The nice thing is that Facebook is where the young people are....it reaches A NEW audience for our club, our breed. Personally, I get tired of the same old themes , even to the point of Evan making a joke regarding "gee is is time for this or that discussion?" , because there is very little new to talk about. Choosing to use Facebook or not, is a personal choice one makes. I believe there is room for both. There is no medium without risk...not even "lists" as we all know. People that believe bugs only come from social network sites need to be better informed. I have over the years gotten many "critters" as they are called here from lists of varying kinds, private emails, etc. But COMMON SENSE tells you when not to open a given item, and it is no problem. The club needs NEW people, it also needs to move into the 21st century. It must grow or we face extinction as a group. New and exciting venues are just one way to help do that. If they are good enough for BIIIIG companies, and worthwhile..then I think they just might help us. Besides that they are FUN, and visually interesting. We have met some people thanks to this new venue (but not new) that we consider great friends...all over the world. It is about finding new ways to be INCLUSIVE, and INFORMATIVE...not just to one group of a select few..but to MANY. Regardless of how you choose to communicate, keep in mind, it is all about growing and supporting the club and the breed. Best wishes to ALL Kathy *http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com* * <http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com/>**UPDATED: Oct 18**, 2011* *Home of: CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan **CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle * *Victory's The Perfect Storm v Garter "Clooney"* *VP Kappo von Eisenwerk (V Geck di Casa Nobili son) * *Nixie vd Sequoia Gigantea "Cinderella Dog"* * "Victory...*Vires et honestas" On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Carolyn Martello <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I'm not on Facebook as I just don't have the time...so I don't really know > whether or not > that is part of the reason the List is not getting many posts. BUT...it > could be as I know > I'm not even involved in it .....and I get hundreds of invites....so it > has got to be very time > c ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================