Good points. The difference being that Futurities/Maturities are essentially
part of the same show--the Regionals being the Preliminaries and the National
being the Finals.
I agree that there is no way of totally eliminating any perception of conflict
of interest in showing dogs.
But apparently, the decision has already been made. I'm just saying that this
may have been one of the considerations by the BOD. If so, they might consider
allowing Handers who aren't showing in the Futurities/Maturities that year to
judge --particularly if the Handlers are wanting to make the transition to
being Judges.
Peg Graham - http://HessenGSD.com
"May I always be the kind of person my dogs think I am."
From: Jeff Pyle [mailto:windfallgsd@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 10:44 AM
To: edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Peg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l
Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Handlers Judging Futurities/Maturities
This subject came up on Facebook as well, and I'm sorry but not buying the
below arguments...
Should breeders selected to judge a futurity also be prevented from showing in
any other futurities that year? How about judges in general - if they are
going to judge point shows, then by this mentality - they also should not
exhibit in shows either. Board members - they shouldn't show to each other
then? The list goes on and on and on and if you want to seek out any risk of
an appearance of impropriety - you need not look far. How many cans of worms
do we want to open up?
But to single out handlers, when by many accounts from judges, board members,
exhibitors, and other handlers - they have all been doing a phenomenal job of
judging futurities the past 2 years! - is just confusing to me. I have said
this many times, especially this week - YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE HONESTY
Jeff Pyle
Windfall
On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 12:33 PM, <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Conflict of interest in judging?..... Hum.... Does this ever happen? big LOL!
FB
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------ Original Message ------
From: HessenGSD
To: freelist
Sent: July 27, 2015 at 10:08 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Handlers Judging Futurities/Maturities
I suspect one of the considerations for current Handlers judging
Futurities/Maturities is that they may ultimately be competing with dogs
they are judging regionally when it comes to the finals at the National.
This might be perceived as a conflict of interest.
One way to mitigate the risk is to exclude Handlers from judging
Futurities/Maturities if they are exhibiting dogs in the
Futurities/Maturities during the year they are judging.
Peg Graham - http://HessenGSD.com
"May I always be the kind of person my dogs think I am."
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