Message text written by INTERNET:drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > A BIG banner at the World Championships with the pictures of Lisa, Larry and = Mike stating "Wish we were here" and the names of the committee members that = kept them from going at the bottom would be interesting. Can you imagine the effect on the European dressage horse industry to hav= e = American Quarter horses beat them? Ah, but they probably would borrow judges = from the figure skating group. What kind of positive thing did these people think they were doing for th= e = sport? < Absolutely great idea, I LOVE it. LOL As far as postitive for the sport, you missed it. It was positive FOR THEM, that is the whole point. = It occured to me today that I think the 4's are massively over represente= d on the committee and maybe we need to focus some attention there....................there are only four of them that I know of now, = Chester, Tucker, Jimmy and Bill Long, who I don't think is competeing much right now. Gary Stover was in there for quite a while but haven't seen his name this year either. So even if there are 5, they have two on= the committee, 50% of the active drivers counting Bill. Certainly more than their share, I think there is an argument for not having any, based = on the number. So I think we need to start focusing on the drivers that hav= e a ballot next time and encourage them to vote in the best interests of th= e majority..................and not the money. = Marjean Sorry Helen, if you view this as not factual enough, but I think it is true. = _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.html `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````