I, along with a numer of others totally agree with Jim's post. Carmen may not be perfect but he has done quite a lot for German Shepherds. Besides getting the working dog events included with the national, he is the only reason that specialty clubs are able to have back to back shows today. Originally AKC was only letting all breed shows do back to backs. Carmen went to bat for us and got them to let specialties do it too. Other breeds did not care as no other breeds have the number of specialties that German shepherds do. If we lose Carmen as our delegate we will live to regret it. It is too bad he did not get re-elected to the board but I imagine that is greatly due to his stand on working dogs and PAWS. Pat Robinson ROBINHAUS ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================