Not that I necessarily disagree with the concept of a national in CA, what seems to be missing from the analysis of a state by state breakdown of attendance at the national is that CA is a Looooooooong state; so, do we really look at it the same as a smaller, more compact, if you will, state? I am sure the californians would have a lot to say about that...lol. But even if you live in CA, you could still face a very long drive to get to a national held in that state. cynthia --- On Tue, 6/23/09, showgsd <showgsd@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: showgsd <showgsd@xxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: National entry support by state' To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, board@xxxxxxxxx Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 2:47 PM I really haven't responded to much on the list about locations for the National. But I just do not understand why California continues to have the highest entries year after year but we have not had a National in California since Del Mar years ago. The membership stated that the Nationals should be rotated but Utah next year will be the first time it has been "out west" since Oregon. And being a 'westerner' - Colorado is not the West...although a very nice site. Don't want to start a fight, but it just seems based in the info below, a California National is way over due. And another reason why we should not have one site in middle America. Maybe if everyone in California boycotted the National, it would make a statement that the Board would hear. Thank you to the few Board members who have voted for a west coast National. JMHO Kay Springer www.showboatgsd.com Home of Multi BISS & Multi Group Winning Ch. Rohan's Reward TC, CGC, HT, CD, RE, CHIC "Strider" - see his pups on my website On Jun 23, 2009, at 12:33:15 PM, "Joan Fox" <campaignersgsd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 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 Joan ===========================================================================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/ ============================================================================