Well, your delegate SHOULD care!!! I understand that one delegate (from the Samoyed club) is going to propose splitting the vote into two parts.......one vote would be to establish the Northern group, which was the original idea, and the second would be to make up the 10 groups. It'll be interesting to see how that idea flies, and then, if the delegates go for it, if AKC allows it and then how those votes go! Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen M. Carloni" <kmc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>They are splitting the Sporting Group which, frankly, I find to be rather ridiculous. However, I don't actually show dogs anymore so I can't get too upset about it. Still, it might make it "interesting" come Westminster time in the future. I used to be able to go into the city and watch all my favorite breeds from Sporting and Herding "live and in person" on the same day till they messed around with the schedule in recent years. Now it could be even worse. To think that I might have to choose between my half of the Sporting Group and other breeds I might like to see - even other Sporting breeds, potentially - may very well guarantee I never go to the WKC show again. But.... being as I'm just a little nobody, I'm sure neither my delegates nor AKC care what I think! -- Karen C. Email: kmc@xxxxxxxxxxxx ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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/ ============================================================================