Daytona Beach is 95 miles south of Jacksonville, so that if Atlanta is a reasonable distance from Jacksonville then Daytona Beach must be a suburb of Jacksonville. I was on the Board when we had the National in Daytona Beach. It was the backup site because Burbank, CA had too many last minute problems. We (the Board) heard much moaning and groaning about the location and the hurricane season and any other negative reason that one could imagine. We (the membership) need to just sit back and consider all options before we get emotionally involved in a site and location that is in such an extreme portion of the country. The next argument will be that we went to Albany and that is in an extreme portion of the country. The last National in that part of the country was in 1973. The last National in Florida was in 2003. `Nuff said. D.D.----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "ShowGSDs" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:25 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: National sites - Florida? > Jacksonville is a reasonable distance from Atlanta, which is a major > airport and hub........not more than a couple hours of > driving........Jacksonville is NORTH Florida, folks, not Daytona by a > long chalk..........and the facility is really superb........ > I'd be more worried about a late hurricane than anything else. > There are lots of hotels in the area...I checked! :-) > Peggy > > Sheila Lieberman wrote: > > >It might not be really central to the US, but it is accessable by two major highways that cross the US well. The airport is on the smaller side, but with Orlando only 3 hours away, it is an option too. Between the 2 airports, the dogs can make it in. > > > > > > > ============================================================================ > 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 > ============================================================================ > ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================