Good to know................ Amy Safdir Almanya Shepherds www.almanyagsd.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy Harper To: almanya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: FM consolidation We do not want people to drive 2 days or 20 hours for a Futurity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO NOT ASSUME THAT REGIONS ARE GOING TO BE DRAMATICALLY CHANGED CAUSING EXHIBITORS TO DRIVE DAYS UPON DAYS- IT WON'T HAPPEN. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: <almanya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 7:45 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: FM consolidation My big question to consolidating some regions is this .................. How many people are willing to drive the extra it will take to get to the futurities from the consolidation. Say you are used to driving 5-10 hours and an occasional close one.............. Are you now willing to drive 12-20 hours for most futurities and an occasional close one ?? Will we lose you if we increase your drive drastically ?? Or will you do what it takes to get to a futurity ?? I reference Christine's post about the SE region being from Florida to West Virginia over to east texas. South Florida to West Virginia is at least a 20 hour drive if not more and 2 days of driving. Are people good with this ? Will you still participate ?? Or will you be disenfranchised having to do this ? I am really anxious to know how this would affect your decisions to nominate and enter. Amy Safdir Almanya Shepherds www.almanyagsd.com > Evan, for the sake of discussion...let's say you have 9 swimming pools of > different configurations and locations in a park..and you have a > relatively > stable population who use these pools each season...some use one pool > because of > its shape, some use another pool because of where it is located in the > park, > and others use another pool because of the life guard and so on...Now for > whatever reason, the officials decided to reduce the number of pools to > 5...Stay with me now...when swimming season rolls around...guess what, > since the > demographics have remained stable the same group of people are using the > pools > again...but we now have more people per pool....we really do not lose any > significant numbers of people..except for the ones we would have lost if > there > were still 9 pools....moved...aged...but then those would at some point be > replaced by newbies and aging of the toddlers...Same premise...I am not > saying > that I approve or disapprove the reduction of our FM matches...I am only > addressing your above comments...If you still have your basic group of > interested > parties...they will fit the accommodations provided...in some areas, you > might > need more than one "lifeguard" to handle the increase in specific pools, > but > that type of accommodation has been done before...just my thoughts...not > on > either side of the fence at the moment...I only breed once every 3-5 > years > but I have always nominated the litters and entered the F/M....Regards, > Pauline > > Pauline Moon - _www.ropajagsd.com_ ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================