I would like to thank Dorothy Linn, Lew Bunch,Ginny Altman, and Fred Migliore for taking time to respond personally to my emails. Fred your candor is especially appreciated. I was not aware that Dave and Fred were on the advisory for the IS. To me, that is a big contribution to the issues we face in achieving our goal. Hopefully, more opinions will be sought( coming from breeders with this kind of scope). Equally important, is that people of this background and caliber have the "final say" and that the Board and the rest of us accept the decisions. Again, it is my belief, that a panel of these "experts" would be a powerful tool; and working together they could take the results of the hard work of the IS committee and present an excellent "final draft". Nancy Harper ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================