Nationals There is no perfect solution, but we need to try and improve the enviroment that we are in. If we were at a specialty show, we would suffer and go on. What makes the National so different that we can't handle it? JMO Mary Paul asks... OK...Ms. Mary...put on your thinking cap. You all asked the National be cut and we cut it by a day. The St. Louis site is not more than 30 minutes from the airport, many if not most of the hotels and restaurants are within 20 minutes of the site, and entries at the site have always been good. Herding, tracking, agility, obedience, and the Working dog sport all seemed to be pleased. How can we make this site better or what will make a better site? We are voting for sites some 3 years out as I type because it is a major task to put a National together. Everyone mentions Canada fondly...as do I. That said Canada's National isn't as large or does it serve as many venues as the GSDC of A. No knock there...juz straight truth. I actually posted earlier I felt a similarity to Canada in St. Louis this year. Everything seemed to go smoothly and people were happy. Still...we want to do all we "possibly can"...to make every year a better year. (Thanks Joan for your timely post on Da Hilton). As the wise reporter once said..."Inquiring minds wanna know"...(but only the membership can help to write the story) Paul ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================