Our by-laws said something to the effect that the club was chartered to hold conformation shows and obedience trials. AKC required us to change the by-laws to read something like conformation shows and 'any performance events approved by AKC.' Not the exact words but opened us up to cover Agility. Later when we did Rally [it could have been the other way around - Rally first then Agility] we were already in compliance. AKC..... go figure........... -- Suzanne www.tsalishepherds.com Home of BIS/BISS Ch Yancy ITs HT PT RA CD TC CGC BH, Helios IPO3, Ch Flair, Tess [150 PLUS ROM points/40 ATAA points], Lil' Miss Gilli RN[Mjr Res Winner] and all the others waiting at the bridge. Website updated 06/07 -------------- Original message -------------- From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx In a message dated 8/25/2007 10:34:16 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, TISHW@xxxxxxx writes: I think the New Mexico Club just started offering Rally and I don't recall that we did any by-law changes in order to offer it. Maybe someone else has more information on that. Tish Delaware Valley didn't have to change by laws to hold Rally (or Agility come to think of it). In fact, we got permission for a Herding "match" too, even permission to hold it (slightly) outside of our area, but the fees would have been exorbitant and we would have lost our collective shirts, so after a cost analysis we didn't pursue it. We did originally have to hold an Agility match, but jumped on the Rally bandwagon early, so no match needed. What we did have to do in every instance, was furnish the AKC w/ a membership list indicating those members interested in the "new-for-us" venues whenever we wanted to apply for something new. Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================