I wish to thank you so much for sharing this important information with everyone. However, it does seem to bother me, sort of like the Mals & Si folks that they're still the same - IMHO! The only real change in the doggy world to me has been the influx of those "mutts' now known as "designer dogs"! I do remember when the additional groups were added and GSDs were no longer working, but herding, which was fine as others were really in the same category and were changed as well. I'm curious as to why the new idea is being brought up at this time??? TNX Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: <fmurch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "GSD List" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 7:47 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] AKC Delegate Meeting and Realingment Hi Everyone; I just returned from two days at the Delegates Meeting. The Breed Realignment was postpone until March of 2010. The reason for the postponement was that the Siberian and Malamutes Parent Clubs now have objections to being placed in the Northern Group. At the General Forum yesterday, after everyone was told that the Board had withdrawn the vote, Tom Davis told the Delegates, that the Board could not withdraw the vote after reviewing procedures and asked the Delegates to make a motion today to postponed the vote until March of 2010. There was much discussion and questions and answers in regard to this matter. Some very legitimate and some just ridiculous, so this morning at the meeting a motion was made a seconded to postponed the vote until March and have the Board review the Realignment. The Board of AKC is the ultimate ones who will decide which breeds go where not the Delegate body. My AB Club is in total support of the realignment, this was after I did a program for them in June and gave them all the material that had been given to the Delegates in this matter. They had time until our August meeting to review the material and then tell me had they wanted me to vote. I had already known at the time the the vote might be split into four separate votes and I had their approval for all. One of the biggest problems facing us now is change. We are not the elitist group of years gone by, but many of the Delegates can not see that we most move forward in a changing world. Cathy Kelstar fmurch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx EarthLink Revolves Around You. ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================