Mr. Brown, The hotel you have reservations at is indeed a very nice hotel, especially after the extensive renovations that they have been working on. Which are to be completed this June. I am sure you will enjoy your stay there. However I can guarantee you there is no way you would be willing to stay at the Northern hotels on the Helms Briscoe List outside of Ft. Collins. You have picked a Hotel that is in Loveland. The two Loveland hotels on the Helms Briscoe list and the Northern ones outside of Ft. Collins are night and day in difference and in crime rate statistics. The majority of the Helms Briscoe list was not of the GSDCA standard and you would have been displeased if you and your friends would have booked at one of them. Also the hotel you have booked at which was supposed to be the "New" host hotel is lacking the Host hotel criteria according to the GSDCA Policy and Procedures Manual. . Respectfully Beth Colorado In a message dated 5/19/2007 6:48:59 PM Central Daylight Time, helen@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: After receiving several emails, it is my understanding that Joan requested the services of of Helms Briscoe after canceling the contract with the Hilton Hotel in Colorado for the 150 rooms for our members plus free banquet rooms for our meetings that Debbie Hokkenan had previously arranged as show chairman chairman. The Hilton Hotel almost sued the Parent Club. Joan as the new chairman felt she could do better with Helms Briscoe but never visited the Colorado sites. As a result, we finally got only 50 rooms back thanks to Lew, from the Hilton. The Helms Briscoe rooms were not suitable unless you carried a gun. Go back to the minutes of October 6, whereby Joan submitted a very large bill to the budget and finanace committe without any approval or any receipts, that was turned down. Now I'll wait for good friends Lee Brown and Cristine and whomever to attack. Helen +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I have reservations at one of the hotels that Helms Briscoe _Click here: Loveland, Colorado Hotel | Best Western Crossroads Inn & Conference Center | Loveland, CO_ (http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do?propertyCode=06114#n ull) Helen, I think before you post to the list about needing guns you should really check things out. Above is the website of the hotel I have my reservations. Just got off the telephone with them and ask what the crime rate in their area was and got a good laugh from the person I spoke with. She told me extremely low crime. In fact she said they have to no crime there, they are off of I-25 and Hwy 34. Lee Brown * ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================