From Ann Solt Now, it appears if I ever want another "AOE" title, once again I MUST leave it to some other "expert" to get that job done. Once again my job as the owner will be limited to "just writing another check" to prove to the GSD world my dog can work!. What a BUMMER! Ann Solt Try herding if you get a chance. Both of you will love it. Doris _________________________________________________________________ Hi Ann and others who have posted on this subject. I agree with Ann. I have had three or four AOE's and those achievements are the proudest in my dog career. I was fortunate to have a herding facility close enough to "play". This Board is working long and hard for the members. I did not get this report prior to the meeting and take full blame for this motion passing. I have heard from several other directors that they also heard, whether or not stated, that the chairman of the committee approved of this action. It was noisy in the room and we had a hand-held microphone only one day that was not always passed around. Because there was confusion and the fact that this motion was made under the wrong committee report I will take blame. By precedent we do not pass motions without talking to the Chairman. If the chairman quoted was the rally chair, many of us did not realize this. Poop happens and we can clean it up. I have asked that this motion not be included in the Board-o-Gram. I am informed that there will be a motion to reconsider this topic at the next regular or special meeting of the Board. We were remiss to pass a motion without a date for implementation. Important work was done. Let's not let one "poop" distract from those efforts. The Board continues to care about input from the membership and worked hard this weekend for those same members and our wonderful breed. Now back to our wonderful expectations of our National in Ohio. Send in your seating requests. We will have risers with folding padded chairs at ringside. There will be sections, with four rows. There are some bleachers on the white wall side of the ring for those who do not care to purchase an assigned seat. Many thanks to Bill Burggraff and Patty Korsch for their continuing hard work. We are wiping the egg from our faces (at least I am) and remain at your service. Gail H ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================