Schutzhund USA proposed bylaw Change - Page 9

Did it pass as proposed or were there amendmends before the vote?

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Sounds like a lawsuit in the making against the Directors and Officers of the UScA.  That will tie up resources and finances.  How does the UScA intend to reimburse all the costs for applying for UScA registry of the dogs who will now be owned by non-members?  How is the UScA intending to police this?  Whereas it used to take the employed staff forever to get documentation turned around, now they will have some other tasks to do, like fending off all the multitude of questions resulting from such a decision.  I just wonder how this is for the betterment of the club and the general membership and even more so for the betterment of the working GSD.

If I were a director or officer of a club that without the vote of the general membership pushes through such a ruling, I would be worried and inquire how I am insured under the club's Director's and Officers' liablity policy and if the limits are sufficient to cover my personal financial situation should a class action suit be brought against the board and its officers.  Yes, the membership has rights and can bring this to court.

This is a country of due process and if the general membership is not in agreement with the changes, something can be done.  And I personally think that would be in the interest of the general membership and breed.

I think all current members who hold dual memberships should request a refund of their USA dues since they are clearly terminating our participation in their organization as of today.  I paid dues for one year in good faith and they changed the terms of the contract mid stream.  Time to be heard, people.  Ask for a refund or like Sunshine said, initiate a class action suit.  Money speaks.

Get this: this critical vote was by show of hands (with delegate cards in hand)--no secret ballot. How do we know how people would have voted without perceived peer pressure in a club of the good old boys?

I have trouble believing that a change such as this can fly when tested in court.  I think the only way a by-law that effects the general membership can be changed  is that the membership until that point and time are grand fathered in and any new members must comply with the requirement of not being a member of a competing club. 

I am sure there are attorneys out there but I as a lay person, have alot of trouble in believing that what happened is on sound legal footing. 

I have trouble believing that a change such as this can fly when tested in court.  I think the only way a by-law that effects the general membership can be changed  as has just been done, is that the membership until that point and time are grand fathered in and any new members must comply with the requirement of not being a member of a competing club. 

I am sure there are attorneys out there but I as a lay person, have alot of trouble in believing that what happened is on sound legal footing.