I agree with Amy......After what some of the Florida Clubs just went through with the past few show weekends, we could have very easily been discouraged enough to fail but we are turning it all around with a HUGE POSITIVE attitude for the 2007 circuit!!! Everyone is going to want to come to Florida for the events we'll be having!! Who wouldn't want to have the opportunity to attend 8 Specialty shows in 4 days?? We even have the all breed judges asking us to sponsor a Judges Seminar for them so they can learn how to judge the German Shepherd CORRECTLY! This can't be anything but good. I suggest other clubs in other areas consider pulling together as we have here in Florida and actually work together on building our Breed clubs back up. Are we all getting so old that we want to see our wonderful breed go down the tubes? We should be encouraging new people to join the clubs, make it fun, have activities to get people interested. It isn't going to turn around by itself....it takes work, but it can be done. Linda Novotasky J-Lyn Creations _www.jlyncreations.com_ (http://www.jlyncreations.com) J-Lyn Shepherds _www.jlynshepherds.com_ (http://www.jlynshepherds.com) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================