Hi; I was disappointed after reading the Board minutes in the Review that our breed will not be represented in NYC on October 16 & 17 when AKC and CFA do their Meet The Breeds at the Javis Center. At the Delagates meeting they went over the event and over 139 Parent Clubs will be present, along with Federations. They also have committments from 85 Legislators from NY, NJ and CT attending. I will be attending with the NJ Dog Federation booth. I know that this conflicts with the National, but you can not tell me that every member of Clubs in this area will be at the National? This is really sad, especially since our breed played such a big part in 9/11 and continues to protect and work the streets and subways of NYC everyday that we will not have any representation of a breed that is # 3 in the nation. Cathy Kelstar fmurch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx EarthLink Revolves Around You. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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/ ============================================================================