[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Central location
- From: Barbara Galasso <uwish@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mgolant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:20:08 -0500
Hi Margery: Rotating between fixed sites is IMO a great idea. An even
greater idea IMO, is to return the National to the three days it used to
be. What was the total amount of days the National lasted this year
with all the meetings, etc., I believe it was something like nine days?
It took me two days to drive to the National this year and two days back
and next year it will be even longer, but I hope to make that one also
in two VERY LONG days. So had I stayed for the whole event including
driving that would have been 13 days (almost 2 weeks). Yikes!!! I only
attended for the last three days. I totally missed the futurity finals
which I so wanted to see. IMO, the futurity finals SHOULD NEVER HAVE
BEEN in the begininng of the week. How many people can take off of work
all this time? If the need still arises, put the trials and obedience
in the beginning of the week so those people can particpate in their
sport the way they like to and should, and then do the conformation the
last part of the week. And if people want to see both events, then they
can choose to stay the full amount of days. By dividing the events,
people can more readily choose around their work schedules. The
futurity part of the show should have never been seperated from the rest
of the conformation part. Plus with the expenses the way the are, who
can afford to stay for a week or more at a show? Let's get reasonable
here and let's make it affordable to more people than it is now. With
shipping costs the way they are, and dogs costing more to fly than
humans, the show attendance will become smaller. I will only go to ones
that I can drive to if I'm bringing a dog with me. I won't ship my
dogs anymore, not even for breeding. They're too valuable to me and
with all the crazy things that are happening with the crazy "groups" of
wacko's out there, not to mention the mishaps at the airlines
themselves, my animals won't be flying anymore. So we must appeal to
the masses of people and what we can afford and how we can attract the
most people. No easy task you board members and officers have. You
took on a hard job, but I trust in the people that the membership voted
in to do the best job they reasonably can for the betterment of all.
Good luck, Barbara Galasso
MARGERY GOLANT wrote:
>
>Hi, Fred.
>
>Rotating between fixed sites in the designated regions is exactly what the
>Board is trying to do - the challenge is finding the fixed sites in each of
>the designated regions. It is a very tall order to find sites that fit all
>of our needs:
>
>- have the physical facilities to house all of our events, where the rings
>are of adequate size, with adequate seating space and access to the sides of
>the rings
>- have a manageable location which is accessible to exhibitors and dogs -
>many feel this means being a short drive from a hub airport of one of the
>dog-friendly airlines (I use 'dog-friendly' for lack of a better word...)
>- have the ability to house appropriate sheep (this is a pretty complicated
>subject...!)
>- provide access to sod at a reasonable price
>- have nearby, reasonably priced motels and exercise facilities
>- have stalls, RV facilities, reasonable vendor space
>- be available during the preferred date range
>- be priced consistent with what the GSDCA can afford to pay
>
>The Board is on a continual quest for sites which fit these parameters,
>within the designated regions. If we find them, and if we use them and
>agree that they met our expectations, they can take a place in the rotation.
>Everyone seemed to think Albany would have been such a site, but mamy felt
>it was too hard to get to, Concord might have been such a site, but it
>turned out too late that herding was a problem and then USAir went and
>changed its dog-transport rules. We hope that Lake St. Louis, Fort Collins
>and Beaumont may make it into that league. If members or clubs have other
>potential great sites for consideration, please let us know. A site can
>look great, but not pan out, or might not be available when we need it.
>
>The order of rotation the Board has been following is: East / Middle / West
>/ Middle / East, etc. This puts the location on the East one year in four,
>and West one year in four, and Middle two years in four. No distinction has
>been made between Nort East and South East, North West and South West, North
>Middle and South Middle, because that further complicates an already
>complicated issue, and further limits the already limited alternatives.
>
>This really is an amazingly complex subject - since being on the Board, and
>being involved in the details of the site-selection process, I have come to
>understand why this is such a troublesome situation. The situation is
>further complicated by the constantly changing landscape: the fact that good
>sites may become unavailable when we need them (i.e. Perry), the fact that
>airlines change their dog-transport policies (i.e USAir), and by the fact
>that we need to commit to sites years ahead of the event. So, we had a
>great location at Perry that got scarfed up by other groups, we had the
>potential of a great location at Concord that took a hit from USAir's
>bankruptcy. There are many other intangible and uncontrollable factors
>which can step in to mess things up, and once we have planned on a site, the
>occurrence of any of these becomes our problem.
>
>Margy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: EKOLAN1@xxxxxxx [mailto:EKOLAN1@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 10:07 PM
>To: mgolant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Central location
>
>
>
>In a message dated 12/27/2005 9:15:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>mgolant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>Question #6 - The National should rotate, but between fixed sites in =
>each of
>the designated regions:
> Yes 63%
> No 37%
>
>
>This looks good to me.
>Fred
>
>
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