[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: our Family Membership
- From: Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mgolant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 23:41:51 -0500
Thanks so much, Margy.
I just can't believe that in this day and age, a bunch of people
who can read and have not been living in a bubble all their lives didn't
know this stuff already...I guess none of them read the same books I do,
or watch the same TV shows I do, or else just don't trust
themselves....and allowed themselves to be buffaloed by smooth talkers
who also didn't have a clue, it appears...either that, or they had
private agendas.
Peggy
Margery Golant wrote:
>
>It is not my place to speak for those who voted Yes, and I do not intend to
>try. However, it may well be difficult for some of them to articulate their
>reasons, and here is my thinking as to why:
>
>As I'm sure most everyone here realizes, I'm an attorney, have been involved
>with litigation for most of my career, and insurance coverage is one of the
>areas in which my firm does a lot of work. So, I knew that there was
>nothing to prevent us from refusing Hunte entry, knew that if in some
>bizarre instance there was litigation, we were covered by insurance, both
>for liability and or a judgment if there had been some way to prove a cause
>of action and damages, and covered for costs of defense, as individual Board
>members and as a Board. I also knew that our By-laws, while sparse on the
>subject, were not defective, and sufficient to justify a NO vote. That was
>why I knew I could vote No. And, as you also know, the "other attorney" on
>the Board also told you she voted No. Evan and Dan Smith have also told you
>that these were non-issues, and why that is so. Besides, if Hunte had been
>foolish enough to sue the GSDCA had we refused to allow him in, we would
>have then had an opportunity via pre-trial discovery to find out about any
>/all abuse charges, complaints, consent agreements, numbers of animals
>acquired, numbers sold, numbers perished, conditions, profits, other
>companies in which he had interests (if any), etc, etc. etc. Had he been so
>brave as to persist, he would have had to open all his records to us......
>Do you really think he would go there - for a club that said it did not want
>him ?? Would you ?
>
>The problem was for the many people on the Board who were not attorneys or
>insurance people. There were people on the Board who voted yes because they
>truly believed they had no choice, honorable, well-meaning and committed
>people, and THAT is a large part of the problem. If there were legal, or
>liability, or coverage or interpretive issues or concerns, the best way to
>handle the issues would have been to sort all that out FIRST. I am not sure
>why that did not happen.
>
>When clients hire me for a legal matter, I sit with them at great length and
>explain anything and everything they want to know - how it works, what could
>happen, what could not happen, and why, what to worry about (if anything),
>what NOT to worry about.
>
>I literally dragged myself to the Board meeting, not sure if I'd even manage
>to make it there, had been sick with the flu for a week. Everyone commented
>on how bad I looked <LOL>. I went because I knew this issue was on the
>agenda, knew I wanted my vote to count, and knew I could help to clear up
>the swirling rumors and fear I had been hearing for weeks /months regarding
>this issue. Unfortunately, I never got the opportunity to do that, the
>issues never got sorted out, and so the climate in which the vote occurred
>was fraught with misinformation.
>
>In hindsight, I am sure it looks to most here like a no-brainer. The thing
>to understand is that, for a week now, people with expertise in these
>subjects have been explaining why none of those 'issues' were to be feared.
>It is unfortunate that the Board did not have the benefit of that sort of
>explanation. Things might well have turned out differently if they had.
>
>Margy Golant
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