I wanted to write everyone regarding National Sites. A team of 4 people
looked into every site recommended by the membership; plus additional sites
we were aware of. That team consisted of our National Chair Gail
Stiefferman, Lew Bunch, Joan Fox, and myself. I admittedly handed off a
good bit of the work when it got down to needles in a hay stack!
Please understand that our National can't conflict with our friends in
Canada. Our window to hold a National is essentially October and
November. Venues have to accommodate many venues and events. Tracking,
Herding, Obedience, Rally, Agility, and Conformation. We need hotels that
accept dogs, major airport hubs that can take 500 crates, meeting and
banquet facilities, climate controlled buildings, affordable sod and show
sites that are economically feasible.
It is also impossible to make everyone happy! The fact remains that The
USA and our membership is spread out to the very corners from Portland
Maine to Portland Oregon.
I just want everyone to know that I can say with confidence a huge effort
was put forth to find a show site for 2019 that would cater to The West
Coast membership. We know Denver is not ideal for everyone who lives
West. However, given all of the needs to hold an event, Denver was the
best overall choice.
I want to take this opportunity to thank all of the members who helped
during this process. The location team really did work hard to do their
best. The members gave us some great possibilities, a few stars had to
align and some just did not work out.
I will also tell you that The entire BOD was 100% pushing to find a show
site towards The West. Lew worked very closely with Patty Korsch to check
off the missing boxes some of the other options could not meet.
Again, thank you to all the members for helping us.
Respectfully
Linda
