In a message dated 8/25/2007 1:12:20 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tsaligsds@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: When we applied [GSDC of Atlanta] to hold Rally trials in conjunction with obedience at our Specialties, the AKC demanded a by-laws change that had to be approved before we could host them. Later, when we applied for our first Agility trial the AKC advised that our by-laws were already approved with the proper wording to expand to other performance venues without further changes to the club by-laws. We [the GSDC of Atlanta] were required to handle by-laws Well, I could be wrong (I told Bob the last time that happened was 1944 - VBG). 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 Just for the record - I didn't know him in 1944!! ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================