Thank you Sam. Wonderful post. Bob Neiman / Walled Lake, Mich. Owner Barkalot's Felonious Assault AKA Brat and the other half of B'N'B Breeder/owner of UKC GR Ch.B'N'B-Barkalot's Cherish RN Co-owner of UKC ChSandyCreek-B'N'B-WC's Christmas Star AKA Echo Co-owner of Ketlyn's Black Widow --- On Mon, 10/25/10, Samuel Israel <israelfriedberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Samuel Israel <israelfriedberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] settlement To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Monday, October 25, 2010, 2:44 PM There has been much discussion about the settlement that Marjorie has proposed. What I have not seen is an offer for her to release the board members in their individual capacities. As everyone will recall, I believe that Marjorie initially sued each of the board members in their individual capacities. Again, I believe that the case against the individual board members was dismissed because the court lacked jurisdiction. However, Marjory is not prohibited from bringing those cases again and in addition, I believe that there have been many other allegations made about the conduct of board members since the initial suit was commenced. If the board members settle the case with Marjorie but are not released themselves, then it is possible that Marjorie (who represents herself) could file another lawsuit against them and then this lawsuit may not be covered by the GSDCA insurance policy. Then what would the board members do? They would have to spend their own money defending themselves. I understand that some people have stated that this is the exact reason why the board members have a conflict of interest and should therefore excuse themselves from voting on settling with Marjorie. My response to that is if the club does not support its board members from suits no one will ever serve on the board. In conclusion, no board member would ever agree to Marjorie's offer of settlement unless they were personally released. This is very common. I just don't know if Marjorie has made such an offer, but this could be what is holding up the settlement. Sam ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================