Didn't I read y-day that a professional can take a dog/bitch back in for the equivalent of Winners? Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit http://www.pinehillgsds.com/ In a message dated 2/21/2014 12:46:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Personally I am glad we are going to the Amateur CLASS! That was always the "original" proposal ...to just insert ONE Amateur CLASS in the Futurity and the Maturity for each sex. Then.... it just ballooned and got so complicated as the Futurity Committee overhauled the idea, and added to it until it became complicated, and time consuming for our Futurities. Again, One class fulfills the original idea that we were getting from so many in our Suggestion Questionnaire's that were asking for Futurities to offer something for those that did not want to have to compete with Professional handlers so they would have a "chance" to go back into Winners to compete with their dog. It is simple and available for those who want that specifically. KUDOS TO THE BOARD AND CURRENT FUTURITY COMMITTEE!! I believe this will also increase those wanting to watch this class at the National without having so much time involved in a whole separate venue or system. Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.marhaven.com -----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of Joannie Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 6:48 AM To: da list Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Amateur Futurities 2014 Importance: High Due to an AKC rule modification some of the Amateur judges have had to withdraw from their assignments. The regions impacted are: Mid-West, South West, South Pacific & Mid Pacific Theresa Royer will now be judging the Amateur event in the Mid Pacific. The executive Committee gave the Futurity Committee permission to allow clubs without judges to use the new Amateur class system. However, since the GSDCA board voted to start the new Amateur classes in 2015, the Executive Committee last night reversed their decision and we are unable to offer the Amateur Class option this year. Each region will hold both a Regular Futurity and an Amateur Futurity as originally planned. The host clubs in each impacted region will be looking for new judges for the Amateur event. Anyone that meets the criteria (email Kathy or myself for information) and would be interested in judging, is encouraged to contact the Regional chairmen to volunteer. As the new judges are determined, we will send updates and post the names on the 2014 Futurity show page of the GSDCA.org site. We thank you all for your support of the GSDCA Futurity system and hope everyone that participates will have a great time at the Futurity/Maturity events this year. Permission is granted to cross-post ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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/ ============================================================================