That question would be better posed to the Health & Genetics chairman, Ginny Altman as she would know for sure. As best as I recall, years ago when the CHIC came into being and had the same requirements as the Health Award of Merit, the GSDCA discontinued their award as it was redundant and used the CHIC as their award instead. (That would be the Certificate that you received). Last year when the CHIC requirements were reduced, the GSDCA Health Committee reinstated their Health Award of Merit. But again, I might not have that 100% correct so ask Ginny to be sure. Liz _www.lealynn.com_ (http://www.lealynn.com/) GSDCA member since 1976 Signers of the Breeders Code AKC Breeder of Merit In a message dated 12/11/2011 9:28:16 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, pcooke212@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: So, what kind of, and amount of, hoops must a GSDCA member have to jump through to receive THIS recognition from the PC?? Or is there a charge for it as there is for the Red Book? ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================