Dear Susan,
I am sadden by our loss of your membership at COS and CKCSC, USA but have
the deepest respect for your decision. My thoughts and prayers are with you
as you grieve the loss of a family member from our recent national tragedy.
I wish you and yours the best.
Sincerely,
Patricia Powers Pratt Cavaliers
-----Original Message-----
From: Susan A. Schlenger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, September 21, 2001 8:58 PM
Subject: [CKCS-L] Resignation of membership to CKCSC USA
>Dear List,
> I sent this by mail tonight with a heavy heart, but send it to you
all
>now so that there can be NO mistake in any mind about my actions. I
>have done nothing for which to be censured, but choose to tender this
>rather than find some sneaky way to get around foolish rules in which I
>do not believe. In all candor I did consider doing what many have
>already done; find a way to do a breeding to a wonderful dog whose
>registration is suspended by CKCSC USA but is right for my breeding
>program and somehow slip through a loophole quietly. I decided instead
>to be honest; I have an over-active conscience that won't let me sleep
>otherwise. Let no one speculate about my stance in this matter, but
>have complete clarity:
>
>
>The Board of Directors
>CKCSC, USA
>P.O. Box S
>Blairstown, NJ 07825
>
>Re: Resignation of Membership
>
>Dear Members of the Board:
> I hereby tender my resignation to the Board of Directors of the
>Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club of the USA. I also hereby tender my
>resignation to all regional clubs including the Cavaliers of the
>Northeast, The Cavaliers of the South, The Cavaliers of the Midwest and
>the Cavaliers of the West.
> In this time of grief, I have come to decide that I have no more
time
>in my life for people who wish to exclude others. I have no more time
>for petty fights about issues that are long past and are long past due
>in finding solutions. I have no more time to suffer fools. The recent
>tragic events have highlighted how small and mean spirited this argument
>has become. In the light of the death of a family member, I cannot
>stand with those who would hurt others in any way, especially for their
>differences of opinion.
> I have spent all the time and effort which I will spend on trivial
>argument about forgiving those who with their good conscience and
>courage took a different way than your own. I will make my breeding
>decisions based on the good of the breed and not for the good of
>anyone's need to feel righteous.
> I cannot and will not abide by a so-called "Code of Ethics" which
seeks
>to punish members based on intelligent breeding decisions that benefit
>our beloved breed; the wonderful dogs who are genuinely our comforters
>in these terribly troubled times. In my opinion this "Code of Ethics"
>is self-serving, a restraint on alienation, and an exclusive means of
>punishing the weak while letting the powerful slip through on
>technicalities. I have no respect for this and cannot and will not be a
>part of it any longer.
> Please count me as standing along with the twelve who had the
foresight
>and courage to leave and stand for all this time alone.
>
> Very truly yours,
>
>
> Susan A.Schlenger, Esq.
>
>
>
>
>
>With due respect to Kim, I felt it extremely important to quell any
>rumors or I wouldn't have posted this. I will not comment further on
>this on the list.
>
>
>--
>Suze at Llawen Cavaliers
>"...I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man
>to depend simply upon himself." -Isna Ia-wica
>"Thought comes before speech" Luther Standing Bear
>
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