This new web page has been set up to provide information on GSCA elections and balloting, and to explain the e-balloting process.
Dear
GSCA Members:
You
are being asked to vote on a proposed Amendment to the GSCA By-Laws
Article I, Section 1, Membership.
Briefly
this Amendment is to add three additional types of GSCA memberships:
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1. Junior Membership: open to individuals under 18; an application submittal required for this non-voting/non-office holding membership, which may convert to regular membership at age 18.
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2. Honorary Membership: open to individuals who have made significate contributions to Giants, the GSCA, or dog sports; no dues required for this non-voting membership.
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3. Lifetime Membership: open to individuals who have been GSCA members for 40 years or longer; no dues required but lifetime members are eligible to vote and hold office.
The
three current GSCA membership types – Regular, Household,
International – will not modified by this vote.
This
Amendment was proposed and approved by the GSCA Board of Directors
and has been reviewed by Club Bylaw Services at AKC. Per Article VII,
Section 2 of the GSCA Constitution & By-Laws, the next step is
for the Membership to vote on the proposed Amendment. An affirmative
vote of 2/3 of the members in good standing whose ballots are
returned within the time limit is required for the Amendment to be
approved.
Below
are links to two PDF files of the full text of the proposed By-Law
Amendment in two views:
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1. The text of the current Membership By-Law showing deletions as strike outs and new text underlined.
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2. A clean version of the text of the Membership By-Law as it will read if approved by this vote of the Membership.
If
you opted for e-balloting, you will be voting
through
surveymethods.com
and
should have received an e-mailing from “Howard Postovit GSCA
Elections <hrpostovit.gmail.com@surveys.surveymethods.com>"
announcing the voting. If you have not chosen e-balloting, you will
have received your ballot via USPS mail. If you have not received an
e-mail or paper ballot by October 10, 2023, contact Howard Postovit
at 541-786-5687, e-mail
hrpostovit@gmail.com
;
or Chris Reed at 979-824-2118, e-mail
chrisjreed@bellsouth.net
E-balloting:
If you have signed up for e-balloting, thank you very much! To make sure that e-balloting is completely confidential,
we are using services provided by Survey Methods.com (you can learn more here: www.surveymethods.com.
You will see a notice stating this in the e-mail you receive when the voting is launched. So rest assured
your votes are completely confidential.