Think about what you just said .... with smaller entries we can cut down the days of the National to make it fewer days so that it is more afforable and therefore more people will enter which will boost our entries. And BTW ...The National is more then four days when you include the performance events. Herding I believe starts on Saturday before anything else and the Temperament Test has been on Tuesdays for many years. I would love to come for only four days instead of 6 or 7 <VBG> This topic went round and round a few years back and there wasn't much that could be cut out since our breed does it all! Lyn Chernak ~ CherLyn Shepherds ~ A German Shepherd for ALL Rings CherLyn's Dixie, CD, RAE, BH, TC, HIC, CGC --- On Sat, 10/25/08, Sherry Nolan <willowlakegsd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Sherry Nolan <willowlakegsd@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] National Length Change? To: "showgsd-l" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 4:23 PM Maybe the club needs to look at the length of the National...with smaller entries we do not need 4 days to hold a show...if we cut this downto maybe 3 days it will cut down expenses for exhibitors and the rental of the arena..If we save a few bucks on our hotels and food and for some..time off work...maybe we could get a better entry ...along with location,location, location we still might have a shot at survival...been thinking about this for a few years...now maybe is the time to get serious ......SherryWillowlakeSherryWillowlake ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================