Speaking of second guessing, please sign your posts. Most of us don't h= ave a clue who Pdragon4 is, nor what the name means. When I realize a p= ost is unsigned, I don't give it much credibility. Nothing personal, an= d I don't mean to sound bitchy, but, there are a lot of GSD people I sti= ll don't know, and would maybe like to know, not always, though, after 3= 2 years in the GSDCA. :-) :-) = Thanks. Paula Cooke, born on February 12 (or so my parents said), 149 days and c= ounting P.S. Let's all start a new topic explaining what our e-mail address mea= ns. Some are obviously dog-related, so it's not REALLY off-topic, is it= ?? And I have always wondered what the 440 means in one of Evan's addre= sses!! = -- Some Man Or Maybe Even Some Woman wrote: From: Pdragon4@xxxxxxx Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 23:17:46 EDT Subject: Re: Nationals Photog...why not a GSD person?? Makes no s hello, = the photographers who submitted bids were all given equal consideration= . no matter who was chosen, there were going to be some unhappy exhibi= tors. just because "your personal favorite" wasn't selected doesn't me= an the person selected is going to be a poor choice. = = this IS NOT a popularity contest people. = = there is also no unwritten law that says people who don't show german s= hepherds can't take good pictures of german shepherds. the committee re= sponsible for the selection chose the person they felt would be best for= this assignment. it doesn't mean they felt the other photographers were= n't good too. there is a lot more to photographing an indoor national t= han photographing an outdoor speciality. i don't think any of us should = try to second guess what was decided since we didn't see the bids and do= n't know what the requirements were. = ____________________________________________________________ Save on an Orlando Vacation. Click Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/Ioyw6i4uGWEUozo9hWLOFv0ts= NetG43CpxrS4u76ojWuWtEtR4q3kq/ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================