Our Club in British Columbia is on the brink of folding - this may be our last show as we only really have 3 working members, and come show day one person can't handle all the stuff to do - I know I am getting burned out and this will probably be my last year of trying to hold the club together. People have other things to do and other interests and the club means nothing to them any more. If people want a show in our area for next year they will have to do something about it. Ona Steffensen Brookswood Shepherds K9 Connections www.brookswoodshepherds.com -----Original Message----- From: showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kathy Tank Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:21 PM To: dick_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; fairway97045@xxxxxxxxx; Scharo777@xxxxxxx; MASSTANA@xxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Entries & Clubs You are right . Look around next specialty you go to, not too many , if any new faces, or young faces. Also with the expense of getting in to showing and the difficulties many newcomers face just being accepted by "some" who are apparently threatened/ annoyed by new faces, it is not the most welcoming hobby, now is it? Hard to get/ keep new people when there are some in the breed in nearly every club, that drive them away. Come on, we all know this happens, I am not saying anything that we haven't seen. Kathy On 20/03/2008, dick_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <dick_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I don't know of any in Florida that have folded but I do know that there > are three Club's just barely hanging on. This may just be the biggest > problem facing the Parent Club over the next year. Basically the old > members are dying off without any new / young coming in. Dick Jones > ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================