[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Must Be A National Coming Up
- From: "Nancy Harper" <nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <TISHW@xxxxxxx>, <Stormy435@xxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 14:19:32 -0400
Being in the daily business of flying animals I can vouch for the fact that
SOMETIMES it is easier to fly from coast to coast than to smaller cities
located in various parts of the country.. Why, because the coast to coast
aircraft are normally wide body, they are direct flights and as such must
carry a lot of fuel.. Cities that were at one time easy (Cincinnati,
Columbus, Toledo etc) are forever changed. Flights from LAX or SFO to
Orlando for example are direct with wide body planes. They can take the
larger crates and more of them. Example NY to SFO or LAX, ATL or Chicago to
the coast is daily as such. Who knows however what the cost of those
tickets will be in the future? I am currently having trouble getting two
dogs from Kansas City to LA.
Nancy
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From: <TISHW@xxxxxxx>
To: <Stormy435@xxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 2:03 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Must Be A National Coming Up
In a message dated 10/2/2008 11:19:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
Stormy435@xxxxxxx writes:
For those Board members who haven't been communicative...well, one has the
power of the ballot, and that should be sent in with that in mind.
OK everybody, please bear in mind that Board members are busy people. And
a
lot of us are busy because we are doing work for YOU!! I have visited
Beaumont a couple of times now and it is a great site. It was originally
presented to the Board in July 2004. At that meeting the Board voted
between 3 sites
if I remember correctly and by I think one vote decided to go to St. Louis
in 2006 but to secure a contract with Beaumont for 2008. It has a hub
airport
in Houston. It is no farther from Houston to Beaumont than Atlanta to
Perry
- maybe not as far.
Re herding - I think herding presents its own problems in terms of
requirements and frequently the herding is not very close to the National.
However,
the herding instinct test is usually given at the National. I'm sure
Nanci
or Lea will let us know if that is happening this year or not. There is
space
at the site I believe for the instinct test but whether the sheep are
available or not I wouldn't know.
The membership was asked a few years ago whether it wanted the national to
be in one location or to rotate and the membership stated they wanted it
rotated. The difficult thing is finding a suitable site which is not too
far from
a hub airport. And regarding either coast - sometimes it is easier to fly
from one coast to the other than it is to fly into the middle of the
country.
I remember when St. Louis was a hub and it was great because everything out
of ABQ stopped there. Then when TWA folded everyone taking a dog to the
National there had to fly to Atlanta and back to St. Louis.
Finding good sites is not an easy job (and thank goodness it's not my
job!!). I would recommend that anyone who can, attend a Board meeting.
You will
be surprised at how much work your Board members actually do.
Tish
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