Yes this of course should be how we handle the review for now, lower the cost of advertising(say for a year or two). Our dues, should be covering quite a bit of the cost, and I would also argue the review(either print or web) should be the primary communication vehicle for the club and profit should not be high on the list tho the club can't go broke producing it either. And I thought I was done. ;-) M ----- Original Message ----- From: Kmgraphic2@xxxxxxx To: ELG440@xxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:30:39 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Review our position i absolutely agree, evan. this argument goes on from the regional club level to the parent club. this is definitely a NFP venture and should be recognized as such. i guess my point was that, if the GSDCA board feels that the Review should not be a financial drain on the club's treasury (and i am NOT saying that it has been), then they need to find a way to make advertising more affordable for the majority - that will increase ad revenue which will allow for more "free" pages which will make the review more informative and more widely read which will be an incentive for more people to advertise and yadda yadda yadda. diane Diane Silver-Strasser Silstra German Shepherds _http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com In a message dated 2/11/2010 9:20:53 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, ELG440@xxxxxxx writes: We need to accept the Review as the club's newletter. We are a club, we are not a business. While I do support running the GSDCA as a business, we also have to remember our purpose. It is not to make a profit for the stockholders. The Review does not have to be a profit center, it should be a service to the membership. Which it is now. _ (http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com/) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================