In cases where there may be imminent harm to other Members or the public, the Ethics Committee may recommend action without first affording a Member an opportunity to respond, provided that after an action is taken the Member is still afforded an opportunity to be heard and have any action modified.All investigations, whether upon complaint or initiated by the Ethics Committee shall be conducted by the Chairman of the Ethics Committee or under his or her supervision.

For example, Bill Gates had a successful mother who served on a board with the Chairman of IBM, which hired Bill to develop its operating system software. 

But if we do form some kind of "Let's pick who is allowed to breed or remain alive" committee I get first dibs as chairman.

Waterman, the executive vice chairman of Newmark, a commercial real estate services firm.

At least they're taking a step in the right direction.You could try calling the person (or committee chairman) in charge of setting this guideline and see if they are willing to modify it to what you think it should be.

I'm the chairman of the board and we do HELOC's.

agreed I have a really good relationship with WFG I know the Chairman personally..

“While housing markets across the country continue to struggle under the weight of overly tight lending conditions and other challenges, the April IMI indicates that just over 100 individual metros are showing measurable and consistent signs that they are headed in the right direction,” said NAHB Chairman Barry Rutenberg.

I'm the former chairman of our local Salvation Amy board and we had a whole group of professionals to assist and I'm sure other charities have similar programs.Hope this helps,Good luck! 

I am the owner and chairman of the online business financing brokerage and consultancy located in St.