[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Regional Challenge Addition Maybe?
- From: Sandra Kozub <skozub@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:39:08 -0500
At 11:20 PM 8/2/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>
>
>In a message dated 8/2/2005 10:52:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>WyMarGSD2@xxxxxxx writes:
>I dont know... it doesnt sit real fair to me for the clubs who are working
>hard at making a difference and competing honestly against each other, to
>invite
>"independants" to their club just for their "points" towards the
>Challenge...i mean if these "independants" are going to work your shows and
>committ to the
>club in some way.. sure no problem. but i personally wouldnt feel right
>accepting points from a person who wasnt a part of our club... if we all
>worked
>as hard as we could and didnt win but we built friendships and respect for
>one
>another... we tried and we did our best...oh well better luck next year,
>but
>if we won because we got members from , OH, MD, PA etc... because they had
>nowhere else to go... i personally wouldnt even be proud of that, wouldnt
>even
>want the win.
>
>Dawnmarie
>
>
>
>Very well put. It's one thing to have an associate member, oh maybe in a
>100 mile radius. I understand that there are areas where it may be hard to
>find a regional club to call "home". But IMO, soliciting "associate
>members"
>for the purpose of counting points from someone who has no interaction w/ a
>particular regional club would be the death of the Regional Challenge.
>
>JMHO
>
>Kathy
Maybe it just me, but I find this attitude extremely selfish. If I read
this correctly,
you are saying that anyone living more than 100 miles of a regional club does
not deserve to belong to a club. It seems that if one lives in the hills
of TN, (as
I do) they have no right to compete, brag and recieve recognition from the
National Club's challenges.
Back in the very late 70's, I was a member of the GSDC of Nashillve. It
folded,
early 80's I think. (BTW - that was over 100 miles away) In the
mid/late 80's,
I joined the GSDC of Atlanta (as an Associate member) - obviously had NO
club challenge as a reason to join or for them to accept my
membership. I also
was joining the Knoxville (~120 miles)club when it folded. I first joined
the GSDCA in the
mid 70's but let my membership lapse for a couple of years when I rejoined in
1981 & have been a continuous member since then. Is there some reason why
my breeding/exhibiting efforts, are less worthy of being recognized than yours,
because of where I live???
I am now, again, an Associate Member of a wonderful regional club, with
many of my very best
"doggy" friends as members. They support me and all of my efforts, just as I
try to support my club and it's efforts. There is something wrong with
that??? No,
I can't make most of the meetings (4 1/2 hour drive each way), but I do my
best to
help the club & it's members, especially financially. The other members have
been a wonderful, enjoyable part of my GSD experiences. It is great to
have their
support & friendships. I just do not see why this should not be
so..............
Sandy
Sandra Kozub
KcK Kennels
http://iweb.tntech.edu/rkozub/kennel.htm
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