I don't understand why ALL CHARTER BREED CLUBS, Dog food manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, etc don't ALL join forces. There is strength and MONEY in numbers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "stormy435" <stormy435@xxxxxxx> To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 1:04 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Board meetings (Long) And if the freed up money could go to, say, a lobbyist, to represent our interests??? Even talk to a couple other national clubs and have them chip in and have 3 lobbyists? One for DC (yep, we'll need one soon!) and a lobbyist firm that has reputable people on the ground in the states? Wow, what an idea... proactive and thinking ahead!! S On Feb 20, 2009, at 7:13:29 AM, "Laurie Pruett" <pruett@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: There is NO problem with the GSDCA budget and finances that I am aware of and that was NOT the impetus for my suggestion. IMO it is always worthwhile to examine how we do business to see if we can do it more efficiently in order to free up resources for other priorities as there is NEVER enough to do everything we would like to do. Laurie -- Stormy Hope carpoc.org GSDCA Member And more clubs ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.16/1926 - Release Date: 1/30/2009 5:31 PM ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================