I agree with you Jeff, but I think it would make a larger statement and be more clear to the fancy in whole if our members voted on this very hot issues. It is not the our board cannot deal with this, it is that if the voices of all the members were heard there would be no doubt about how we feel and it would put an end to any other attempt by those persons at issue to try to gain hold with our club any more. sheila caggra@xxxxxxx wrote: I believe the Board hired outside counsel after the January meeting to advise them on what they were or weren't allowed to do and that conclusion was that our club had the right to Not vote anyone into membership as long as we did not violate any constitutional rights or federal discrimination laws. i.e. Race, Sex, Religion, National origin etc. I don't believe there is or should be any fear of consequence by our Board when they vote on Hunte's membership this coming weekend. As far as the delegate position, I am not necessarily opposed to Fred's idea. but wouldn't a change like that need a by-laws or club constitutional ammendment? Not so easy to do, right? If we have a great President and Board, then why change. They will do what is right on both issues, especially now that they are all completely informed. Jeff Pyle -----Original Message----- From: gsdlady28@xxxxxxx To: EKOLAN1@xxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 1:25 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] carmen/hunte/Great Idea Sounds like a great idea and a fair and honest solution Maggie Marshall Aeval German Shepherds http://hometown.aol.com/gsdlady28/index.html Website Updated 03/21/2007 There are a lot of opinions about both Carmen and Hunte. I don't know about you but I count the whole board as friends of mine. If there is a one in a million chance that mister puppy mill can make trouble in court for them I don't want that to happen. What if the whole board abstained on the vote and we put his membership to a vote of the members. It wouldn't cost much as we have a vote coming up soon anyhow. And while we are at it we can make the delegate job an elected position also. That way anyone who wanted the job could throw his/her hat in the ring along with Carmen's and we the membership could settle that question at the same time. OOOOPPS forgot to sign first one Fred Migliore ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ============================================================================ 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. 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