In a message dated 9/12/2007 3:49:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time, caretti1@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: Thank you Joan!!! This was my suggestion a while back. (I see entering multiple futurities as a way I'll have to spend more money.)..... Please tell me why we have to have a single early closing date?....and why we have to use Rau???? Why not let the clubs handle the entries, have the closing date 2 weeks before the show. The clubs could actually make money, and the exhibitors would be able to plan more easily. A national catalog could be made with the same ads in every one...the clubs could just insert/staple the entries for that region on the inside. Cyndi *************************************************************** I am all for not using Rau. We had our futurity on April 20, 2007 and here we are September 12, 2007 and we have no idea whether we made money or loss money. We had our AB show that I am Show Chairman on May 17, 2007, I had our settlement check from Onofrio the day of the show less 400.00. They keep 400.00 in case of bad checks/credit cards. I got that 400.00 check 4 weeks after the show date. Big difference here in my opinion. It would be nice to know if our club made or loss money on our futurity. Lee Brown GSDC of Louisiana Inc. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.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 ============================================================================