To All Board members---- I understand that there will be a vote on the pending Illustrated Standard. I presume you mean that all the membership will have the right to vote. In my opinion,I feel the present product is a disaster,and that the Board has tried to push an inferior piece of work through in a hurry,just to get it done by the National. I feel it should be put aside, more thought be put into whether a NEW one is needed and if so ,then work on over several years . It took Norrie Ordness four years to develop the GENERIC one,that he measured and drew from the written Standard. His is concise,.easy to work with, and SHORT. In my six years as Educational and ABJAC chairman,it was sent to every person applying for judging the GSD. That included allbreed and Specialty applicants. No one had trouble understanding it. Norrie didn't try to copy a great top winning dog. Opinions on what's in style or type change over the years. He drew what our Standard says. It has worked for over 50 yrs. Helen Miller Fisher : ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================