In a message dated 6/24/2007 9:21:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rmvw1@xxxxxxxx writes: if judging the National Specialty is that important = to you, then once your named is announced you should give up any = scheduled assignments and not accept new ones for that coming year. In 1999 I did this on my own. I think there was one I could not get out of with out hurting the club. I believe it was in Jan.of 1999. I don't think it is nessasary to extend it for a year. The only reason to not judge would be to not hurt entrys at the Nat. and 6 months should accomplish this. Fred Migliore ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================