In a message dated 2/4/11 3:24:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, fairway97045@xxxxxxxxx writes: What figures are you using to form your opinion? None were given? They were all given. I just didn't get them down, but Stormy did. I leaned over to her and got some of them. I suspect they will be in the Board-o-gram. I was told the Budget and Finance Committee worked for three days prior to the meeting. There were evidently some strong language in the meetings, but by the time they got to the board meeting, they had a united front. I appreciated that. We are losing money at an astounding rate. We used to have a treasurer who did all the books for free, and now we ask Nadine to do it all, but Sam is going to help. We used to have a volunteer editor for the Review, and of course, it made money. We used to have twice the membership, and three times the entries at the National. Our Futurities had classes of 20, I know, I judged one like that. Times they are a-changing. I am thankful we have a board with the cahones to do what has to be done to save the club. I hate some of the decisions, but that is why they get the big bucks and the pleasure trips through airports in freezing snow and ice. I give thanks every day that I am not on the board. 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/ ============================================================================