[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: meeting costs
- From: "arycrest@xxxxxxxxxxx" <arycrest@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pruett@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:51:32 GMT
Laurie - if the BOD switches to techo-meetings, would this prevent the
membership from listening to the meeting or is the technology advanced enought
to allow members who like to attend the current meetings in person to hear
what's going on?
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-- "Laurie Pruett" <pruett@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carolyn - I understand that all Board members are expected to come prepared to
meetings and to review all committee reports prior to a meeting. The fact that
not everyone can do that for whatever reason is NOT a good reason to dismiss as
not possible meeting via technology for just one of our four board meetings
each year. I understand better than most how life can get in the way of the
most noble intentions. I think we need to re-examine our club priorities and
reallocate $'s from board meetings to other matters of importance to our breed
and membership - like legislative issues. It's not like it has to be either/or
- we can continue to meet as a Board and run the GSDCA (but in a more cost
effective manner) and fund other high priority concerns of the membership.
Laurie
-----Original Message-----
From: "Carolyn Martello" <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Laurie Pruett <pruett@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 2/23/2009 6:56:12 PM
Subject: Re: meeting costs
Hi Laurie;
The Board IS expected to read all the reports before the meeting. But if you
read Tish's post
you will see that occasionally a report is not sent in time.
You can never "X out" the human factor. E-mails occasionally fail,
computers crash... people
get sick and have family members that are ill......things just occasionally go
wrong for one of the
Board members and a report is not sent in time for all the Board to read
ahead of time.
Regarding going to find them posted on the Parent Club web site.....I
personally prefer that the
reports be sent to us as Board members as well as be posted on the site if it
gets done that way.
I just do not have time to go into our Parent Club web site and look for
things. As it is.....they ARE
e-mailed and we all have the opportunity to read them and print them.
I don't print every single one as some require no action.
Kathaleen has done a great job of having them printed and ready for us at the
Board meeting
but I'm not sure that she will always continue to do that. It sure was and
is appreciated when she
does......again.....never "X out" that "human factor"........occasionally they
can be forgotten in the
packing process and left at home.
I agree that it is the membership that helps keep the Parent Club solvent and I
believe every single
Board member is more than award of any responsibility for the Clubs money. It
DOES matter.
I do agree with some that the Board could easily function with fewer Board
members. That would
require a By Law change and be up to the membership.
The Club is in good financial condition at this time.....but it would only take
a couple of huge losses
with a couple of Nationals to change that......and I think we ALL need to be
aware of that. Anyone
who says it does not matter just needs to watch the current situation on the
news ...........surely
no one has missed it. <G>
We all know Clubs are failing....show entries are dropping and we are losing
members in more
ways than one. I agree.....We NEVER should discount the Parent Clubs
financial condition......
Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.Marhaven.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Laurie Pruett To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 23,
2009 11:08 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] meeting costs
>There is another big difference - you were being paid and if you wanted to
>keep your job you read all those reports before the conference call, etc.
>We
>are all volunteers and many times reports are not sent out in time or are
>not
>read before the meeting. >Tish
Given what the membership is paying for each board member to get to a meeting,
each board member should,
IMO, feel obligated to read reports before the meeting. I believe that it
would make everyone's life easier
(and the club's business more transparent to the membership) if all committee
reports were posted on the
GSDCA website for the board (and the membership) to review prior to board
meetings. That would eliminate
mailing and copying costs - individuals could assume the responsibility of
printing reports if wanted
(but it wouldn't be necessary - reports could be reviewed online).
Laurie
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