A number of people have asked "Why trophy donations? Isn't the PC paying for the plaques?" Yes, the PC agreed to use some of the Purina money for trophies but the regions still need help covering other expenses. Futurity profit is split 60% to the club and 40% to the PC. Here are just a couple of the reasons the clubs need additional income: With the FREE litter nominations, the only LITTER income the futurity gets are from late nominations. That's a BIG cut in income over past years. Did you nominate one (or more) FREE litters this year? Clubs are reimbursed $2 per entry for judges travel. Example: MP has 73 regular entries so they will get $146 towards the judges travel. What does it cost to fly from the Midwest to the west coast? $400 or more? The club has to pay the difference from their portion of the profit. The Mid-Pacific a couple of years ago had the PC pay for their trophies, had a reasonable entry, expenses, etc. and made a whopping $236... Sure could have used the extra donations that year. :) Please, step up and make a donation, in ANY AMOUNT to help out. Our most sincere THANK YOU to the following for their AWESOME contributions!!!!!!!!!! For the South Pacific: Terry Cochran Jack and Mary Lou Newton Jean Whalen Bill Basu Peg Graham San Bernardino/Riverside GSDC San Gabriel & Los Angeles GSDC For the Mid-Pacific: Rick & Janetta Welker Candy Zumwalt Bill Basu Dorothy Linn Linda Bramy & Dean Johnson Carol Northrop and Maureen Slaven Michelle Wallis Jene & Isabelle Dupzyk Peg Graham Lois Gregor and Bernhard Heine Theresa Royer Brenda Sheperd Eric Norby & Joan Intersimone Golden State GSDC San Jose GSD Fanciers of Northern California Sacramento GSDC Diablo Valley GSDC For the South Pacific, please e-mail Carolyn Putnam kleinkauf2@xxxxxxxxx your pledges. Mail checks, made out to the GSDCA to Carolyn at 2436 Mountain View Dr., Escondido, CA 92027. For the MP, please email me your pledges. Mail checks, made out to the GSDCA to the regional secretary, Connie Horvath, c/o Sonitrol Security, 1300 Galaxy Way #6, Concord, CA 94520. We can also take PayPal donations for either region. Due to the early show dates, we need to have all pledges by the 9th of March and need to have checks by March 15th in order to have them listed in the catalog. We thank you in advance for your support. Best regards, Joan Intersimone, National Futurity Committee member Dream Come True GSD - Stockton CA - Home of Jaccar-Rivendell Brianne HT, PT, TC, CGC, ROM; CH Dream Come True-Rivendell Fandango HT, TC; Am GCH / Can CH DCT-Tebe Nobe Me & Bobby McGee, HT, PT,TC, Amateur FVX/MVX / Can CH Norhaus-DCT Floating on Air Tebe Nobe, and too many others to list! http://www.dct-norhaus.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================