I don't have answers......but I can tell you this Theresa.......when the
National fails...so will the Parent Club.
Everyone needs to think about that.
Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.marhaven.com
-----Original Message-----
On Behalf Of Theresa-GSD Yesko (Redacted sender "scenecrest.geo" for DMARC)
Subject: Re: More Information About Reno
I do have a question though this one member reported this information but yet
all the Board
of Directors as I understand it agreed to a different story. If members do not
agree or respect
their Board of Directors results or need to question their every move how can a
club run
smoothly? It seems it always comes down to the same complaint where the
National is held
there is more goes into running a club than one National. Yes, it is important
greatest event
of the year but what about all the other issues the board needs to deal with?
Theresa
scenecrest.geo@xxxxxxxxx
--------------------------------------------
On Fri, 8/18/17, <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] More Information About Reno
To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, August 18, 2017, 12:29 PM
This is disturbing. If we
can't depend on what we are
told being the truth, then we need to find the source of
that, and change
it.
I remember in the past when the
members were referred to
as the "little people" by one of the club's
past presidents. I don't think
that attitude does continue today, but while we need to
respect our board, we
also need to be respected.
Evan
http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/
http://www.dogshowjuniors.com/GSYRFindex.asp
http://asgardgermanshepherd.com/
In a message dated 8/18/2017 8:05:33 A.M. Pacific
Daylight Time,
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
One
of our local members took this report to the Convention
and Visitors Authority
representative in Reno, who was the account manager for
this event. He
affirmed that this report was not accurate and that the
costs for this event
were as originally reported to our Nationals chair and not
as represented in
this memo.
Somewhere,
along the way, this was changed, not by the convention
authority.
FYI…
Not sure how to discover the error and it is too far
behind us to figure it
out. Our treasure at the time is no longer in office. Just
saying… there were
possibly some need to redirect this event back to Purina
other than the actual
cost of the event in Reno.
Dave
From:
showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of jmorehead
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2017 10:55
PM
To: Showgsd-l <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:
[ SHOWGSD-L ] Fw: More Information About
Reno
FYI..................The
following was sent out last
August.
-----
Forwarded Message -----
From:
German Shepherd
Dog Club of America <webmaster@xxxxxxxxx>
To:
jmorehead@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent:
Thursday,
August 11, 2016 7:01 PM
Subject:
More
Information About Reno
Some
readers see this part of
your email after the
subject line in the inbox.
Write something
brief and catchy, compelling
them to open the
email.
On
behalf of the GSDCA Board of
Directors, it
appears that our difficult
decision to not move
forward with the Reno
location for our 2017
National Event and move the
2017 National back
to Purina needs more
clarification.
The
insurance and indemnity
liability clauses
required by the City of Reno
were unacceptable.
The
continuous additional costs
added by Reno were
initially not discovered or
disclosed and became
unreasonable.
The
discussion at the July Board
Meeting centered
around the liability in the
license required by
the City of Reno which
included Insurance
Liability and Indemnity
clauses that were
unacceptable. The Club tried
for months to get
Reno to make concessions
which would be
acceptable. Reno was
unwilling to
negotiate.
A
year ago when looking into
numerous locations on
the west coast, Reno was the
only financially
viable location to offer a
West Coast National
for our membership.
The original cost
quoted to us for Reno was
approximately $10,000
more than Purina, which we
were willing to
endure to offer our National
to the membership
on the West coast.
However, when the venue
started disclosing
additional licenses, fees,
security, etc. and the
additional need for a
Show Superintendent not
necessary at Purina, we
found ourselves comparing a
total facility cost
of $14,300 for Purina to one
of $61,000 for
Reno. (Facility rentals for
all events,
equipment, security, cost of
fees and licenses,
Show Secretary and Show
Superintendent. Not
total cost of national
Event).
If
we look further at the chart
shared with you
from the recent Constant
Contact, it shows the
continual financial decline
of the GSDCA, Inc
since 2009 due to net losses
year after
year.
Year
Income
Expense
Net
Revenue
Net
Assets
2015
$512,620
$547,490
-$33,540
$357,074
2014
$474,185
$504,734
-$32,185
$390,614
2013
$634,203
$748,914
-$114,711
$422,799
2012
$474,860
$466,529
$8,332
$526,516
2011
$404,000
$415,052
-$11,051
$518,467
2010
$441,984
$494,102
-$52,118
$527,410
2009
$515,625
$537,314
-$21,689
$583,203
In
addition, we shared a chart
showing how the
National Event makes a major
positive impact to
the bottom line of our
GSDCA, Inc when held at
Purina.
NATIONAL
SPECIALTY
REVENUE
TRENDS
Year
Revenue
Expenses
Net
Profit
Location
2015
$156,790
$107,375
$49,415
Purina
Farms, St Louis
MO
2014
$139,738
$115,613
$24,125
Purina
Farms, St Louis
MO
2013
$163,799
$167,626
-
$3,827
Philadelphia,
PA
2012
$111,831
$127,496
-$15,665
Loveland,
CO
2011
$98,271
$91,793
$6,478
Topeka,
KS
2010
$89,857
$112,461
-$22,604
Salt
Lake City
UT
2009
$124,622
$144,234
-$19,612
Springfield
OH
2008
$91,259
$120,909
-$29,650
Beaumont,
TX
2007
$137,019
$96,744
$40,275
Loveland,
CO
2006
$141,626
$117,042
$24,584
St
Louis
MO
2005
$127,951
$118,143
$9,808
Concord
NC
2004
$97,015
$78,698
$18,317
Albany
OR
2003
$93,818
$91,424
$2,394
Daytona
Beach,
FL
With
the National positively
netting $49,000 in 2015
but the club still losing
$33,000, this board
has a fiduciary
responsibility to this
membership and club to make
these very
difficult, but thought-out,
decisions.
Our commitment the last several years
has been to reassess all
expenses to insure we
leave this club financially
strong for the
future. We have also
implemented other
significant cost cutting
measures to get the
GSDCA to at least breakeven
so we can begin to
rebuild the net worth of
this
organization.
All
3 contractual positions have
been renegotiated
saving the club $22,000
annually beginning
2017.
BOD
members approved a limited
reimbursement for BOD
meetings personally covering
some of the
costs.
BOD
revisiting the option of
conference meetings for
1-2 of the meetings.
Futurity
Committee made the
commitment to look into
current costs and this board
approved their
suggestions to cut expenses
while still keeping
the spirit of this program.
We
have many great committee
chairmen and members
who recognize this financial
challenge and are
committed to be aware of
costs and share ideas
that will continue to make
the difference.
Be
assured that your Board of
Directors is just as
disappointed as you that the
Reno location did
not work out for 2017.
In the best
interests of the Club, we
had to consider the
unreasonable liabilities the
Reno contract
placed on our club and the
escalating costs
being added.
If a location is found in
the future where the true
costs are similar to
Purina, this board will
certainly reconsider
recent
decisions.
We
hope this helps clarify why
the difficult
decision had to be made.
Your commitment to our
GSD, our membership and our
Club is sincerely
appreciated.
GSDCA
Board of
Directors
German
Shepherd Dog Club of
America | GSDCA.org
STAY
CONNECTED:
=========================POST is Copyrighted 2015. 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 both 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. POSTS CANNOT BE USED IN A COURT OF LAW.
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/
==========================
