In a message dated 8/5/11 3:03:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Stormy435@xxxxxxx writes: Not only are the board members not allow to give their opinion on board happenings, the opinions that ARE given must be approved by the Executive Committee. As I said, we were to start to criticize the board on August 4, 2011. The time is now. Limits to information are always wrong. Of course it is wrong. This is just an extension of the few board members who do not want to act in the light of day. When I first took a lap-top to a board meeting, I was told I could not use it during the meeting. I ignored that demand. The first meeting I was a member, I was told by Ralph Roberts that if a club member asked me something, I could not respond, it had to come from the club secretary. Both of these people intended to do the right thing, but they were wrong. Hiding what is being done is only causing more problems. If you can't stand behind what you do, get off the board. At one point the club president used to have many closed meetings, so people didn't have to say in public what they wanted to say. If you can't stand behind what you say, don't say it. We are about to elect new board members. Make sure you put on the board people who you trust, who have the best interest of the breed in mind, and are honest enough to be seen in public with their opinions. We, the little people, are the club. Our board is our representitive and should be proud of what they do. There should be a free flow of information of what is being done, and a right to criticize. But, then again, I am not on the board, I am not running for anything and am one of the little people Not that there is anything wrong with that. Evan Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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 SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================