I have a sense of belonging with people of my same interest, I feel i have a main highway to all the information of our breed and club, I feel in belonging to the PC I am contributing to the future of our breed and monetarily contributing (by my dues and yearly ads on the PC site). I enjoy getting the review as part of my membership, being able to nominate a litter for the futurity system, being able to reap any awards that the PC gives it's membership....... all the cool pins I have recieved have so much meaning behind them regardless of how much they are worth (money wise). I love it, even though I get disgusted with some of the happenings I wouldn't give up the PC for anything or give up the baggage that comes along with it...............I enjoy trying to hash out problems and be a part of the solution no matter how small a part of the solution I can try to be............. Amy Safdir Almanya Shepherds www.almanyagsd.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Madlung" <stormygsd@xxxxxxx> To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 12:13 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] I have a GSDCA membership question > Reading these pots about membership, I would like to ask the club > members - > newbies as well as oldsters - > "Why do you belong to the GSDCA?" > I mean, what do you get out of it? camaraderie? the pleasure of belonging > to > a group? elitism? power? control? what makes membership desirable? > thanks! > Susan ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================