The new elected board and the new president I believe will do a nice job and listen to the members which are in essence there customers. Some of the new ideas I have heard sound great and I believe in time will be incorporated. As one of the post said we must realize that many people put in many hours and dont get paid a dime for there efforts so it is hard to be critical. I opt to be less critical and look at suggestions that may improve the sport/hobby that we love.To me our national is great......does it need some tweekings??? sure and in time it will be. Prior to meeting my wife in 1997 I was showing sporting dogs and went to several different breed nationals. When I went to my first shepherd national in 1997 I was so impressed as compared to the Weimaraner National, Lab national, Brittany national, etc. REMEMBER: IT ALL STARTS WITH LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. THEN ITS FACILITIES AND EASE OF GETTING OUR ANIMALS AND EXHIBITORS TO AND FROM THE SHOW WITH PROPER LODGING AND RESTAURANTS IN REASONABLE DRIVING DISTANCE. YOU DONT LOCATE A POWER GENERATING STATION WHERE THERE ARE NO FAMILIES THAT NEED ELECTRICITY!!! SCOTT TRAHAN WHITE OAK GVX GODIVA BIS/BISS SAMMY BIS/BISS KODA ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================