It was a request by the Mid-West region and received board approval for one yearto see how it went. As to suggestions of reducing the number of regions I am not personallyin favour of doing that, unless there is no application from a host club to hold the show.Each host club receives sponsorship money to assist with expenses and it is our hopethat we will weather the current economic situation and see entries go back up somewhat. Bob Stevenson From: Bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:25:21 -0400 Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Canadian Mid-West Futurity info To: trimblyn@xxxxxxxx; regattagsd@xxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx While I see that more entries may be the benefit, does it not disenfranchise individuals in their own region by moving it more than a days (being a full 24 hours) drive away? There are specified zones for the futurities, so to have it out of their zone makes it wonderfully convenient for the people in the hosting zone both others maybe not so much. I could see combining if there was no host club bidding in the actual area. But, maybe this is just a sign of the times to break even. Appreciate the explanation Bob. Molly Member GSDCC, GSDCA, GSDC of Beaumont, life member CKC In a message dated 4/19/2013 12:18:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time, trimblyn@xxxxxxxx writes: The club hosting the Mid-West Futurity wanted to try running the two shows inone location to see if that would draw a better entry. Two futurity/maturity shows,specialties & all breed shows, one weekend, one location. I haven't seen any information yet on the judges for the all breed shows. They arebeing held by the Pacific Kennel Club. There is information on the show secretaryfor the show on Canuck Dogs, but no premium list yet. Bob StevensonGSDC of Canada. ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================