Wow, isn't it way too early for this discussion? When I saw the first post I thought my MAC had burped up something from last year, sounded exactly the same. OK folks, NO ONE IS GETTING PAID and there are no secrets about the Drafts. In my opinion, to date the Drafts have not been good enough nor complete enough to distribute to all the membership for comments. Linda Shaw is an artist. John Ayotte is a German Shepherd Dog Breeder/Owner/Exhibitor/Competitor, a computer master, an artist and illustrator; they have both been working on the drawings. The Standard is the APPROVED GSDCA STANDARD, Linda Shaw did not write one word. The Chair of this project is Lana Lee and I would suggest you all just ask her your questions, you will get an answer and then you will know exactly what is happening. I would imagine the Board will see an updated version in April since we spent all Friday evening at the last Board meeting reviewing the drawings, the text, etc., and we made some really major changes. However, WE DID NOT AND ARE NOT CHANGING THE STANDARD. Lew ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================