That's funny - Beaumont is WEST? Ft Collins is at least 1000 miles from those of us in the west. (1200 from Portland, farther from LA or Seattle) Utah was about 850 miles. I guess our driving distances do not count. Maybe someone should offer geography lessons. KANSAS is the geographic center of the country - It is a line that runs through Dallas, Wichita, - that is the CENTER of the country. Most of the Nationals have been located so you could reach them more easily than most - no mountain ranges, fairly easy interstate driving - and you are complaining? And since I like Michigan, why not find a nice location in Michigan? Many of the National exhibitors live within and easy drive so why bother with St Louis? Parts of Michigan are closer to us ... besides, once you get to that western outpost of Ft Collins, it is pretty much all down hill to Michigan and the driving is easy. Ruth ________________________________ From: "edangsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <edangsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: joank@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; vande001@xxxxxxxxx; showgsd@xxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 6:25 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Fwd: Re: Purina We have never had rotation unless it has been west in recent years, We had Beaumont (west), Denver (west) Springfield (mw) Utah (west) Topeka (mw) and Denver (west). I could only drive to two of the six in less than two days and I live in the Midwest. The east coast people don't complain and they have had to drive days to most of the recent nationals. Our board has tried to do what's best for the GSDCA and it has been known for a while that we need to save money and save it they will by going to St Louis. After Utah, I will never fly a dog again and am staying home from Denver, too far to drive, but you don't hear me or most of the others that aren't going complaining. Many of the biggest complainers don't go to Nationals no matter where they are and more don't show at Nationals either. Ann(who hasn't missed a National in years) www.edangsd.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joannie" <joank@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. To: vande001@xxxxxxxxx, showgsd@xxxxxxx Cc: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 9:02:49 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Fwd: Re: Purina There was not a vote by the membership. The membership was surveyed and the BOARD voted for the rotation based on the survey results... Joannie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Van Den Berge" <vande001@xxxxxxxxx> To: <showgsd@xxxxxxx> Cc: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 5:07 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Fwd: Re: Purina Well, that is a good point Kay...I was unsure if that was actually an official vote or just discussion with a report of results. It seems that if it was voted on then it is wrong to do what they just did without membership feedback. More fuel for questions! Cynthia Sent from my iPad On Jul 28, 2012, at 6:03 PM, Kay Springer <showgsd@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> And what happened to the fact that the Membership voted for ROTATION >> every year. Yep, I am yelling! >> >> Kay Springer >> www.showboatgsd.com >> Home of Multi BISS & Multi Group Winning >> GCh. Rohan's Reward TC,CGC,HT,RE,CDX,CHIC (h,e,h,t) DM Normal >> "Strider" 83 BOBs #5 & #6 GSD 2009 >> >> ===========================================================================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. 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