Yes, The Officers and Board Members are elected to do the best for the breed. As has been mentioned before they were elected by the members that voted and if you didn't I guess you should vote next time. If the members do not voice their opinion before the vote guess the Board just chose what they feel was best for the GSD. Long coats will be judged for breed standard by judges that will also decide what dog they feel is best. Top GSD's of present and past produced coats so this is not a new thing. So the Germans now allow them to be shown as I believe in the past was the reason we considered them a fault. Theresa On Fri, 6/29/12, Shepherds4us@xxxxxxx <Shepherds4us@xxxxxxx> wrote: The Officers and Board Members are doing great things. If you want to bitch, that is your right, but when elections come around why don't you run for the board and help change things. I wish I could have been on the call last night, would have loved to have seen (heard) how many people called in to voice their opinions. Keep up the great work Officers and Board members! Todd Vigor ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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/ ============================================================================