Thank You Beth for the reminder, we do need to get busy with this. 9 days is plenty of time for everyone to find 5 minutes to contact OUR board. Lets do it !! * Ileana * Inquest GSD's, Home of : 2 x Sel EX AM CH & Sel CAN CH Karizma's Cacique of Inquest TC, aka DEXTER Kaleef's Expensive Date (major pointed) aka JACKIE In a message dated 2/28/2011 11:43:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, beth.reynolds@xxxxxxxxxx writes: Good Evening All I feel its time to bring up the 2012 Colorado National Again. Why? Because on Thursday March 10th the GSDCA board will hold a teleconference meeting to discuss this very item. I am not happy that the board voted to change the Ft. Collins National to St. Louis after Ft. Collins has a SIGNED CONTRACT! I am not happy that they felt to do so with the date being two months later when many wont risk the travel to that area. I am not happy that another contract will be broken , I am not happy that one of the best show sites may be lost forever because the board decided to "save money". I honestly don't feel money will be saved if the National is changed from Ft. Collins to St. Louis. Why? Colorado's National dates are two weeks earlier in October than our 2007 National. Any issues we had we fixed. We have a hotel on site now. The St. Louis National dates are for the second week in November, which is so close to Thanksgiving. Remember all of the people who mentioned it was hard to fly out of St. Louis the last time with dog?. Now put into perspective doing this so close to Thanksgiving!!!!!!!. Many people wont risk driving to the St. Louis show site at this time of year because of weather . The Purina Farms site isn't big enough indoors for our national so tents will need to be set up to accommodate us, this price is steep(have you looked up tent prices in your area for what our show would require? I don't know if this price was given to the board as a consideration. Plus heaters and maybe flooring depending on how cold and wet it may be. Also there is a per dog shown fee that Purina Farms receives for all venues, in addition to the price they gave. Please ask questions, please question the board Please don't be complacent!. They are here to serve YOU. Get a dialogue going on this. Its not to late. I want to keep the 2012 National here in Colorado for many reasons. You should also. Contact your board who works for you. TishW@xxxxxxx <mailto:TishW%40aol.com> Tish Walker VPGSDCA@xxxxxxx <mailto:VPGSDCA%40aol.com> Lana Jorgenson Law jmoses0924@xxxxxxx <mailto:jmoses0924%40aol.com> James Moses EKOLAN1@xxxxxxx <mailto:EKOLAN1%40aol.com> Fred Miglorie rob-n-dine@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rob-n-dine%40comcast.net> Nadine Grady ginialtman@xxxxxxx <mailto:ginialtman%40aol.com> Ginny Altman lauraeg@xxxxxxx <mailto:lauraeg%40aol.com> Laura Gilbert gsdchablis@xxxxxxx <mailto:gsdchablis%40aol.com> Bart Bartly fk.fasano@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:fk.fasano%40gmail.com> Frank Fasano nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:nancy%40heinerburgshepherds.com> Nancy Harper Mulvaney scharo1@xxxxxxx <mailto:scharo1%40aol.com> Carol Moore norberge@xxxxxxx <mailto:norberge%40aol.com> Pam O'Dell bsdnut@xxxxxxx <mailto:bsdnut%40ptd.net> Zoe Backman cbattaglia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:cbattaglia%40mindspring.com> Carmen Batteglia wjbj2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:wjbj2%40sio.midco.net> Bill Burgraff Abraxaskp@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Abraxaskp%40prodigy.net> Ken Downing Jr. Linnloch@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Linnloch%40comcast.net> Dorothy Linn Pagairs@xxxxxxx <mailto:Pagairs%40aol.com> Gary Szymczak dwylie237@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dwylie237%40verizon.net> Dean Wylie Beth Reynolds ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================