My other national club makes judges wait either 5 or 7 years before they will be eligible to judge again. Their names are listesd on the ballot as not being eligible. We are given a list of all judges who are eligible to judge the breed and then everyone picks out 5 and then we get to choose one from the top five. Our club members who are not judges are voted on to judge sweepstakes and provisional judges are used for the futurity/maturity. How do the ones get chosen for the GSDA members to vote on?? Linda Hendrix St James Shepherds > From: MASSTANA@xxxxxxx > Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 23:56:54 -0400 > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: I have a choice > To: marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > In a message dated 10/1/2010 9:17:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > These judges who are doing the National more than a few times...... are > voted in by > the exhibiting membership. > > > > Actually I don't agree with this. In fact the judges are voted in by all > the GSDCA members who care to vote. I would guess less than 1/2 actually > exhibit. It is sometimes a popularity vote. > > It would be an interesting exercise to see who actual exhibitors would > choose compared to the total club vote. I personally don't think they would > be the same ole, same ole though some obviously would be. By the way, the > same ole, same ole, are often put there for good reasons. They > consistently do good jobs of judging, are confident in their choices and can > entertain the fancy as well! > > Wish I were going to Utah!!!!!!! > John V > > > ===========================================================================> > 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/ ============================================================================