I agree that an educational convention would be wonderful. But how are you going to make it available to people from around the country? How many people can afford to take off another 3-4 days and travel across the country again? This is a very huge place and traveling gets harder and more expensive all of the time. If you want more than just an exclusive group to be able to partake, you need to find a way to reach the GSD owners/potential owners around the country. Just something to think about. Ruth osmith@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: Ed wrote: "and I wanted our club to have a National conference or convention every two years, not a DOG SHOW,... a convention type seminar, with several topics discussed by different experts, i.e vets, breeders, trainers, groomers, dog food companies...we are a large club and we need to get together every now and then with out the pressure of competition with our dogs. The yearly National is great but we need to do more, and I think this is a great way to promote our dog and club" What a great idea! Ed I hope you think about pursuing this idea with our current board. "but what the hell do I know?" "Not that there is anything wrong with that." :{) Oak Oak Ridge German Shepherds Dedicated to the German Shepherd Dog Signers GSDCA Breeders Code of Ethics ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================