The Old guard will not allow it. Been there, done that. They don't want new involvement. They want to keep it all in their little inner circle. While on the subject shouldn't the board members be required to work at the Nationals? From first hand experience I can tell you there was very little help last year at the Nationals. I having been judging for 15 years and have done to many shows to count and the hospitality from this National club was the ABSOUTLY WORSE I have ever encountered. I have never had to stand in line at a Concession stand to purchase my own lunch until I judged for the GSDCA. I have judged small AB (here we go AB/Specialty)<G> with better hospitality than I received for a National Breed Club. I think we just saw recently one of the judges for this year asking if there was a Nationals in Utah. Better be prepared to take care of yourself when you judge the Nationals for the GSDCA. Lee Brown In a message dated 8/22/2010 12:19:28 P.M. Central Daylight Time, Scharo777@xxxxxxx writes: I would like to point out that Nanci Nellis has reached out to the membership, asking how they would like to become involved. This is up on the website. Raise you hands how many have read it. Raise your hands how many have replied. X-school teacher Carol In a message dated 8/22/2010 12:11:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time, dan-ann@xxxxxxxx writes: I would agree with most all of what you have just said Helen. But one of the biggest problems has always been that unless you are part of the "group" you don't get to participate in running the the club . You don't even get on committees. Every year it is the same old people new people don't stand a chance. Take a look at the nominating committee same ol people every few years. Take a look at the committees same ol people. Take a look at the futurity judges and the national judges. There are plenty of others who would be willing to work for the club but when year after year they are ignored People just give up and say the heck with it ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================