it was a mistake in processing her petition. Guess we will have to wait until next year to have the opportunity to vote for Helen to judge our national. Gary:I guess this post stikes a nerve with me. My name was inadvertently missed a couple of years ago when it was supposed to be put on the ballot by petition .Lamar Fredricks told me he recieved the petition too late which i think was a crock as the petition was sent to to him way in advance of the closing date.Be that as it may,when i contacted him , he told me it would be on the ballot the following year. Well it wasn't on the following year so then i was told that the petition was lost.The people that floated the petition told me there were about 300 names on it. As i recall, i mentioned this problem to you last year .Seems to me that only a certain SELECT few are going to be allowed to be nominated and to judge the National and anyone that runs by petition, their name conveniently gets lost. I guess i'm not among the SELECT few as i've only been a student of the breed for over 40 years and a judge for 30. Bud ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================