OH that would be GREAT! Then those of us that DO double entries and actually enter the Futurities and support them could drive even FURTHER to show our pups?? A TWO or THREE day drive would be better some how? Local Clubs are typically OPTING to host Futurities to increase their show entries.....and you think we should take that option away and just give it to 'specific' clubs in certain areas? Why not actually support the Futurities .....and Clubs and the breeders that support them! To support the breed we have to support our Local Clubs. Once they stop ....or cannot 'put on' Shows or Trials and Futurities.....they FOLD! Would you support herding Trials if they made them farther away................?? Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.Marhaven.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Cochran To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 7:19 AMSubject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] I think It is time to reduce the number of regions to reflect the number of breeders showing in the Fut. Mat system. What would be wrong with west, central, east regions?. Let the folks that compete in them find the most accessible sites. Let them pick the judges. Let those who want to donate to the system do so. Let those of us who want to donate to rescues or regional clubs do that. I don't breed any more so the Futurity system doesn't really mean anything to me. I do donate pictures and time and money to local clubs. To me the Regional clubs are the backbone of the breed not the National and not the Futurities. It is the regional clubs that meet the public and promote the breed to the public. If you have strong regional clubs you will have a strong Parent Club. Without the regional clubs what is the Parent club Parenting? Terry ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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 SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================