He is trying to please the membership  
and at the same time reflect the necessity of our club. That is a fine line. 
If  he cuts things, we will scream that without it we won't enter, and then 
the club  will suffer. If he tries to give us everything we want, the club 
will suffer  more loses.
 
Expenses, like flooring, have to be balanced by the costs as well as the  
needs of not only those who enter, but those who are trying to protect the  
future finances of our club.  It is a difficult situation and with 20 board  
members and over 2,000 club members I know the solution can be found.  It  
is probably a little of each and less of both.
 
Will one school scream or the other? Yes. But that blance has to be met,  
and everyone needs to understand that the first function of the GSDCA is to  
exist.  When I suggested that if we lose money on the National, that we no  
longer hold it, I did not hear one person blast me. They should have, but I  
understand why everyone stopped, thought about it, and didn't respond.   
Reality is a difficult thing, and as Adams said in defense of the British,  
"Facts are stubborn things."
 
I trust Bill and the board, and I expect they will solve the  conflict.  I 
won't like it all, and a few may notl be happy, but everyone  will 
understand with open discussions and transparency what is necessary.  
 
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
 
Evan  Ginsburg
Asgard German Shepherds  
http://www.asgardgsd.com/
Where Type Movement and Temperament  come together 

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