Now I'm confused. The Southern Pacific Amateur entry form says the Amateur event is on Friday, which is the same day as the regular one. Joannie Dream Come True GSD - Silverton OR - Home of Jaccar-Rivendell Brianne, HT, PT, TC, ROM, CH Dream Come True-Rivendell Fandango, HT, TC, BOF Norhaus Gabrielle of Dream Come True, BOM CH Norhaus Better Be Worth It Avonly, RBOF Dream Come True-Rivendell Janice Joplin and too many others to list! ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx> To: <Scharo777@xxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:07 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Ameteur Futurity-Southwest Point of View > > > > > In a message dated 4/10/2007 11:34:41 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > Scharo777@xxxxxxx writes: > If you are holding a futurity one day, we feel we can do an ameteur > futurity > the same day without a lot more effort The ring is there. It would > probably be in the same catalogue with little extra expense. I await > word > from the > clubs actually doing one if it contributed to the financial success of > their > > shows. > I'm not sure how you could just add an aneteur class, with all the > different > ages of dogs > Just my opinion. > > > > > > The problem with this is you cannot get the AKC to sanction 2 "matches" > in a > day to one club. That is why the amateur one is on a different day to > the > futurity in the test regions. It was just not possible for us to take > one on > this year with the amount of educational programs we had planned and > hospitality events. We always have a sanction match and it is usually > not all that > well attended, so our club did not think it was a great idea. Plus the > expenses were an unknown at the time we decided. We will watch and see > how the > tests go and see the feedback. > Molly > SW futurity chair, 2007 > > > Trillia German Shepherds since 1974 > Member GSDCA, GSDCC, GSDC of Beaumont, Life member CKC > If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your > pocket > and then give him only two of them>>>>Phil Pastoret > ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================