Thanks Mike. Maybe the contract needs to be available to the current Futurity Chair AND the Board for re-evaluation. Sad enough, the facts seem unavailable to the membership, and most of us have only misinformation and half truths to go by. I am surprised to hear that only part of the money was for the Futurity, when even as recently as today some were still insisting that ALL the money was supposed to go to the Futurities. What is the truth?? * Ileana * In a message dated 8/6/2010 6:43:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: Lew(and board) negotiated the previous agreement(2006-current), that arrangement did include an earmark designating a portion of the weight circle redemption program to futurity trophies in an effort to prevent that expense being driven down to the regional clubs. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================