I know that Amy is unhappy having to do all the last minute entries along with Christmas. But if you schedule your shows for the first weekend of January there will be conflict with the holidays. But jsut the same, it would be so very nice if entries were in more timely all year round. As secretaries are asked over and over how the entries are coming, and until the hour they close, it is a one point show. Secretaries chafe and panic. Club officers worry and lose sleep thinking they have no show at all and then, suddenly they are innundated with fax's and phone calls that should have been mailed days or weeks before. I think part of it is the desire to be not the first in the ring. It is better to move up than to be moved back. But someone has to be first in the ring!!! I am not going to be secty this year for Miami, but I will be close to the action, as close I can be without knowing who is entered. So I will be as worried as Ignacio about the entries and I will have the count of dogs and bitches, but not the class breakdowns. I will be panicing along with the secretary of the Ft Lauderdale club as our shows are together for the first time. It would be loverly if all would enter in a timely fashion. Consider giving club members your entries when you are at the Orlando shows. It would make it so much easier for all of us involved in putting on these shows. sheila LauraEG@xxxxxxx wrote: I have a question, can someone tell me why people are always on time for the All breeds, and won't give the same courtesy to the specialty clubs, most of us work on a much shorter time frame than the all breeds, our club closes 10 days before the event, which really puts the show secretary under the gun. Most of the smaller clubs, print, collate, staple, fold their own premium lists and catalogs, and when we rush to do all these things, we make mistakes. Perhaps we should have our closing dates 2 or 3 weeks before the event to give us time to breathe. Specialty Club Show Secretaries should unite! I would love to hear some opinions, I know that when I plan to go to a show, I know way in advance.............. Laura in Chesapeake VA ============================================================================ 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================