Well Carol, not everyone can afford to just enter whether they like a judge or not. It is really cool that you can afford that, esp these days. It is your club you support it, that is great. But for many, one can no longer just give entries to be supportive or to be polite or what have you. Those days are gone. Open the voting up to the region, give the entrants some say in who judges. You may gain more interest. With entries dwindling, apparently the club lacking money to even afford trophies? , and the general importance of a win fading, I would think ANYTHING to generate interest would be a plus. The status quo is not working, the same ole same ole is failing ....please give me reasons as to why it is NOT a good idea to get the regions involved in bringing in judges? How is it not a good idea to be "inclusive"? . Don't know about out there, but here, with many clubs we already have enough exclusion and "all the usual suspects" and the same nonsense year in, year out. Opening the vote for Fut/Mat, may just invigorate entries. Certainly what we have been doing ISN'T working. Love to be able to support clubs, it would be nice to have the reason to. I can see no drawback whatsoever to giving your regions a voice. They may not all sing the same song, but the tone would be interesting. Kathy *http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com*<http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com/> *Home of: UPDATED: OCT 30, 2010 CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle * * "Victory...*Vires et honestas" On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:29 PM, <Scharo777@xxxxxxx> wrote: > My club frequently picks a judge that may not be one of my favorites. ( > Actually, if Bob or I propose a judge, they are usually voted down.) > However, I have the attitude that I breed a correct dog that should win , > no > mattter who the judge is. And I support my club with entries, no matter > who > is judging. > But that is me. > > Carol > > > > ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================