I guarantee..if there was a GSDCA List.there would still be plenty of ideas that would differ from yours! Now Evan...you have taken a concept..of a GSDCA List...and..dare I say... manipulated it into meaning something exclusionary...quite the opposite..we want all to be included...and all to join the GSDCA..all to have input about the breed. Why encourage people to be disenfranchised...after all..no one is asking anyone to do anything...you just simply pay your 5.41 per month and support what you say you love...obviously...you don't belong to any other organization..so for you to choose the GSDCA as the only club that you belong to should speak volumes to non-members that is must be a worthwhile organization and certainly worth your support! Oh...and BTW...I don't know about the secret handshake..I was sort of hoping for a magic decoder ring...after all..we do need something to show for our GSDCA membership...Christine > [Original Message] > From: <ELG440@xxxxxxx> > To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 8/23/2005 10:10:12 PM > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Keep on posting > > > > In a message dated 8/23/2005 8:03:58 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > ..this is where the concept of a GSDCA List comes forth... > > > > > I wonder if I would even be interested in a List for members only? I don't > know. > > I get invited to other lists all the time, but find what interests me right > here on the List. > > I enjoy hearing from people who have different ideas from mine, and who have > strong feeling for and against things I find of interest. I like to hear > from GSDCA board members, club members, non-club members, young people, some who > handle and some who don't. I like to hear from all areas of the spectrum, > and what they think. > > To me this List has increased my ideas and feelings about the breed, has > informed me of what many people think, and made me question some of my opinions. > > > I would hope with our approach we will encourage others to join us in the > GSDCA. And if not, that they will continue to add their ideas to the List. > > Not that there is anything wrong with that. > > Evan > _Asgard German Shepherds_ (http://www.asgardgsd.com/) > http://www.asgardgsd.com/ > Where Type Movement and Temperament come together > > > ============================================================================ > 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 > ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================