If they are not hosting some sort of all bred performance they probably are doomed. Terry ________________________________ From: Kathy Tank <rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx> To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon, April 5, 2010 3:35:57 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: I hate to shout into the wind Also Evan, If we eliminate regions we may also be eliminating Major Specialties in conjunction with the futurities. Just because a futurity entry is low (and most people aren't breeding litters as much as they used to) doesn't mean that a Fut/ Mat weekend isn't HUGELY important to the overall entry that weekend for a given club. You can have a low Fut number and big five point majors at the specialties. Don't punish the clubs because of the Futurities they host. Keep the regions, but look at the specialty entries alongside it. If the CLUB loses big for the whole weekend, in a repeated fashion, then maybe it is the existance of the club, itself, that needs to be examined . Just a thought. kathy http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com PUP-DATED: APR 4, 2010 Home of: CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle "Victory... There's Something In a Name" On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 3:21 PM, <ELG440@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Won't someone listen and realize that if you have a region with an entry > total of 10, if you eliminate that region, you lose ten entries. That is > not > hard to understand, but so many seem to think it will help somehow to > eliminate regions. The number of regions are not a problem, untill you see > a > bunch of crap at the national in the futurities. > ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================