The Board of Directors of the GSDCA is eager to facilitate the best interests of the Membership regarding the awarding of their top conformation award, the Award of Excellence. They have given me the discretion to use common sense in bestowing this award under the guidelines established. Often certificates are issued late but score sheets will suffice, temporarily. Information can be sought from reliable sources when documents are lost. I have a paralegal degree and their trust in my judgment is appreciated. The AOE Award is a very serious award. It recognizes and acknowledges our very best conformation dogs and bitches that represent that they are the best TOTAL German Shepherd Dogs. I as Chair at this time, and your Board, will do all to support you as the Owners and Breeders, to put your dogs on the pedestal of greatness that they deserve to be placed upon, and record them in the annals of very great dogs forever and for all to see for this time forward...long after we are gone! Helen Franklin, AOE Chair ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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/ ============================================================================