2. Article III.4. (Performance and Breeding Regulations) ? Submitted by Johannes Grewe From: 4. USA Judges may not be governing members or judges of competing U.S. German Shepherd Dog organizations. To: 4. USA Judges may not be members, governing members, or judges of any competing German Shepherd Dog organization in the United States. 3. Article V, Section 2. (Club Membership/Relationship Between USA and Local Clubs ? Submitted by Johannes Grewe From: c. Member clubs shall not be members of other Schutzhund type organizations. Individual members of the club, however, may be members of other organizations. To: c. Member clubs may not be members of, or be affiliated with, any competing German Shepherd Dog organization in the United States. (This amendment allows well established and experienced clubs affiliated with other AWDF member clubs to become full-member USA clubs without being required to hold an affiliation trial.) 4. Article V, Section 1.b. (Club Membership/Full Member Clubs) ? Submitted by Nia Cottrell From: (ii) Being admitted directly into the United Schutzhund Clubs of America with full member club rank. Only clubs of exceptional qualification may bypass the affiliated club stage and be admitted directly into USA as a full member club. To: (ii) Established clubs that are or have been affiliated with other American Working Dog Federation (AWDF) clubs may be admitted directly as full member clubs, without the requirement of an affiliation trial, if such clubs have operated continuously for the five (5) years prior to seeking USA affiliation and have conducted at least four trials during that five-year period. <SNIP> permission granted by Danny Spreitler, President of GSDCA-WDA <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> to place this on the list Showgsd-l Administration http://showgsd.org Email Changes: http://showgsd.org/mail.html Admin: admin@xxxxxxxxxxx ANNOUNCE NEW LITTERS: http://showgsd.org/goodlitterbox.html To Change your Subscription Status http://showgsd.org/mail.html THE 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/ ============================================================================