Ah, someone has been doing their homework........ Only two states have hosted futurities because, in all of the states listed for the NW region, there are only FIVE specialty clubs: I am not sure for Canada. I know of only 2 in the western half now: BC and Edmunton. Who ever added Canada to our list surely wasn't looking at population densities. Plus, look at a map and compare the size of the regions, as far as land mass is concerned. The SE region has (if I remember correctly) 23 specialty clubs or almost 5 times as many as the NW region. In contrast, the NW region cover almost Five times the area as the SE region. Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: <Gatlinp@xxxxxxx> To: <hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <almanya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 10:32 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: FM consolidation > > In a message dated 9/15/2007 12:57:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Amy and all..Everyone should sit down with an Atlas, a membership roster, > and a list of how the states are currently divided. You will see, that > many > states will probably never bid for futurities. Here is an example the NW > currently is comprised of, Wash, Idaho, Wyoming, S.&N Dakota, Oregon, > Montana Alaska and ALL of Canada..of those states how many have bid for > futurities and have held one? I can only think of two out of 8 > listed,.two > states within one region. That is why I gave the MW/GL , N and S > dakota..and added N. nevada, N. Cal and Utah to the NW. When you look at > the logistics you will see that MANY states within some regions never > hold > futurities, so moving them around for consolidation purposes won't change > the outcome. Just like adding WV to the SE which is closer than Memphis. > I > > > > I think there is something else to consider--Like Joan is doing for the > National, maybe we could look at the regions, select a middle site for all > regions and have all participating clubs on the Futurity Committee for > Judge > selection and revenue sharing etc. > Example--Region 1 (Whatever) Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California, Utah > etc. Site for the Futurity would be Salt Lake City. Before everyone > jumps this > is just an example. > What does everyone think? Peg > > ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================