Evan, not asking...but if it's the Chinese Crested Club, by any chance, just do what you say you'll do if the ground cracks...get out now! Peggy ELG440@xxxxxxx wrote: >Some of my friends, (okay, one person) asked why I am working on a Sunday. >It is not all law related. > >You may know that I agreed to use my good and true law office to count >ballots for a national AKC dog club. When the ballots were all in, and I >started >to count the votes, I realized that they had no slate at all. Everyone was >allowed to write in any name at all, and they voted for the four place judges >for the National and another vote for the four people to judge the Futurity. > >This was pure hell to count. I had to make a graph and write in each name >from each ballot. Since every ballot had eight names on it, I spent almost >twenty hours to do it. I saw lots of my friends listed, (OK, three), and >finally >got it done. My office manager went through the ballots again to cross-check >it. And, we sent it in. > >Now I am getting the actual ballots. Evidently, what I got was a vote to set >the ballot. > >There are 51 candidates for the Futurity/Sweepstakes, and 56 for the Best of >Breed, All Regular Classes and remaining Non-Regular Classes (Stud Dog, Brood > Bitch, Junior-Showmanship, etc.) [That's how it reads]. > >One person reads, "eligible only for Bitches" another "eligible only for >Dogs & bitches". I see on that says, under Futurity/Sweepstakes, "ineligible >for Futurity". I guess that person can only do the Sweepstakes. > >I will count them, then I am writing a long letter to this club, and try to >explain how to run an election. In the first count, I think the biggest vote >getter got five votes. > >It was 107 here yesterday and this morning when I left for work, 85 degrees >at six a.m. Now it is dark, there is constant thunder and it is turning into >a very strange day for California. > > I watched War of the Worlds last night, with Tom Cruise. (What Tom Cruise >was doing watching a movie with me I don't know). If the ground starts to >crack, I am out of here. > >Evan (http://www.asgardgsd.com/) >Asgard German Shepherds >http://www.asgardgsd.com/ >Where Type Movement and Temperament come together > >============================================================================ >POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues >============================================================================ > > > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================