I for one am very sad to see us lose the CO site.. It is spectacular. Is it a long drive ? yes...in fact Kent Boyles drove to it, 100miles closer than those of us from the west coast. lol This site, the site itself is a dream for dog exhibitors. Now with a terrific hotel right on the EXPANSIVE property. Now that we have backed out of our agreement with them, how do you think it will go when maybe in 2020, we WANT to use the site? Do you think they will be even willing to work with us? I would be very surprised. Kathy *http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com* * <http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com/>**UPDATED: Jan 26, 2011 **Home of: CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle * * "Victory...*Vires et honestas" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 9:52 AM, <Bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Was that before the new building was ready Terry? I know when it was > suggested to have it outside at Purina I could personally not buy into > that. > Many say the new building is good....but you know I have to wonder how we > ever have a national. > For several years at board meetings the Topeka site was pushed an it being > the geographic center of the US and everyone screaming center, it was > thought it would be a good place. We booked it, would have gotten a > reduce > price to book 2 years (not consecutive) and everyone complained about that, > so > only 1 year happened. > Many liked Denver, it has been suggested at many meetings to go back there, > members liked it. Booked.....but now there is pressure to go to Purina > and with all the support they give us, yes a good place to go maybe every > few > years. Why not book for 2014 and then find a Calif one for 2015 since > that is the purpose, or was, for the board meeting there. > If we continue to second guess ourselves we are getting a bad reputation. > Our nationals always were booked 3 years in advance, contracted and that > was it. That policy seemed to change and falter starting around 2005 and > is > just getting worse. ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================