In a message dated 10/5/2006 4:29:34 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, willowlakegsd@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: ...I too will pull out of the club ...but not before we vote OUT the people who let him in! I am not picking on Sherry, but this sort of thing is too much. Look, we have the right to decide who is and who is not in our club. We don't spend much time with each other, other than at the National. Why would anyone quit because of whom becomes a member? I am sure there are people who hate that I am a member, but they know I am only one vote, and they can help to correct any bad influence I might exert. The point I am trying to make, and probably not well, (shut up Paul), is that we have a great board who will listen to us. They have so far, and they will do what is best for the club. They will decide if this one person should be a member or not. I have my opinion, too. But, I am not on the board, but we have selected a group of excellent people to sit on our board who are going to support us, if they find that is the right thing to do. If what the board does is something I do not agree with, and they have in the past, then I will try to change things in the future. I didn't like the idea of limiting Selects by the judge; I didn't like the conditional class; I didn't like the elimination of the Northern Pacific Futurity; and those things have now changed. It makes no sense to leave the club because you don't like something that happens. We joined to support this breed, and no matter who joins, we will still support our breed, our club, and our members by working for the GSDCA. Have faith in our board, they try as hard as they can to do the right thing, and are there to represent us. We gave them that authority, and now we should let them do what we elected them to do. If you don't agree with them, work hard to change things in the future. That is how we fulfill our obligation to the breed. As a matter of fact, if they don't do the right thing, more people should join the club, so that they can work to change things, not leave because you don't like someone becoming a member. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Evan _Asgard German Shepherds_ (http://www.asgardgsd.com/) http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================