> Indeed. And I will follow your advice and contact those committee > chairs......again. > > Thanks. > > Ileana I have noted your request Ileana and will speak to you about your interests. We are going to have a ballot this year to elect our committee chairs. I am open to nominations from all members. By doing this we will have a democratic process, individual consideration of the positions and a private ballot to each director. In the past the President appointed chairpersons and the Board would approve the list en mass by ayes or nays. Our current chairs must not take this as a lack of confidence in their abilities. There must not be egos involved. The Board is fully capable of appointing and retaining qualified individuals. In some cases we do not have sufficient reporting to the Board and membership. Questions must be answered and service provided to our members and board. If you are interested in any commitee position please let me know. If you would like to nominate someone they will be nominated. You can feel free to promote your nominees to Directors. Let's try this and see how it works. Committee chairs select their committee members and they are approved, not selected by the Board. I will keep a list of those of you who want to serve on committees and that list will be provided to the new or returning chairs for their consideration. Happy New Year from cold and white - White Salmon, Washington! Gail ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================