Terry -- thank you for taking the time to publicly respond and for putting these issues at rest.

 

I wish you well in your endeavor to breathe fresh air into the GSPCA. If nothing else, the number of people who contacted you indicates that the membership cares about the Club.

 

Sandra Kretz

MARIAH

 

 

BRAVO! Wishing you and the new BOD the very best TC.

Thanx Kindly and Have A Great Day,
Bruce

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rugerheim"
To: gsp-l@shorthairs.net
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 1:02:59 PM
Subject: RE: [gsp-l] Follow up on GSPCA status.




It will not be my standard practice to respond to private lists on the
internet but I am going to make an exception on this topic. This topic has
gotten way out of hand. This is not a GSPCA list. Topics on private lists
more often than not degrade to a level of personal attacks and libelous
comments henceforth making them counterproductive.

I will begin with the Non-Profit Corporation status of the GSPCA. The proper
documents for that status were filed with the State of Missouri on February
10th, 2011. A check was sent with these documents and it was cashed by the
State of Missouri. We have copies of those document and our cancelled check.
Why we are not listed as Non-Profit Corporation at this time I do not know.
But that is being checked into by the Clerk that is in charge of that
department. Because we have met our fiduciary responsibilities I cannot
imagine that it will effect us as a Club in any way.

It would have been nice if someone would have contacted me with this
information privately so that I could have dealt with it in a timely fashion
instead of posting it on a public list. Perhaps a person who was genuinely
concerned with the status of our club would have even asked how they could
help with this matter. Now, not only am I dealing with this situation, I am
having to answer numerous private e-mails sent to me from people who are
genuinely concerned about our status.I have many things I need to do as
President of this organization. This is taking away from those tasks.

As far as the Board of Directors of the GSPCA is concerned. Yes, someone
made a mistake. A letter was not mailed, someone did not file our paperwork,
who knows. But this is what I do know. The people who serve on this Board
will make mistakes. We are all human. The only way that we will not make
mistakes is if we do nothing. NOTHING. I do not think that this is the type
of Board we want. To chastise people on public lists for this or to threaten
them, is not right. IT SIMPLY IS NOT RIGHT. It is plain to me why very few
people really want to serve on this Board. Why would anyone want to serve on
a Board, take up much of their spare time and resources, and continually
have to defend every move you make not to mention the personal attacks? THIS
HAS TO STOP.

If anyone, any member, of the GSPCA has a question about anything that this
Board has done, questions about policies, procedures, Constitution & By
Laws... we have procedures in place to deal with that. Contact your Regional
Director. Give them a reasonable time to respond. If they do not, contact
me. You will get a response. Demands do not go very far. Questions on
internet lists do not go very far.

My intention is to get some type of question and answer board set up on our
GSPCA webpage. But that has to be discussed at the next board meeting, and
it will be discussed.

I haven't even been in this position for one week. The new Board of
Directors has not been in place for one week. Give us a chance, please.

If you have any suggestions, ideas, things you want us to discuss, send it
to your Director.Our next Board meeting is the first weekend in June.

And with this message, this topic will end on this list. Enough is enough.

Thank you,

Terry Chandler (gsp-l list moniter)




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