What would be wrong with putting up illustrations from various un-named artists on the secure area of the website and letting people do a survey much like they did on the national locations,,,,,,,,,,then the board choose the illustrations by being informed of what the membership wants ?? It's better than force feeding the membership something that the majority might be dead set against......since $10,000 is quite a chunk of change. Afterall 4000 members didn't agree about the national locations either but they did get to give input and the board got to see what the majority wanted which was the rotation.................we should not be forced to accept illustrations we despise unless the majority of members have spoken and said they want them..............it's the only fair way! Amy Safdir Almanya Shepherds www.almanyagsd.com > psshepherds@xxxxxxx writes: >> My suggestion would be for the GSDCA to invite artist(s) within the >> membership, give them a template they want, and pick the best one that >> surely >> describes the standard. > > Who picks the winner of this competition? oops back to squar one > Fred ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================