[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Enthusiastic Stud! & Elderly Judges
- From: Joan Fox <campaignersgsd@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx, cnnpmm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 15:28:28 -0700 (PDT)
Hey guys! This has to be the funniest subject line we have had in months.
Joan
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From: Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: cnnpmm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 6:20:07 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Enthusiastic Stud! & Elderly Judges
Paulette, ...I knew you were exaggerating...I've just seen so many comments
about this, mostly from people who don't know the judges involved at all,
and don't know why they were asked to stop accepting assignments.
Everyone, judges included, has bad days...but when a judge has them
repeatedly, has to cancel assignments for months on end, or starts the day
and can't finish due to ill health, if that judge doesn't move to Emeritus
status (retire and stay on as a consultant), the AKC has to do it for him or
her. It's unpleasant, but a fact.
As for having the same thing happen in the workplace, I've worked
with people who were lucky to have some place to go during the day, and who
did not much more than take up space...they were allowed to stay on until
they reached the age of retirement...but never with any who were forced out
while still able to contribute, altho I'm sure that happens.
My biggest concern is that the AKC does seem to be paying attention to
the wrong end of the ladder...yes, some of these people should not be
judging...but the beginning rungs are full of incompetents, too, and the AKC
seems to push them along instead of out....there is no equity in the dog
world. We have been saying for years that everyone is equal, but some are
more equal than others. I guess that's just life. We don't have to like
it, just get through it.
Peggy
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From: <cnnpmm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Peggy" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Enthusiastic Stud! & Elderly Judges
> Oh, Peggy... I was exaggerating when I said that stuff about propping up
> the judge and pushing the wheelchair! It was just my often idiotic and
> rotten sense of humor coming out. Meant to be totally tongue in cheek!
>
> However, I grew up in the working world of large corporations such as
> General Electric, Bell Labs, Nortel Networks, etc. This was also the
> beginning of the era that ushered in the common practice of "retiring"
> (i.e.
> firing) people who "stayed the course" with their company in hopes of
> reaping the retirement benefits they so justly deserved. In other words,
> the end of what was known as "The Company Man."
>
> Yes, this practice did rid the companies of some "dead wood," but it also
> affected a lot of productive people. Many of whom mentored me early in my
> career. This was a sad thing to witness, and I have never forgotten the
> devastation this practice wrought in many a good person's life. So much
> for
> the Golden Years!
>
> All I want to say about the "forced retirement" of judges is I hope this
> practice won't result in the fancy losing "good" judges in the process of
> eliminating the "bad" or infirm judges. No, Peggy. I don't want those
> judges you've described judging my dog!
>
> I concede I'm an ignorant newbie, and my fears are probably unjustified,
> but
> I do know we live in a youth oriented culture. And, I've talked to other
> show people who have told me they've seen exactly what you mentioned re.
> young judges putting up who they "think" they should put up. Or worse,
> who they are "told," in many different ways, they should put up.
>
> Paulette
>
> BTW, I totally agree about Helen... In my opinion, if most judges were
> anything remotely like Helen Miller Fisher, the breed and the fancy would
> be
> in a better place today. However, I'm not so naive as to believe most
> judges are like Helen...
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