As I understand it, from what I have been told, when Tom and Viv bought theirs, there were only 10 orders for films from Bobbie for the National. It seems that all money paid at the show was given to the parent club, and nothing has been paid to him. He agreed to give up 30% of the income to the parent club, and the parent club wants all payments made through them. Since our club is run by a rather large committee, it is a shame that Bobbie and Sandy have to work all week, and then wait for who knows when to get anything. I would urge everyone to buy the tapes, (see how old I am), and also contact your board members and ask them to help expedite payment to Bobbie and Sandy. I suggested when the Club decided to take 30% of all the films that Bobbie raise the cost of taking, copying, shipping and arranging to get them to us. He declined to do that. They are still the same bargain they have been for years. We used to pay Pace to take the video. Then we hired a gentleman from Canada. Both of them stopped doing this, even though they were being paid. The Club declined streaming video this year, and all we have left is Bobbie. Bobbie has told me he won't be back to film next year, (may age again, it is video and discs). We can try to change his mind, but to do that we need to buy the videos, urge the club to send him his share, 70% of any payments, and to recognize the value of having him available. I keep thinking about losing Gail Sprock for the Review, (thankfully we have Susan to take over). We had Cappy and Gloria for the ROMs, but found another to take it over. We just lost Liz for the Red Book, but hopefully Cindy will fill in. We will lose Frank as president, but someone else will try to fill those big shoes. But, no one is going to replace Bobbie, and we need to realize that. I loved what Linda did, but that is after it is over. I am going to buy a set of videos, and I will be sure the money is paid. We need to act on this, it is something that is too valuable to lose. Evan ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION: http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================