Excellent ideas Julie !!!! The idea of giving memberships as trial trophies in the performance venues is outstanding as many performance enthusiasts see the GSDCA as a 'conformation' club offering little of value to the performance enthusiast even though they have no true experience with it. Unfortunantly I also know of long-time performance exhibitors and even judges who dropped their memberships in the PC because they saw so little gain for their expenditure. That's an individual evaluation that we can't control but we can at least offer the chance to experience PC membership with some of Julie's ideas. The WDA draws the 'working dog' enthusiasts but not always those in the other performance venues. lynda Check out our websites for constantly updated info and pictures www.falkrigiashepherds.com www.thecraftywoodchuck.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================