Keep the wood!! One of my most memorable wins was "getting wood" (1st teenage) on my bred-by, shown by me, long-coated bitch from the great Joan Ford. That was 1996 and I was brand new. It's still on my wall in my office. Sincerely, Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx> To: <dick_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <myjoygs@xxxxxxx>; <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 2:17 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Getting Wood In a message dated 11/9/2010 1:48:52 P.M. Central Standard Time, ELG440@xxxxxxx writes: Instead of giving up, I can't believe with 19 board members, someone couldn't have come up with a cost saving measure that would not eliminate the trophies. As we discussed before, cut the board members down to 1 for each futurity region, we would lose 5 and save over $15,000.00 which would more than cover the trophies, and maybe leave some for national expenses which get short cutted. Clubs within a region used to always donate to clubs that held the futurity. I know our club would go back to that if needed. Something I would have suggested if asked......keep the 4 class plaques but make them gradually smaller. 4th maybe should not get the same as 1st...am sure that would cut costs considerably. All just idea's, but as Zoa mentioned....that wood can be very important and a strong, positive memory for many years to come. There are few enough rewards to this as it is without taking away the meat and potatoes. Molly Trillia German Shepherds since 1972 PH 409-287-3940 Member GSDCA, GSDCC, GSDC of Beaumont (recording secretary), Life Member CKC "Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again." NOTICE: This e-mail is confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the addressee. Any other person is strictly prohibited from disclosing, distributing or reproducing it. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please notify us immediately by telephone or e-mail and delete all copies. ============================================================================ 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. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================