In a message dated 6/23/2009 12:38:31 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, campaignersgsd@xxxxxxxxx writes: These are the top 15 states with National entries for the past 5 years.: 1) California (100 more than #2) 2) Wisconsin 3) Illinois 4) Michigan 5) Georgia 6) Florida 7) Ohio 8) Pennsylvania 9) New York 10) Minnesota 11) Missouri 12) Texas 13) Washington 14) New Jersey 15) Arizona And yet, California has not had a national for 11 years. Were it not that it would hurt the GSDCA, I would ask California to avoid a national to make the point. I expect our board will notice how dedicated California has been and find a way to establish a national on the West Coast. Utah is close. Only a 14 hour drive for San Diego or San Francisco. Evan L. Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377052x1201454391/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun eExcfooterNO62) ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================