Has anyone considered that the reason that we made a more money at the Colorado National is that the Officers and Board worked their tails off along with the local club in Colorado to get donations, volunteers and hours of work behind the scenes to make it a success and make it profitable? Maybe it wasn't driven by the location? Maybe it was driven by hard working, dedicated people? And how were they rewarded.... I think we all know the answer... most of the officers and board members received a nice package of paper served to them at the show. How's that for recognition? Oh wait, I'm sure THEY had nothing to do with the success of the event... it had to be the location. Now what I'm hearing is that it was our most "successful, profitable" national. And it's because of location. Does anyone remember the Saturday night dinner in Colorado and all of the work put in to it? How about the nice gifts that all of the members were able to take home? Pretty good meal too! I'd be interested in knowing what the break down is on actual dogs shown from the Utah National and where they all came from. What percentage from East, Midwest and West. Liana ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================